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01 : 01 . The words <01697 +dabar > of the Preacher <06953


+qoheleth > , the son <01121 +ben > of David <01732 +David > ,
king <04428 +melek > in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



01 : 02 Vanity <01892 +hebel > of vanities <01892 +hebel > ,
saith <00559 +>amar > the Preacher <06953 +qoheleth > , vanity
<01892 +hebel > of vanities <01892 +hebel > ; all < 03605 +kol >
[ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > .



01 : 03 What <04100 +mah > profit <03504 +yithrown > hath a man
<00120 +>adam > of all <03605 +kol > his labour <05999 +<amal >
which he taketh <05998 +<amal > under <08478 +tachath > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > ?



01 : 04 . [ One ] generation passeth <01980 +halak > away , and
[ another ] generation <01755 +dowr > cometh <00935 +bow> > :
but the earth <00776 +>erets > abideth <05975 +< amad > for ever
<05769 +<owlam > .



01 : 05 The sun <08121 +shemesh > also ariseth <02224 +zarach > ,
and the sun <08121 +shemesh > goeth <00935 +bow> > down , and
hasteth <07602 +sha>aph > to his place <04725 +maqowm > where
<08033 +sham > he arose <02224 +zarach > .



01 : 06 The wind <07307 +ruwach > goeth <01980 +halak > toward
<00413 +>el > the south <01864 +darowm > , and turneth <05437
+cabab > about unto the north <06828 +tsaphown > ; it whirleth
<01980 +halak > about continually , and the wind <07307 +ruwach
> returneth <07725 +shuwb > again <07725 +shuwb > according
<05921 +<al > to his circuits <05439 +cabiyb > .



01 : 07 All <03605 +kol > the rivers <05158 +nachal > run <01980
+halak > into <00413 +>el > the sea <03220 +yam > ; yet the sea
<03220 +yam > [ is ] not full <04392 +male> > ; unto the place
<04725 +maqowm > from whence the rivers <05158 +nachal > come
<01980 +halak > , thither <08033 +sham > they return <07725
+shuwb > again <07725 +shuwb > .



01 : 08 All <03605 +kol > things <01697 +dabar > [ are ] full of
labour <03023 +yagea< > ; man <00376 +>iysh > cannot utter
<01696 +dabar > [ it ] : the eye <05869 +<ayin > is not
satisfied <07646 +saba< > with seeing <07200 +ra> ah > , nor
<03808 +lo> > the ear <00241 +>ozen > filled <04390 +male> >
with hearing <08085 +shama< > .



01 : 09 . The thing that hath been <01961 +hayah > , it [ is
that ] which shall be ; and that which is done <06466 +pa< al > [
is ] that which shall be done <06466 +pa<al > : and [ there is ]
no <00369 +>ayin > new <02319 +chadash > [ thing ] under <08478
+tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > .



01 : 10 Is there [ any ] thing <01697 +dabar > whereof it may be
said <00559 +>amar > , See <07200 +ra>ah > , this <02088 +zeh >
[ is ] new <02319 +chadash > ? it hath been <01961 +hayah >
already <03528 +k@bar > of old <05769 +<owlam > time , which
<00834 +>aher > was before <06440 +paniym > us .



01 : 11 [ There is ] no <00369 +>ayin > remembrance < 02146
+zikrown > of former <07223 +ri>shown > [ things ] ; neither
<03808 +lo> > shall there be [ any ] remembrance < 02146 +zikrown
> of [ things ] that are to come <00314 +>acharown > with [
those ] that shall come <01961 +hayah > after <00314 +>acharown >

.



01 : 12 . I the Preacher <06953 +qoheleth > was king < 04428
+melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > in
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



01 : 13 And I gave <05414 +nathan > my heart <03820 +leb > to
seek <01875 +darash > and search <08446 +tuwr > out by wisdom
<02451 +chokmah > concerning <05921 +<al > all < 03605 +kol > [
things ] that are done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478 +tachath >
heaven <08064 +shamayim > : this <01931 +huw> > sore <07451 +ra<
> travail <06045 +<inyan > hath God <00430 +> elohiym > given
<05414 +nathan > to the sons <01121 +ben > of man < 00120 +>adam
> to be exercised <06031 +<anah > therewith .



01 : 14 I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > all <03605 +kol > the works
<04639 +ma<aseh > that are done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478
+tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > ; and , behold < 02009
+hinneh > , all <03605 +kol > [ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > and
vexation <07469 +r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



01 : 15 [ That which is ] crooked <05791 +<avath > cannot be
made straight <08626 +taqan > : and that which is wanting <02642
+checrown > cannot be numbered <04487 +manah > .



01 : 16 I communed <01696 +dabar > with mine own heart < 03820
+leb > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Lo <02009 +hinneh > , I am
come to great <01431 +gadal > estate , and have gotten < 03254
+yacaph > more wisdom <02451 +chokmah > than <05921 +<al > all
<03605 +kol > [ they ] that have been <01961 +hayah > before
<06440 +paniym > me in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > : yea ,
my heart <03820 +leb > had great <07235 +rabah > experience
<07200 +ra>ah > of wisdom <02451 +chokmah > and knowledge <01847
+da<ath > .



01 : 17 And I gave <05414 +nathan > my heart <03820 +leb > to
know <03045 +yada< > wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , and to know
<03045 +yada< > madness <01947 +howlelah > and folly <05531
+cikluwth > : I perceived <03045 +yada< > that this <02088 +zeh
> also <01571 +gam > is vexation <07475 +ra<yown > of spirit
<07307 +ruwach > .



01 : 18 For in much <07230 +rob > wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ is
] much <07230 +rob > grief <03708 +ka<ac > : and he that
increaseth <03254 +yacaph > knowledge <01847 +da<ath >
increaseth <03254 +yacaph > sorrow <04341 +mak>ob > .



02 : 01 . I said <00559 +>amar > in mine heart < 03820 +leb > ,
Go <03212 +yalak > to now <04994 +na> > , I will prove <05254
+nacah > thee with mirth <08057 +simchah > , therefore enjoy
<07200 +ra>ah > pleasure <02896 +towb > : and , behold <02009
+hinneh > , this <01931 +huw> > also <01571 +gam > [ is ] vanity
<01892 +hebel > .



02 : 02 I said <00559 +>amar > of laughter <07814 +s@chowq > , [
It is ] mad <01984 +halal > : and of mirth <08057 +simchah > ,
What <04100 +mah > doeth <06213 +<asah > it ?



02 : 03 I sought <08446 +tuwr > in mine heart <03820 +leb > to
give <04900 +mashak > myself unto wine <03196 +yayin > , yet
acquainting <05090 +nahag > mine heart <03820 +leb > with wisdom
<02451 +chokmah > ; and to lay hold <00270 +>achaz > on folly
<05531 +cikluwth > , till <05704 +<ad > I might see <07200
+ra>ah > what <00335 +>ay > [ was ] that good < 02896 +towb > for
the sons <01121 +ben > of men <00120 +>adam > , which <00834
+>aher > they should do <06213 +<asah > under < 08478 +tachath >
the heaven <08064 +shamayim > all <04557 +micpar > the days
<03117 +yowm > of their life <02416 +chay > .



