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Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. [James 1:19, 20.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Common English Bible

Don’t be too quick to get angry because anger lives in the fool’s heart.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.

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