Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 12:11
American Standard Version
The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are `the words of' the masters of assemblies, `which' are given from one shepherd.
Amplified® Bible
The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd.
Contemporary English Version
Words of wisdom are like the stick a farmer uses to make animals move. These sayings come from God, our only shepherd, and they are like nails that fasten things together.
Darby English Version
The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
Good News Bible
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all.
King James Version
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
New American Standard Bible
The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of {these} collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.
New International Version
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.
New King James Version
The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The words of wise men resemble goads, and masters of these collections resemble well-driven nails; they come from one Shepherd.
Revised Standard Version
The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings which are given by one Shepherd.
Young's Literal Translation
Words of the wise `are' as goads, and as fences planted `by' the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.