02 : 04 I made me great <01431 +gadal > works <04639 +ma<aseh > ;
I builded <01129 +banah > me houses <01004 +bayith > ; I
planted <05193 +nata< > me vineyards <03754 +kerem > :



02 : 05 I made <06213 +<asah > me gardens <01593 +gannah > and
orchards <06508 +pardec > , and I planted <05193 +nata< > trees
<06086 +<ets > in them of all <03605 +kol > [ kind of ] fruits
<06529 +p@riy > :



02 : 06 I made <06213 +<asah > me pools <01295 +b@rekah > of
water <04325 +mayim > , to water <08248 +shaqah > therewith the
wood <03293 +ya<ar > that bringeth <06779 +tsamach > forth
<06779 +tsamach > trees <06086 +<ets > :



02 : 07 I got <07069 +qanah > [ me ] servants <05650 +<ebed >
and maidens <08198 +shiphchah > , and had <01961 +hayah >
servants born <01121 +ben > in my house <01004 +bayith > ; also
<01571 +gam > I had <01961 +hayah > great <07235 +rabah >
possessions <04735 +miqneh > of great <01241 +baqar > and small
cattle <04735 +miqneh > above all <03605 +kol > that were in
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > before <06440 +paniym > me :



02 : 08 I gathered <03664 +kanac > me also <01571 +gam > silver
<03701 +keceph > and gold <02091 +zahab > , and the peculiar
<05459 +c@gullah > treasure of kings <04428 +melek > and of the
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > : I gat <06213 +<asah > me men
singers <07891 +shiyr > and women singers <07891 +shiyr > , and
the delights <08588 +ta<anuwg > of the sons <01121 +ben > of men
<00120 +>adam > , [ as ] musical <07705 +shiddah > instruments ,
and that of all sorts .



02 : 09 So I was great <01431 +gadal > , and increased < 03254
+yacaph > more than all <03605 +kol > that were before <06440
+paniym > me in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > : also <00637
+>aph > my wisdom <02451 +chokmah > remained < 05975 +<amad >
with me .



02 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes <05869 +<ayin > desired <07592
+sha>al > I kept <00680 +>atsal > not from them , I withheld
<04513 +mana< > not my heart <03820 +leb > from any <03605 +kol
> joy <08057 +simchah > ; for my heart <03820 +leb > rejoiced
<08055 +samach > in all <03605 +kol > my labour < 05999 +<amal > :
and this <02088 +zeh > was my portion <02506 +cheleq > of all
<03605 +kol > my labour <05999 +<amal > .



02 : 11 Then I looked <06437 +panah > on all <03605 +kol > the
works <04639 +ma<aseh > that my hands <03027 +yad > had wrought
<06213 +<asah > , and on the labour <05999 +<amal > that I had
laboured <05998 +<amal > to do <06213 +<asah > : and , behold
<02009 +hinneh > , all <03605 +kol > [ was ] vanity <01892
+hebel > and vexation <07469 +r@<uwth > of spirit < 07307 +ruwach
> , and [ there was ] no <00369 +>ayin > profit < 03504 +yithrown
> under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > .



02 : 12 . And I turned <06437 +panah > myself to behold <07200
+ra>ah > wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , and madness < 01947 +howlelah
> , and folly <05531 +cikluwth > : for what <04100 +mah > [ can
] the man <00120 +>adam > [ do ] that cometh <00935 +bow> >
after <00310 +>achar > the king <04428 +melek > ? [ even <00853
+>eth > ] that which <00834 +>aher > hath been already <03528
+k@bar > done <06466 +pa<al > .



02 : 13 Then I saw <07200 +ra>ah > that wisdom <02451 +chokmah >
excelleth <03504 +yithrown > folly <05531 +cikluwth > , as far
as light <00216 +>owr > excelleth <03504 +yithrown > darkness
<02822 +choshek > .



02 : 14 The wise <02450 +chakam > man s eyes <05869 +< ayin > [
are ] in his head <07218 +ro>sh > ; but the fool < 03684 +k@ciyl
> walketh <01980 +halak > in darkness <02822 +choshek > : and I
myself <00589 +>aniy > perceived <03045 +yada< > also <01571
+gam > that one <00259 +>echad > event <04745 +miqreh >
happeneth <07136 +qarah > to them all <03605 +kol > .



02 : 15 Then said <00559 +>amar > I in my heart < 03820 +leb > ,
As it happeneth <04745 +miqreh > to the fool <03684 +k@ciyl > ,
so it happeneth <07136 +qarah > even <01571 +gam > to me ; and
why <04100 +mah > was I then <00227 +>az > more <03148 +yowther
> wise <02449 +chakam > ? Then I said <01696 +dabar > in my
heart <03820 +leb > , that this <02088 +zeh > also <01571 +gam >
[ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > .



02 : 16 For [ there is ] no <00369 +>ayin > remembrance <02146
+zikrown > of the wise <02450 +chakam > more <05973 +<im > than
<05973 +<im > of the fool <03684 +k@ciyl > for ever <05769
+<owlam > ; seeing that which now <03528 +k@bar > [ is ] in the
days <03117 +yowm > to come <00935 +bow> > shall all <03605 +kol
> be forgotten <07911 +shakach > . And how <00349 +>eyk > dieth
<04191 +muwth > the wise <02450 +chakam > [ man ] ? as the fool
<03684 +k@ciyl > .



02 : 17 . Therefore I hated <08130 +sane> > life < 02416 +chay >
; because <03588 +kiy > the work <04639 +ma<aseh > that is
wrought <06213 +<asah > under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121
+shemesh > [ is ] grievous <07451 +ra< > unto me : for all
<03605 +kol > [ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > and vexation <07469
+r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



02 : 18 Yea , I hated <08130 +sane> > all <03605 +kol > my
labour <05999 +<amal > which I had taken <06001 +< amel > under
<08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > : because I should
leave <03241 +Yaniym > it unto the man <00120 +>adam > that
shall be after <00310 +>achar > me .



02 : 19 And who <04310 +miy > knoweth <03045 +yada< > whether he
shall be a wise <02450 +chakam > [ man ] or <00176 +> ow > a fool
<05530 +cakal > ? yet shall he have rule <07980 +shalat > over
all <03605 +kol > my labour <05999 +<amal > wherein I have
laboured <05998 +<amal > , and wherein I have shewed myself wise
<02449 +chakam > under <08478 +tachath > the sun < 08121 +shemesh
> . This <02088 +zeh > [ is ] also <01571 +gam > vanity <01892
+hebel > .



02 : 20 Therefore I went <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab >
to cause my heart <03820 +leb > to despair <02976 +ya> ash > of
all <03605 +kol > the labour <05999 +<amal > which I took under
<08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > .



02 : 21 For there is a man <00120 +>adam > whose labour <05999
+<amal > [ is ] in wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , and in knowledge
<01847 +da<ath > , and in equity <03788 +kishrown > ; yet to a
man <00120 +>adam > that hath not laboured <05998 +<amal >
therein shall he leave <05414 +nathan > it [ for ] his portion
<02506 +cheleq > . This <02088 +zeh > also <01571 +gam > [ is ]
vanity <01892 +hebel > and a great <07227 +rab > evil <07451
+ra< > .



02 : 22 For what <04100 +mah > hath <01933 +hava> > man <00120
+>adam > of all <03605 +kol > his labour <05999 +<amal > , and
of the vexation <07475 +ra<yown > of his heart <03820 +leb > ,
wherein he hath laboured <06001 +<amel > under <08478 +tachath >
the sun <08121 +shemesh > ?



02 : 23 For all <03605 +kol > his days <03117 +yowm > [ are ]
sorrows <04341 +mak>ob > , and his travail <06045 +<inyan >
grief <03708 +ka<ac > ; yea <01571 +gam > , his heart <03820
+leb > taketh not rest in the night <03915 +layil > . This is
also <01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > .



02 : 24 [ There is ] nothing <00369 +>ayin > better < 02896 +towb
> for a man <00120 +>adam > , [ than ] that he should eat <00398
+>akal > and drink <08354 +shathah > , and [ that ] he should
make his soul <05315 +nephesh > enjoy <07200 +ra>ah > good
<02896 +towb > in his labour <05999 +<amal > . This <02088 +zeh
> also <01571 +gam > I saw <07200 +ra>ah > , that it [ was ]
from the hand <03027 +yad > of God <00430 +>elohiym > .



02 : 25 For who <04310 +miy > can eat <00398 +>akal > , or who
<04310 +miy > else can hasten <02363 +chuwsh > [ hereunto ] ,
more <02351 +chuwts > than I ?



