The closing narrator describes the Preacher’s teaching
결말의 서술자가 전도자의 가르침을 설명함
Ecclesiastes 12:9–10: A third-person narrator says the wise Preacher taught the people, pondered and ordered many proverbs, and sought acceptable, blamelessly written words of truth.
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- ECC 12:9–10, engwebp
9Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: Speakers at Ecclesiastes 12:8 and 12:9–12
- 12:8 attributes the declaration of vanity to the Preacher.
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- ECC 12:8, engwebp
8“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”
- ECC 12:8, engwebp
- 12:9–10 describes the Preacher in the third person; 12:12 does not identify the speaker addressing “my son.”
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- ECC 12:9–10, engwebp
9Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
- ECC 12:11–12, engwebp
11The 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.
12Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
- ECC 12:9–10, engwebp
The closing narrator is not automatically merged with the Preacher; the speaker’s identity remains open.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The closing narrator describes the Preacher’s teaching (event-ecc-12-narrator-describes-preachers-teaching) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/ecc-12-narrator-describes-preachers-teaching Current wording: Ecclesiastes 12:9–10: A third-person narrator says the wise Preacher taught the people, pondered and ordered many proverbs, and sought acceptable, blamelessly written words of truth. Cited evidence: ECC 12:9–10, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.