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Wisdom is Valuable

Who is like the sage?
    Who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
    and the hardness of his face is changed.
Keep the command of the king[a]
    because of your oath to God.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:2 While MT reads “I said, ‘Keep the mouth of the king,’” the versions read “Keep the mouth of the king,” which is adopted in the translation
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Literally “because of the oath of God”