02 : 26 For [ God ] giveth <05414 +nathan > to a man < 00120
+>adam > that [ is ] good <02896 +towb > in his sight <06440
+paniym > wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , and knowledge < 01847
+da<ath > , and joy <08057 +simchah > : but to the sinner <02398
+chata> > he giveth <05414 +nathan > travail < 06045 +<inyan > ,
to gather <00622 +>acaph > and to heap <03664 +kanac > up , that
he may give <05414 +nathan > to [ him that is ] good < 02896
+towb > before <06440 +paniym > God <00430 +> elohiym > . This
<02088 +zeh > also <01571 +gam > [ is ] vanity < 01892 +hebel >
and vexation <07469 +r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



03 : 01 . To every <03605 +kol > [ thing there is ] a season
<02165 +z@man > , and a time <06256 +<eth > to every <03605 +kol
> purpose <02656 +chephets > under <08478 +tachath > the heaven
<08064 +shamayim > :



03 : 02 A time <06256 +<eth > to be born <03205 +yalad > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to die <04191 +muwth > ; a time <06256 +<eth
> to plant <05193 +nata< > , and a time <06256 +<eth > to pluck
<06131 +<aqar > up [ that which is ] planted <05193 +nata< > ;



03 : 03 A time <06256 +<eth > to kill <02026 +harag > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to heal<07495 +rapha> > ; a time <06256
+<eth > to break <06555 +parats > down , and a time <06256 +<eth
> to build <01129 +banah > up ;



03 : 04 A time <06256 +<eth > to weep <01058 +bakah > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to laugh <07832 +sachaq > ; a time <06256
+<eth > to mourn <05594 +caphad > , and a time < 06256 +<eth > to
dance <07540 +raqad > ;



03 : 05 A time <06256 +<eth > to cast <07993 +shalak > away
stones <68> , and a time <06256 +<eth > to gather <03664 +kanac
> stones <68> together ; a time <06256 +<eth > to embrace <02263
+chabaq > , and a time <06256 +<eth > to refrain < 07368 +rachaq
> from embracing <02263 +chabaq > ;



03 : 06 A time <06256 +<eth > to get <01245 +baqash > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to lose <6> ; a time <06256 +<eth > to keep
<08104 +shamar > , and a time <06256 +<eth > to cast <07993
+shalak > away ;



03 : 07 A time <06256 +<eth > to rend <07167 +qara< > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to sew <08609 +taphar > ; a time <06256
+<eth > to keep silence <02814 +chashah > , and a time <06256
+<eth > to speak <01696 +dabar > ;



03 : 08 A time <06256 +<eth > to love <00157 +> ahab > , and a
time <06256 +<eth > to hate <08130 +sane> > ; a time <06256
+<eth > of war <04421 +milchamah > , and a time < 06256 +<eth >
of peace <07965 +shalowm > .



03 : 09 What <04100 +mah > profit <03504 +yithrown > hath he
that worketh <06213 +<asah > in that wherein <00834 +>aher > he
laboureth <06001 +<amel > ?



03 : 10 I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > the travail < 06045 +<inyan >
, which <00834 +>aher > God <00430 +>elohiym > hath given <05414
+nathan > to the sons <01121 +ben > of men <00120 +>adam > to be
exercised <06031 +<anah > in it .



03 : 11 . He hath made <06213 +<asah > every <03605 +kol > [
thing ] beautiful <03303 +yapheh > in his time <06256 +<eth > :
also <01571 +gam > he hath set <05414 +nathan > the world <05769
+<owlam > in their heart <03820 +leb > , so that no <01097
+b@liy > man <00120 +>adam > can find <04672 +matsa> > out the
work <04639 +ma<aseh > that God <00430 +>elohiym > maketh <06213
+<asah > from the beginning <07218 +ro>sh > to the end <05490
+cowph > .



03 : 12 I know <03045 +yada< > that [ there is ] no < 00369
+>ayin > good <02896 +towb > in them , but for [ a man ] to
rejoice <08055 +samach > , and to do <06213 +<asah > good <02896
+towb > in his life <02416 +chay > .



03 : 13 And also <01571 +gam > that every <03605 +kol > man
<00120 +>adam > should eat <00398 +>akal > and drink <08354
+shathah > , and enjoy <07200 +ra>ah > the good < 02896 +towb >
of all <03605 +kol > his labour <05999 +<amal > , it [ is ] the
gift <04991 +mattath > of God <00430 +>elohiym > .



03 : 14 I know <03045 +yada< > that , whatsoever God < 00430
+>elohiym > doeth <06213 +<asah > , it shall be for ever <05769
+<owlam > : nothing <00369 +>ayin > can be put < 03254 +yacaph >
to it , nor <00369 +>ayin > any thing taken <01639 +gara< > from
it : and God <00430 +>elohiym > doeth <06213 +< asah > [ it ] ,
that [ men <00582 +>enowsh > ] should fear <03372 +yare> >
before <06440 +paniym > him .



03 : 15 That which hath been <01961 +hayah > is now < 03528
+k@bar > ; and that which <00834 +>aher > is to be hath already
<03528 +k@bar > been <01961 +hayah > ; and God < 00430 +>elohiym
> requireth <01245 +baqash > that which is past < 07291 +radaph >
.



03 : 16 . And moreover <05750 +<owd > I saw <07200 +ra>ah >
under <08478 +tachath > thesun <08121 +shemesh > the place
<04725 +maqowm > of judgment <04941 +mishpat > , [ that ]
wickedness <07562 +resha< > [ was ] there <08033 +sham > ; and
the place <04725 +maqowm > of righteousness <06664 +tsedeq > , [
that ] iniquity <07562 +resha< > [ was ] there <08033 +sham > .



03 : 17 I said <00559 +>amar > in mine heart <03820 +leb > , God
<00430 +>elohiym > shall judge <08199 +shaphat > the righteous
<06662 +tsaddiyq > and the wicked <07563 +rasha< > : for [ there
<08033 +sham > is ] a time <06256 +<eth > there <08033 +sham >
for every <03605 +kol > purpose <02656 +chephets > and for every
<03605 +kol > work <04639 +ma<aseh > .



03 : 18 I said <00559 +>amar > in mine heart <03820 +leb >
concerning <05921 +<al > the estate <01700 +dibrah > of the sons
<01121 +ben > of men <00120 +>adam > , that God <00430 +>elohiym
> might manifest <01305 +barar > them , and that they might see
<07200 +ra>ah > that they themselves <01992 +hem > are beasts
<00929 +b@hemah > .



03 : 19 For that which befalleth <04745 +miqreh > the sons
<01121 +ben > of men <00120 +>adam > befalleth < 04745 +miqreh >
beasts <00929 +b@hemah > ; even one <02088 +zeh > thing
befalleth <04745 +miqreh > them : as the one <02088 +zeh > dieth
<04194 +maveth > , so <03651 +ken > dieth <04194 +maveth > the
other <02088 +zeh > ; yea , they have all <03605 +kol > one
<00259 +>echad > breath <07307 +ruwach > ; so that a man <00120
+>adam > hath no <00369 +>ayin > preeminence < 04195 +mowthar >
above <04480 +min > a beast <00929 +b@hemah > : for all <03605
+kol > [ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > .



03 : 20 All <03605 +kol > go <01980 +halak > unto one <00259
+>echad > place <04725 +maqowm > ; all <03605 +kol > are of the
dust <06083 +<aphar > , and all <03605 +kol > turn <07725 +shuwb
> to dust <06083 +<aphar > again <07725 +shuwb > .



03 : 21 Who <04310 +miy > knoweth <03045 +yada< > the spirit
<07307 +ruwach > of man that goeth <05927 +<alah > upward <04605
+ma<al > , and the spirit <07307 +ruwach > of the beast <00929
+b@hemah > that goeth <03381 +yarad > downward <04295 +mattah >
to the earth <00776 +>erets > ?



