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Ecclesiastes 12:11

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The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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Verse 11. In. The ground, ( Bible.) to keep a tent in its proper place. He seemed before to have placed the wise on the same level with fools. Calmet. 6:8, 11 and 7:1. Calmet.—Shepherd. God, or Solomon. The Jews explain it of Moses, and his successors, who taught the people.

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