Ecclesiastes 7:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
In context
6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- KJV King James Version
- Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- WEB World English Bible
- Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Better is the end of a thing than its beginning: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.