03 : 22 Wherefore <04100 +mah > I perceive <07200 +ra> ah > that
[ there is ] nothing <00369 +>ayin > better <02896 +towb > ,
than that a man <00120 +>adam > should rejoice <08055 +samach >
in his own works <04639 +ma<aseh > ; for that [ is ] his portion
<02506 +cheleq > : for who <04310 +miy > shall bring <00935
+bow> > him to see <07200 +ra>ah > what <04100 +mah > shall be
after <00310 +>achar > him ?



04 : 01 . So I returned <07725 +shuwb > , and considered <07200
+ra>ah > all <03605 +kol > the oppressions <06217 +<ashuwq >
that are done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478 +tachath > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > : and behold <02009 +hinneh > the tears <01832
+dim<ah > of [ such as were ] oppressed <06231 +< ashaq > , and
they had no <00369 +>ayin > comforter <05162 +nacham > ; and on
the side <03027 +yad > of their oppressors <06231 +< ashaq > [
there was ] power <03581 +koach > ; but they had no < 00369
+>ayin > comforter

.



04 : 02 Wherefore I praised <07623 +shabach > the dead < 04191
+muwth > which are already <03528 +k@bar > dead < 04191 +muwth >
more <04480 +min > than <04480 +min > the living < 02416 +chay >
which <00834 +>aher > are yet <05728 +<aden > alive <02416 +chay
> .



04 : 03 Yea , better <02896 +towb > [ is he ] than both < 08147
+sh@nayim > they , which <00834 +>aher > hath not yet <05728
+<aden > been <01961 +hayah > , who <00834 +> aher > hath not
seen <07200 +ra>ah > the evil <07451 +ra< > work <04639 +ma<aseh
> that is done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478 +tachath > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > .



04 : 04 . Again , I considered <07200 +ra>ah > all < 03605 +kol
> travail <05999 +<amal > , and every <03605 +kol > right <03788
+kishrown > work <04639 +ma<aseh > , that for this <01931 +huw>
> a man <00376 +>iysh > is envied <07068 +qin> ah > of his
neighbour <07453 +rea< > . This <02088 +zeh > [ is ] also
<01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > and vexation < 07469
+r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



04 : 05 The fool <03684 +k@ciyl > foldeth <02263 +chabaq > his
hands <03027 +yad > together , and eateth <00398 +> akal > his
own flesh <01320 +basar > .



04 : 06 Better <02896 +towb > [ is ] an handful [ with ]
quietness <05183 +Nachath > , than both the hands <02651
+chophen > full <04393 +m@lo> > [ with ] travail < 05999 +<amal >
and vexation <07469 +r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



04 : 07 . Then I returned <07725 +shuwb > , and I saw < 07200
+ra>ah > vanity <01892 +hebel > under <08478 +tachath > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > .



04 : 08 There is one <00259 +>echad > [ alone ] , and [ there is
] not a second <08145 +sheniy > ; yea <01571 +gam > , he hath
neither child <01121 +ben > nor brother <00251 +>ach > : yet [
is there ] no <00369 +>ayin > end <07093 +qets > of all <03605
+kol > his labour <05999 +<amal > ; neither <03808 +lo> > is his
eye <05869 +<ayin > satisfied <07646 +saba< > with riches <06239
+<osher > ; neither [ saith he ] , For whom <04310 +miy > do I
labour <06001 +<amel > , and bereave <02637 +chacer > my soul
<05315 +nephesh > of good <02896 +towb > ? This < 02088 +zeh > [
is ] also <01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > , yea , it [ is ]
a sore <07451 +ra< > travail <06045 +<inyan > .



04 : 09 Two <08147 +sh@nayim > [ are ] better <02896 +towb >
than one <00259 +>echad > ; because <00834 +>aher > they have
<03426 +yesh > a good <02896 +towb > reward <07999 +shalam > for
their labour <05999 +<amal > .



04 : 10 For if <00518 +>im > they fall <05307 +naphal > , the
one <00259 +>echad > will lift <06965 +quwm > up his fellow
<02270 +chaber > : but woe <00337 +>iy > to him [ that is ]
alone <00259 +>echad > when he falleth <05307 +naphal > ; for [
he hath ] not another <08145 +sheniy > to help <06965 +quwm >
him up .



04 : 11 Again <01571 +gam > , if two <08147 +sh@nayim > lie
<07901 +shakab > together , then they have heat <02552 +chamam >
: but how <00349 +>eyk > can one <00259 +>echad > be warm <03179
+yacham > [ alone ] ?



04 : 12 And if one <00259 +>echad > prevail <08630 +taqaph >
against him , two <08147 +sh@nayim > shall withstand < 05975
+<amad > him ; and a threefold <08027 +shalash > cord <02339
+chuwt > is not quickly <04120 +m@herah > broken < 05423 +nathaq >

.



04 : 13 . Better <02896 +towb > [ is ] a poor <04542 +micken >
and a wise <02450 +chakam > child <03206 +yeled > than an old
<02205 +zaqen > and foolish <03684 +k@ciyl > king < 04428 +melek
> , who <00834 +>aher > will <03045 +yada< > no <03808 +lo> >
more <05750 +<owd > be admonished <02094 +zahar > .



04 : 14 For out of prison he cometh <03318 +yatsa> > to reign
<04427 +malak > ; whereas <03588 +kiy > also < 01571 +gam > [ he
that is ] born <03205 +yalad > in his kingdom <04438 +malkuwth >
becometh poor <07326 +ruwsh > .



04 : 15 I considered <07200 +ra>ah > all <03605 +kol > the
living <02416 +chay > which walk <01980 +halak > under <08478
+tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > , with the second <08145
+sheniy > child <03206 +yeled > that shall stand < 05975 +<amad >
up in his stead <08478 +tachath > .



04 : 16 [ There is ] no <00369 +>ayin > end <07093 +qets > of
all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > , [ even ] of all
<03605 +kol > that have been <01961 +hayah > before <06440
+paniym > them : they also <01571 +gam > that come < 00314
+>acharown > after <00314 +>acharown > shall not rejoice <08055
+samach > in him . Surely <03588 +kiy > this <02088 +zeh > also
<01571 +gam > [ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > and vexation <07475
+ra<yown > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



05 : 01 . Keep <08104 +shamar > thy foot <07272 +regel > when
<00834 +>aher > thou goest <03212 +yalak > to the house <01004
+bayith > of God <00430 +>elohiym > , and be more < 07138 +qarowb
> ready <07138 +qarowb > to hear <08085 +shama< > , than to give
<05414 +nathan > the sacrifice <02077 +zebach > of fools <03684
+k@ciyl > : for they consider <03045 +yada< > not that they do
<06213 +<asah > evil <07451 +ra< > .



05 : 02 Be not rash <00926 +bahal > with thy mouth < 06310 +peh >
, and let not thine heart <03820 +leb > be hasty <04116 +mahar >
to utter <03318 +yatsa> > [ any ] thing <01697 +dabar > before
<06440 +paniym > God <00430 +>elohiym > : for God <00430
+>elohiym > [ is ] in heaven <08064 +shamayim > , and thou upon
earth <00776 +>erets > : therefore let thy words < 01697 +dabar >
be few <04592 +m@<at > .



05 : 03 For a dream <02472 +chalowm > cometh <00935 +bow> >
through the multitude <07230 +rob > of business <06045 +<inyan >
; and a fool s <03684 +k@ciyl > voice <06963 +qowl > [ is known
] by multitude <07230 +rob > of words <01697 +dabar > .



05 : 04 . When <00834 +>aher > thou vowest <05087 +nadar > a
vow <05088 +neder > unto God <00430 +>elohiym > , defer <00309
+>achar > not to pay <07999 +shalam > it ; for [ he hath ] no
<00369 +>ayin > pleasure <02656 +chephets > in fools <03684
+k@ciyl > : pay <07999 +shalam > that which <00834 +>aher > thou
hast vowed <05087 +nadar > .



