<p> <sup class="verse-number">17</sup> Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?</p>

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Ecclesiastes 7:17

 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

In 1604, King James I of England authorized that a new translation of the Bible into English be started. It was finished in 1611, just 85 years after the first translation of the New Testament into English appeared (Tyndale, 1526). The Authorized Version, or King James Version, quickly became the standard for English-speaking Protestants. Its flowing language and prose rhythm has had a profound influence on the literature of the past 400 years. The King James Version present on the Bible Gateway matches the 1987 printing. The KJV is public domain in the United States.

OT: Masoretic Text, some LXX and Vulgate influence.
NT: Textus Receptus, similar to the Byzantine text-type; some readings derived from the Vulgate.
Apocrypha: Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate.

King James Version

 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Ecclesiastes 7:17 KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:17 KJV

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