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Ecclesiastes 5:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5 Watch your step whenever you go to the house of the true God;+ it is better to draw near to listen+ than to give a sacrifice as the stupid ones do,+ for they are not aware that what they are doing is bad.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 Watch your step whenever you go to the house of the true God;+ it is better to draw near to listen+ than to give a sacrifice as the stupid ones do,+ for they are not aware that what they are doing is bad.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 Guard your feet+ whenever you go to the house of the [true] God; and let there be a drawing near* to hear,+ rather than to give a sacrifice as the stupid ones do,+ for they are not aware of doing what is bad.*+

Ecclesiastes 5:1

The Bible in Living English
- 5 *** Mind your step when you go to God’s house: coming near to hear is better than fools’ giving a sacrifice, because they do not know how to do anything but what is bad.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

American Standard Version
- 5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 Keep thy foot when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,—for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.