05 : 05 Better <02896 +towb > [ is it ] that thou shouldest not
vow <05087 +nadar > , than that thou shouldest vow < 05087 +nadar
> and not pay <07999 +shalam > .



05 : 06 Suffer <05414 +nathan > not thy mouth <06310 +peh > to
cause thy flesh <01320 +basar > to sin <02398 +chata> > ;
neither <00408 +>al > say <00559 +>amar > thou before <06440
+paniym > the angel <04397 +mal>ak > , that it [ was ] an error
<07684 +sh@gagah > : wherefore <04100 +mah > should God <00430
+>elohiym > be angry <07107 +qatsaph > at <05921 +<al > thy
voice <06963 +qowl > , and destroy <02254 +chabal > the work
<04639 +ma<aseh > of thine hands <03027 +yad > ?



05 : 07 For in the multitude <07230 +rob > of dreams < 02472
+chalowm > and many <07230 +rob > words <01697 +dabar > [ there
are ] also [ divers ] vanities <01892 +hebel > : but fear <03372
+yare> > thou God <00430 +>elohiym > .



05 : 08 If <00518 +>im > thou seest <07200 +ra>ah > the
oppression <06233 +<osheq > of the poor <07326 +ruwsh > , and
violent <01499 +gezel > perverting of judgment <04941 +mishpat >
and justice <06664 +tsedeq > in a province <04082 +m@diynah > ,
marvel <08539 +tamahh > not at <05921 +<al > the matter <02659
+chapher > : for [ he that is ] higher <01364 +gaboahh > than
<05921 +<al > the highest <01364 +gaboahh > regardeth <08104
+shamar > ; and [ there be ] higher <01364 +gaboahh > than
<05921 +<al > they .



05 : 09 . Moreover the profit <03504 +yithrown > of the earth
<00776 +>erets > is for all <03605 +kol > : the king <04428
+melek > [ himself ] is served <05647 +<abad > by the field
<07704 +sadeh > .



05 : 10 He that loveth <00157 +>ahab > silver <03701 +keceph >
shall not be satisfied <07646 +saba< > with silver < 03701
+keceph > ; nor he that loveth <00157 +>ahab > abundance <01995
+hamown > with increase <08393 +t@buw>ah > : this < 02088 +zeh >
[ is ] also <01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > .



05 : 11 When goods <02896 +towb > increase <07235 +rabah > ,
they are increased <07231 +rabab > that eat <00398 +> akal > them
: and what <04100 +mah > good <03788 +kishrown > [ is there ] to
the owners <01167 +ba<al > thereof , saving <00518 +>im > the
beholding <07200 +ra>ah > [ of them ] with their eyes <05869
+<ayin > ?



05 : 12 The sleep <08142 +shehah > of a labouring <05647 +<abad
> man [ is ] sweet <04966 +mathowq > , whether <00518 +>im > he
eat <00398 +>akal > little <04592 +m@<at > or much <07235 +rabah
> : but the abundance <07647 +saba< > of the rich < 06223
+<ashiyr > will not suffer <03240 +yanach > him to sleep <03462
+yashen > .



05 : 13 There is a sore <02470 +chalah > evil <07451 +ra< > [
which ] I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > under <08478 +tachath > the
sun <08121 +shemesh > , [ namely ] , riches <06239 +< osher >
kept <08104 +shamar > for the owners <01167 +ba<al > thereof to
their hurt <07451 +ra< > .



05 : 14 But those <01931 +huw> > riches <06239 +< osher > perish
<6> by evil <07451 +ra< > travail <06045 +< inyan > : and he
begetteth <03205 +yalad > a son <01121 +ben > , and [ there is ]
nothing in his hand <03027 +yad > .



05 : 15 As he came <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > of
his mother s <00517 +>em > womb <00990 +beten > , naked <06174
+<arowm > shall he return <07725 +shuwb > to go < 03212 +yalak >
as he came <00935 +bow> > , and shall take <05375 +nasa> >
nothing of his labour <05999 +<amal > , which he may carry
<03212 +yalak > away in his hand <03027 +yad > .



05 : 16 And this <02090 +zoh > also <01571 +gam > [ is ] a sore
<02470 +chalah > evil <07451 +ra< > , [ that ] in all <03605
+kol > points <05980 +<ummah > as he came <00935 +bow> > , so
<03651 +ken > shall he go <03212 +yalak > : and what <04100 +mah
> profit <03504 +yithrown > hath he that hath laboured <05998
+<amal > for the wind <07307 +ruwach > ?



05 : 17 All <03605 +kol > his days <03117 +yowm > also <01571
+gam > he eateth <00398 +>akal > in darkness < 02822 +choshek > ,
and [ he hath ] much <07235 +rabah > sorrow <03708 +ka<ac > and
wrath <07110 +qetseph > with his sickness <02483 +choliy > .



05 : 18 . Behold <02009 +hinneh > [ that ] which <00834 +>aher
> I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > : [ it is ] good < 02896 +towb >
and comely <03303 +yapheh > [ for one ] to eat <00398 +>akal >
and to drink <08354 +shathah > , and to enjoy <07200 +ra>ah >
the good <02896 +towb > of all <03605 +kol > his labour <05999
+<amal > that he taketh <05998 +<amal > under < 08478 +tachath >
the sun <08121 +shemesh > all <04557 +micpar > the days <03117
+yowm > of his life <02416 +chay > , which <00834 +>aher > God
<00430 +>elohiym > giveth <05414 +nathan > him : for it [ is ]
his portion <02506 +cheleq > .



05 : 19 Every <03605 +kol > man <00120 +>adam > also <01571 +gam
> to whom <00834 +>aher> God <00430 +>elohiym > hath given
<05414 +nathan > riches <06239 +<osher > and wealth <05233
+nekec > , and hath given him power <07980 +shalat > to eat
<00398 +>akal > thereof , and to take <05375 +nasa> > his
portion <02506 +cheleq > , and to rejoice <08055 +samach > in
his labour <05999 +<amal > ; this <02090 +zoh > [ is ] the gift
<04991 +mattath > of God <00430 +>elohiym > .



05 : 20 For he shall not much <07235 +rabah > remember < 02142
+zakar > the days <03117 +yowm > of his life <02416 +chay > ;
because <03588 +kiy > God <00430 +>elohiym > answereth <06030
+<anah > [ him ] in the joy <08057 +simchah > of his heart
<03820 +leb > .



06 : 01 . There is an evil <07451 +ra< > which < 00834 +>aher >
I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > under <08478 +tachath > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > , and it [ is ] common <07227 +rab > among
<05921 +<al > men <00120 +>adam > :



06 : 02 A man <00376 +>iysh > to whom <00834 +> aher > God <00430
+>elohiym > hath given <05414 +nathan > riches < 06239 +<osher > ,
wealth <05233 +nekec > , and honour <03519 +kabowd > , so that
he wanteth <02638 +chacer > nothing <00369 +>ayin > for his soul
<05315 +nephesh > of all <03605 +kol > that he desireth <00183
+>avah > , yet God <00430 +>elohiym > giveth him not power
<07980 +shalat > to eat <00398 +>akal > thereof , but a stranger
eateth <00398 +>akal > it : this <02088 +zeh > [ is ] vanity
<01892 +hebel > , and it [ is ] an evil <07451 +ra< > disease
<02483 +choliy > .



06 : 03 If <00518 +>im > a man <00376 +>iysh > beget <03205
+yalad > an hundred <03967 +me>ah > [ children ] , and live
<02421 +chayah > many <07227 +rab > years <08141 +shaneh > , so
that the days <03117 +yowm > of his years <08141 +shaneh > be
many <07227 +rab > , and his soul <05315 +nephesh > be not
filled <07646 +saba< > with good <02896 +towb > , and also
<01571 +gam > [ that ] he have <01961 +hayah > no < 03808 +lo> >
burial <06900 +q@buwrah > ; I say <00559 +>amar > , [ that ] an
untimely <05309 +nephel > birth <05309 +nephel > [ is ] better
<02896 +towb > than he .



