Ecclesiastes 7:10

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Ecclesiastes 7:10 · King James Version

In other versions

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
ASV
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
BBE
Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
DBY
Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
WEB
Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
YLT
Say not you, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire wisely concerning this.
ENG
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
WBT
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
BSB

⁸Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

¹¹Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

¹²For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.