15During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of HYP things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die while they are still young, and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in spite of their continuing to be wicked.
16So do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, because if you think those things, you will destroy yourself.
17If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young.
18Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
19If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city.
20There is no one in this world who always does what is right and who never sins.
21Do not pay attention IDM to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you.
22You know that you have also cursed other people.
23I said to myself that I would use my wisdom to study all the things that I have written about, but I was not able to do it successfully.
24Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one RHQ who can truly understand everything.
Ecclesiastes 7
Ecclesiastes 7:15-24