Epilogue to Ecclesiastes
9A further word: Because Koheleth was a sage, he continued to instruct the people. He listened to and tested the soundness of many maxims. 10Koheleth sought to discover useful sayings and recorded genuinely truthful sayings. 11The sayings of the wise are like goads [ . . . ].
13The sum of the matter, when all is said and done: Revere God and observe His commandments! For this applies to all mankind: 14that God will call every creature to account for everything unknown, be it good or bad.
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Reprinted from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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