06 : 04 For he cometh <00935 +bow> > in with vanity < 01892
+hebel > , and departeth <03212 +yalak > in darkness < 02822
+choshek > , and his name <08034 +shem > shall be covered <03680
+kacah > with darkness <02822 +choshek > .



06 : 05 Moreover <01571 +gam > he hath not seen <07200 +ra>ah >
the sun <08121 +shemesh > , nor <03808 +lo> > known <03045
+yada< > [ any thing ] : this <02088 +zeh > hath more rest
<05183 +Nachath > than the other <02088 +zeh > .



06 : 06 Yea <00432 +>illuw > , though he live <02421 +chayah > a
thousand <00505 +>eleph > years <08141 +shaneh > twice <06471
+pa<am > [ told ] , yet hath he seen <07200 +ra>ah > no <03808
+lo> > good <02896 +towb > : do not all <03605 +kol > go <01980
+halak > to one <00259 +>echad > place <04725 +maqowm > ?



06 : 07 . All <03605 +kol > the labour <05999 +<amal > of man
<00120 +>adam > [ is ] for his mouth <06310 +peh > , and yet
<01571 +gam > the appetite <05315 +nephesh > is not filled
<04390 +male> > .



06 : 08 For what <04100 +mah > hath the wise <02450 +chakam >
more <03148 +yowther > than <04480 +min > the fool <03684
+k@ciyl > ? what <04100 +mah > hath the poor <06041 +<aniy > ,
that knoweth <03045 +yada< > to walk <01980 +halak > before
<05048 +neged > the living <02416 +chay > ?



06 : 09 Better <02896 +towb > [ is ] the sight <04758 +mar>eh >
of the eyes <05869 +<ayin > than the wandering <01981 +halak >
of the desire <05315 +nephesh > : this <02088 +zeh > [ is ] also
<01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > and vexation < 07469
+r@<uwth > of spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



06 : 10 That which <00834 +>aher > hath been <01961 +hayah > is
named already <03528 +k@bar > , and it is known <03045 +yada< >
that it [ is ] man <00120 +>adam > : neither <03808 +lo> > may
<03201 +yakol > he contend <01777 +diyn > with him that is
mightier <08623 +taqqiyph > than he .



06 : 11 . Seeing <03588 +kiy > there be many <07235 +rabah >
things <01697 +dabar > that increase <07235 +rabah > vanity
<01892 +hebel > , what <04100 +mah > [ is ] man < 00120 +>adam >
the better <03148 +yowther > ?



06 : 12 For who <04310 +miy > knoweth <03045 +yada< > what
<04100 +mah > [ is ] good <02896 +towb > for man < 00120 +>adam >
in [ this ] life <02416 +chay > , all <04557 +micpar > the days
<03117 +yowm > of his vain <01892 +hebel > life < 02416 +chay >
which he spendeth <06213 +<asah > as a shadow <06738 +tsel > ?
for who <04310 +miy > can tell <05046 +nagad > a man <00120
+>adam > what <04100 +mah > shall be after <00310 +>achar > him
under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > ?



07 : Ecclesiastes 7



07 : 01 . A good name <08034 +shem > [ is ] better < 02896 +towb
> than precious <02896 +towb > ointment <08081 +shemen > ; and
the day <03117 +yowm > of death <04194 +maveth > than the day
<03117 +yowm > of one s birth <03205 +yalad > .



07 : 02 [ It is ] better <02896 +towb > to go <03212 +yalak > to
the house <01004 +bayith > of mourning <60> , than to go <03212
+yalak > to the house <01004 +bayith > of feasting < 04960
+mishteh > : for that [ is ] the end <05490 +cowph > of all
<03605 +kol > men <00120 +>adam > ; and the living <02416 +chay
> will lay <05414 +nathan > [ it ] to his heart < 03820 +leb > .



07 : 03 Sorrow <03708 +ka<ac > [ is ] better <02896 +towb > than
laughter <07814 +s@chowq > : for by the sadness <07455 +roa< >
of the countenance <06440 +paniym > the heart <03820 +leb > is
made better <03190 +yatab > .



07 : 04 The heart <03820 +leb > of the wise <02450 +chakam > [
is ] in the house <01004 +bayith > of mourning <60> ; but the
heart <03820 +leb > of fools <03684 +k@ciyl > [ is ] in the
house <01004 +bayith > of mirth <08057 +simchah > .



07 : 05 [ It is ] better <02896 +towb > to hear <08085 +shama< >
the rebuke <01606 +g@<arah > of the wise <02450 +chakam > , than
for a man <00376 +>iysh > to hear <08085 +shama< > the song
<07892 +shiyr > of fools <03684 +k@ciyl > .



07 : 06 For as the crackling <06963 +qowl > of thorns < 05518
+ciyr > under <08478 +tachath > a pot <05518 +ciyr > , so <03651
+ken > [ is ] the laughter <07814 +s@chowq > of the fool <03684
+k@ciyl > : this <02088 +zeh > also <01571 +gam > [ is ] vanity
<01892 +hebel > .



07 : 07 . Surely <03588 +kiy > oppression <06233 +< osheq >
maketh a wise <02450 +chakam > man mad <01984 +halal > ; and a
gift <04979 +mattanah > destroyeth <6> the heart < 03820 +leb > .



07 : 08 Better <02896 +towb > [ is ] the end <00319 +> achariyth
> of a thing <01697 +dabar > than the beginning < 07225
+re>shiyth > thereof : [ and ] the patient <00750 +> arek > in
spirit <07307 +ruwach > [ is ] better <02896 +towb > than the
proud <01362 +gabahh > in spirit <07307 +ruwach > .



07 : 09 Be not hasty <00926 +bahal > in thy spirit < 07307
+ruwach > to be angry <03707 +ka<ac > : for anger < 03708 +ka<ac
> resteth <05117 +nuwach > in the bosom <02436 +cheyq > of fools
<03684 +k@ciyl > .



07 : 10 Say <00559 +>amar > not thou , What <04100 +mah > is [
the cause <01961 +hayah > ] that the former <07223 +ri>shown >
days <03117 +yowm > were better <02896 +towb > than these <00428
+>el - leh > ? for thou dost not enquire <07592 +sha> al >
wisely <02451 +chokmah > concerning <05921 +<al > this <02088
+zeh > .



07 : 11 . Wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ is ] good <02896 +towb >
with an inheritance <05159 +nachalah > : and [ by it there is ]
profit <03148 +yowther > to them that see <07200 +ra> ah > the
sun <08121 +shemesh > .



07 : 12 For wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ is ] a defence < 06738
+tsel > , [ and ] money <03701 +keceph > [ is ] a defence <06738
+tsel > : but the excellency <03504 +yithrown > of knowledge
<01847 +da<ath > [ is , that ] wisdom <02451 +chokmah > giveth
life <02421 +chayah > to them that have <01167 +ba<al > it .



07 : 13 Consider <07200 +ra>ah > the work <04639 +ma<aseh > of
God <00430 +>elohiym > : for who <04310 +miy > can <03201 +yakol
> make [ that ] straight <08626 +taqan > , which < 00834 +>aher >
he hath made crooked <05791 +<avath > ?



07 : 14 In the day <03117 +yowm > of prosperity <02896 +towb >
be joyful <02896 +towb > , but in the day <03117 +yowm > of
adversity <07451 +ra< > consider <07200 +ra>ah > : God <00430
+>elohiym > also <01571 +gam > hath set <06213 +<asah > the one
<02088 +zeh > over <05980 +<ummah > against < 05980 +<ummah > the
other <02088 +zeh > , to the end <01700 +dibrah > that man
<00120 +>adam > should find <04672 +matsa> > nothing after
<00310 +>achar > him .



