Ecclesiastes 7:5

JPS-1917

ט֕וֹב לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵאִ֕ישׁ שֹׁמֵ֖עַ שִׁ֥יר כְּסִילִֽים׃

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.

— Ecclesiastes 7:5, JPS 1917

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Other Translations

MASORETIC

ט֕וֹב לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵאִ֕ישׁ שֹׁמֵ֖עַ שִׁ֥יר כְּסִילִֽים׃

KOREN

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.