Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. | On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him. |
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. | Indeed, there is not a righteous person on earth who always does good and does not ever sin. |