07 : 15 All <03605 +kol > [ things ] have I seen <07200 +ra>ah >
in the days <03117 +yowm > of my vanity <01892 +hebel > : there
is a just <06662 +tsaddiyq > [ man ] that perisheth < 6> in his
righteousness <06664 +tsedeq > , and there is a wicked < 07563
+rasha< > [ man ] that prolongeth <00748 +>arak > [ his life ]
in his wickedness <07451 +ra< > .



07 : 16 Be not righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > over <07235 +rabah >
much <07235 +rabah > ; neither <00408 +>al > make thyself over
<03148 +yowther > wise <02449 +chakam > : why < 04100 +mah >
shouldest thou destroy <08074 +shamem > thyself ?



07 : 17 Be not over <07235 +rabah > much <07235 +rabah > wicked
<07561 +rasha< > , neither <00408 +>al > be thou foolish <05530
+cakal > : why <04100 +mah > shouldest thou die < 04191 +muwth >
before <03808 +lo> > thy time <06256 +<eth > ?



07 : 18 [ It is ] good <02896 +towb > that thou shouldest take
<00270 +>achaz > hold <00270 +>achaz > of this <02088 +zeh > ;
yea <01571 +gam > , also <01571 +gam > from this < 02088 +zeh >
withdraw <03240 +yanach > not thine hand <03027 +yad > : for he
that feareth <03373 +yare> > God <00430 +>elohiym > shall come
<03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > of them all <03605 +kol >

.



07 : 19 Wisdom <02451 +chokmah > strengtheneth <05810 +<azaz >
the wise <02450 +chakam > more than ten <06235 +<eser > mighty
<07989 +shalliyt > [ men ] which <00834 +>aher > are in the city
<05892 +<iyr > .



07 : 20 For [ there is ] not a just <06662 +tsaddiyq > man
<00120 +>adam > upon earth <00776 +>erets > , that doeth <06213
+<asah > good <02896 +towb > , and sinneth <02398 +chata> > not .



07 : 21 Also <01571 +gam > take <05414 +nathan > no <00808
+>ashiysh > heed <03820 +leb > unto all <03605 +kol > words
<01697 +dabar > that are spoken <01696 +dabar > ; lest thou hear
<08085 +shama< > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > curse <07043 +qalal
> thee :



07 : 22 For oftentimes also <01571 +gam > thine own heart <03820
+leb > knoweth <3045yada< > that thou thyself < 00859 +>attah >
likewise <01571 +gam > hast cursed <07043 +qalal > others <00312
+>acher > .



07 : 23 . All <03605 +kol > this <02090 +zoh > have I proved
<05254 +nacah > by wisdom <02451 +chokmah > : I said <00559
+>amar > , I will be wise <02449 +chakam > ; but it [ was ] far
<07350 +rachowq > from me .



07 : 24 That which <04100 +mah > is far <07350 +rachowq > off ,
and exceeding deep <06013 +<amoq > , who <04310 +miy > can find
<04672 +matsa> > it out ?



07 : 25 I applied <05437 +cabab > mine heart <03820 +leb > to
know <03045 +yada< > , and to search <08446 +tuwr > , and to
seek <01245 +baqash > out wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , and the
reason <02808 +cheshbown > [ of things ] , and to know < 03045
+yada< > the wickedness <07562 +resha< > of folly <03689 +kecel
> , even of foolishness <05531 +cikluwth > [ and ] madness
<01947 +howlelah > :



07 : 26 And I find <04672 +matsa> > more bitter < 04751 +mar >
than death <04194 +maveth > the woman <00802 +> ishshah > , whose
heart <03820 +leb > [ is ] snares <04685 +matsowd > and nets
<02764 +cherem > , [ and ] her hands <03027 +yad > [ as ] bands
<00612 +>ecuwr > : whoso pleaseth God <00430 +> elohiym > shall
escape <04422 +malat > from her ; but the sinner <02398 +chata>
> shall be taken <03920 +lakad > by her .



07 : 27 Behold <07200 +ra>ah > , this <02088 +zeh > have I found
<04672 +matsa> > , saith <00559 +>amar > the preacher <06953
+qoheleth > , [ counting ] one <00259 +>echad > by one <00259
+>echad > , to find <04672 +matsa> > out the account <02808
+cheshbown > :



07 : 28 Which <00834 +>aher > yet <05750 +<owd > my soul <05315
+nephesh > seeketh<01245 +baqash > , but I find < 04672 +matsa> >
not : one <00259 +>echad > man <00120 +>adam > among a thousand
<00505 +>eleph > have I found <04672 +matsa> > ; but a woman
<00802 +>ishshah > among all <03605 +kol > those <00428 +>el -
leh > have I not found <04672 +matsa> > .



07 : 29 Lo <07200 +ra>ah > , this <02088 +zeh > only <00905 +bad
> have I found <04672 +matsa> > , that God <00430 +>elohiym >
hath made <06213 +<asah > man <00120 +>adam > upright <03477
+yashar > ; but they have sought <01245 +baqash > out many
<07227 +rab > inventions <02810 +chishshabown > .



08 : 01 . Who <04310 +miy > [ is ] as the wise <02450 +chakam >
[ man <00376 +>iysh > ] ? and who <04310 +miy > knoweth <03045
+yada< > the interpretation <06592 +pesher > of a thing <01697
+dabar > ? a man s <00120 +>adam > wisdom <02451 +chokmah >
maketh his face <06440 +paniym > to shine <00215 +> owr > , and
the boldness <05797 +<oz > of his face <06440 +paniym > shall be
changed <08132 +shana > .



08 : 02 I [ counsel thee ] to keep <08104 +shamar > the king s
<04428 +melek > commandment <06310 +peh > , and [ that ] in
regard of the oath <07621 +sh@buw<ah > of God <00430 +>elohiym >
.



08 : 03 Be not hasty <00926 +bahal > to go <03212 +yalak > out
of his sight <06440 +paniym > : stand <05975 +<amad > not in an
evil <07451 +ra< > thing <01697 +dabar > ; for he doeth <06213
+<asah > whatsoever pleaseth <02654 +chaphets > him .



08 : 04 Where <00834 +>aher > the word <01697 +dabar > of a king
<04428 +melek > [ is , there is ] power <07983 +shiltown > : and
who <04310 +miy > may say <00559 +>amar > unto him , What <04100
+mah > doest <06213 +<asah > thou ?



08 : 05 Whoso keepeth <08104 +shamar > the commandment < 04687
+mitsvah > shall feel <03045 +yada< > no <03808 +lo> > evil
<07451 +ra< > thing <01697 +dabar > : and a wise <02450 +chakam
> man s heart <03820 +leb > discerneth <03045 +yada< > both time
<06256 +<eth > and judgment <04941 +mishpat > .



08 : 06 . Because <03588 +kiy > to every <03605 +kol > purpose
<02656 +chephets > there is time <06256 +<eth > and judgment
<04941 +mishpat > , therefore the misery <07451 +ra< > of man
<00120 +>adam > [ is ] great <07227 +rab > upon him .



08 : 07 For he knoweth <03045 +yada< > not that which <04100
+mah > shall be : for who can tell <05046 +nagad > him when it
shall be ?



08 : 08 [ There is ] no <00369 +>ayin > man <00120 +>adam > that
hath power <07989 +shalliyt > over the spirit <07307 +ruwach >
to retain <03607 +kala> > the spirit <07307 +ruwach > ; neither
<00369 +>ayin > [ hath he ] power <07983 +shiltown > in the day
<03117 +yowm > of death <04194 +maveth > : and [ there is ] no
<00369 +>ayin > discharge <04917 +mishlachath > in [ that ] war
<04421 +milchamah > ; neither <03808 +lo> > shall wickedness
<07562 +resha< > deliver <04422 +malat > those that are given
<01167 +ba<al > to it .



