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Ecclesiastes 7:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 26 Then I discovered this: More bitter than death is the woman who is like a hunter’s net, whose heart is like dragnets, and whose hands are like prison chains. The one who pleases the true God will escape her,+ but the sinner is captured by her.+

Ecclesiastes 7:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 26 and I was finding out: More bitter than death+ [I found] the woman who is herself nets for hunting and whose heart is dragnets [and] whose hands are fetters.+ One is good before the [true] God if one escapes from her, but one is sinning if one is captured by her.+

Ecclesiastes 7:26

The Bible in Living English
- 26 And I find a bitterer thing than death: woman, whose heart is toils and nets and whose arms are fetters; one whom God finds good will get clear of her, but a sinner will be caught on her.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

American Standard Version
- 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

The Emphasized Bible
- 26 I could indeed find to be more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets and her hands bonds,—whoso is pleasing before God shall escape from her, but he that sinneth shall be captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

King James Version
- 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.