Ecclesiastes 7 · Verse 22

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Ecclesiastes 7:22, King James Version

Ecclesiastes 7:22 in other translations

BSBFor you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
WEBfor often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
ASVfor oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
YLTFor many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
DARBYFor also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
BBEYour heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
WebsterFor often also thy own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

What does Ecclesiastes 7:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. (1Ki 2:44).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Thou thyself - hast cursed others - קללת kalalta, thou hast spoken evil; hast vilified others. O, who is free from evil speaking, from uncharitable speaking; from detailing their neighbor's faults, from whispering, talebearing, and backbiting? Do not wonder if God, in his justice, permit thee to be calumniated, seeing thou hast so frequently calumniated others. See my discourse on Psa 15:1-5 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:11-22

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea better. It shelters from the storms and scorching heat of trouble. Wealth will not lengthen out the natural life; but true wisdom will give spiritual life, and strengthen men for services under their sufferings. Let us look upon the disposal of our condition as the work of God, and at last all will appear to have been for the best. In acts of righteousness, be not carried…

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Ecclesiastes 7:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
פְּעָמִ֥יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
רַבּ֖וֹתra.BotmanyH7227
יָדַ֣עya.Da'it knowsH3045
לִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaheart yourH3820
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַתָּ֖ה'atyouH859
קִלַּ֥לְתָּki.Lal.tayou have cursedH7043
אֲחֵרִֽים\׃'a.che.RimothersH312

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ecclesiastes 7:22

  • James 3:9

    Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

  • Matthew 15:19

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Matthew 18:32-35

    Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

  • 1 Kings 2:44

    The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

  • John 8:7-9

    So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
also.
1Ki 2:44; Mt 15:19; 18:32-35; Joh 8:7-9; Jas 3:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ecclesiastes 7:21

    Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

  • Ecclesiastes 7:22

    For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:23

    All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

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Ecclesiastes 7:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque tu corazón sabe, como tú también dijiste mal de otros muchas veces.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car aussi ton cœur sait que bien des fois, toi aussi, tu as maudit les autres.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn auch viele Male, dein Herz weiß es, hast auch du anderen geflucht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et cunctis sermonibus qui dicuntur ne accomodes cor tuum, ne forte audias servum tuum maledicentem tibi;