Translations
Louis Segond 1910
L'oppression rend insensé le sage, et les présents corrompent le coeur.
KJV
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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does it mean when it says: "Slander troubles the wise person and destroys their strength of heart" (Ecclesiastes 7:7)? For someone who is truly wise is not troubled by any slander, nor brought down by any adversity. The wise person in this passage should not be seen as someone w…
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