08 : 09 . All <03605 +kol > this <02088 +zeh > have I seen
<07200 +ra>ah > , and applied <05414 +nathan > my heart <03820
+leb > unto every <03605 +kol > work <04639 +ma< aseh > that is
done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121
+shemesh > : [ there is ] a time <06256 +<eth > wherein <00834
+>aher > one man <00120 +>adam > ruleth <07980 +shalat > over
another to his own hurt <07451 +ra< > .



08 : 10 And so <03651 +ken > I saw <07200 +ra>ah > the wicked
<07563 +rasha< > buried <06912 +qabar > , who had come <00935
+bow> > and gone <01980 +halak > from the place < 04725 +maqowm >
of the holy <06918 +qadowsh > , and they were forgotten < 07911
+shakach > in the city <05892 +<iyr > where <00834 +>aher > they
had so <03651 +ken > done <06466 +pa<al > : this <02088 +zeh > [
is ] also <01571 +gam > vanity <01892 +hebel > .



08 : 11 Because <00834 +>aher > sentence <06599 +pithgam >
against an evil <07451 +ra< > work <04639 +ma<aseh > is not
executed <06213 +<asah > speedily <04120 +m@herah > , therefore
the heart <03820 +leb > of the sons <01121 +ben > of men <00120
+>adam > is fully <04390 +male> > set in them to do <06213
+<asah > evil <07451 +ra< > .



08 : 12 Though a sinner <02398 +chata> > do <06213 +<asah > evil
<07451 +ra< > an hundred <03967 +me>ah > times , and his [ days
] be prolonged <00748 +>arak > , yet <03588 +kiy > surely <03588
+kiy > I know <03045 +yada< > that it shall be well <02896 +towb
> with them that fear <03373 +yare> > God <00430 +>elohiym > ,
which <00834 +>aher > fear <03372 +yare> > before <06440 +paniym
> him :



08 : 13 But it shall not be well <02896 +towb > with the wicked
<07563 +rasha< > , neither <03808 +lo> > shall he prolong <00748
+>arak > [ his ] days <03117 +yowm > , [ which are ] as a shadow
<06738 +tsel > ; because <00834 +>aher > he feareth <03373
+yare> > not before <06440 +paniym > God <00430 +>elohiym > .



08 : 14 . There is a vanity <01892 +hebel > which < 00834 +>aher
> is done <06466 +pa<al > upon the earth <00776 +>erets > ; that
there be just <06662 +tsaddiyq > [ men ] , unto whom it
happeneth <05060 +naga< > according to the work < 04639 +ma<aseh
> of the wicked <07563 +rasha< > ; again , there be wicked
<07563 +rasha< > [ men ] , to whom <00413 +>el > it happeneth
<05060 +naga< > according to the work <04639 +ma< aseh > of the
righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > : I said <00559 +>amar > that this
<02088 +zeh > also <01571 +gam > [ is ] vanity < 01892 +hebel > .



08 : 15 Then I commended <07623 +shabach > mirth <08057 +simchah
> , because <00834 +>aher > a man <00120 +>adam > hath no <00369
+>ayin > better <02896 +towb > thing under <08478 +tachath > the
sun <08121 +shemesh > , than to eat <00398 +>akal > , and to
drink <08354 +shathah > , and to be merry <08055 +samach > : for
that shall abide <03867 +lavah > with him of his labour < 05999
+<amal > the days <03117 +yowm > of his life < 02416 +chay > ,
which <00834 +>aher > God <00430 +>elohiym > giveth <05414
+nathan > him under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > .



08 : 16 When <00834 +>aher > I applied <05414 +nathan > mine
heart <03820 +leb > to know <03045 +yada< > wisdom <02451
+chokmah > , and to see <07200 +ra>ah > the business <06045
+<inyan > that is done <06466 +pa<al > upon the earth <00776
+>erets > : ( for also <01571 +gam > [ there is that ] neither
day <03117 +yowm > nor night <03915 +layil > seeth <07200 +ra>ah
> sleep <08142 +shehah > with his eyes <05869 +< ayin > : )



08 : 17 Then I beheld <07200 +ra>ah > all <03605 +kol > the work
<04639 +ma<aseh > of God <00430 +>elohiym > , that a man <00120
+>adam > cannot find <04672 +matsa> > out the work <04639
+ma<aseh > that is done <06466 +pa<al > under < 08478 +tachath >
the sun <08121 +shemesh > : because <00834 +>aher > though
<00834 +>aher > a man <00120 +>adam > labour <05998 +<amal > to
seek <01245 +baqash > [ it ] out , yet he shall not find <04672
+matsa> > [ it ] ; yea <01571 +gam > further < 03254 +yacaph > ;
though <00518 +>im > a wise <02450 +chakam > [ man ] think
<00559 +>amar > to know <03045 +yada< > [ it ] , yet shall he
not be able <03201 +yakol > to find <04672 +matsa> > [ it ] .



09 : 01 . For all <03605 +kol > this <02088 +zeh > I considered
<05414 +nathan > in my heart <03820 +leb > even to declare
<00952 +buwr > all <03605 +kol > this <02088 +zeh > , that the
righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > , and the wise <02450 +chakam > ,
and their works <05652 +<abad > , [ are ] in the hand <03027
+yad > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : no <00369 +> ayin > man <00120
+>adam > knoweth <03045 +yada< > either <01571 +gam > love
<00160 +>ahabah > or hatred <08135 +sin>ah > [ by ] all <03605
+kol > [ that is ] before <06440 +paniym > them .



09 : 02 All <03605 +kol > [ things come ] alike <00834 +>aher >
to all <03605 +kol > : [ there is ] one <00259 +> echad > event
<04745 +miqreh > to the righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > , and to
the wicked <07563 +rasha< > ; to the good <02896 +towb > and to
the clean <02889 +tahowr > , and to the unclean <02931 +tame> > ;
to him that sacrificeth <02076 +zabach > , and to him that
sacrificeth <02076 +zabach > not : as [ is ] the good < 02896
+towb > , so [ is ] the sinner <02398 +chata> > ; [ and ] he
that sweareth <07650 +shaba< > , as [ he ] that feareth <03373
+yare> > an oath <07621 +sh@buw<ah > .



09 : 03 This <02088 +zeh > [ is ] an evil <07451 +ra< > among
all <03605 +kol > [ things ] that are done <06466 +pa< al > under
<08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > , that [ there is ]
one <00259 +>echad > event <04745 +miqreh > unto all <03605 +kol
> : yea <01571 +gam > , also <01571 +gam > the heart <03820 +leb
> of the sons <01121 +ben > of men <00120 +>adam > is full
<04390 +male> > of evil <07451 +ra< > , and madness <01947
+howlelah > [ is ] in their heart <03824 +lebab > while they
live <02416 +chay > , and after <00310 +>achar > that [ they go
] to the dead <04191 +muwth > .



09 : 04 . For to him that is joined <00977 +bachar > to all
<03605 +kol > the living <02416 +chay > there is hope <00986
+bittachown > : for a living <02416 +chay > dog < 03611 +keleb >
is better <02896 +towb > than <04480 +min > a dead <04191 +muwth
> lion <00738 +>ariy > .



09 : 05 For the living <02416 +chay > know <03045 +yada< > that
they shall die <04191 +muwth > : but the dead <04191 +muwth >
know <03045 +yada< > not any <03972 +m@uwmah > thing , neither
<00369 +>ayin > have they any more <05750 +<owd > a reward
<07999 +shalam > ; for the memory <02143 +zeker > of them is
forgotten <07911 +shakach > .



09 : 06 Also <01571 +gam > their love <00160 +>ahabah > , and
their hatred <08135 +sin>ah> , and their envy <07068 +qin>ah > ,
is now <03528 +k@bar > perished <6> ; neither < 00369 +>ayin >
have they any more <05750 +<owd > a portion <02506 +cheleq > for
ever <05769 +<owlam > in any <03605 +kol > [ thing ] that is
done <06466 +pa<al > under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121
+shemesh > .



09 : 07 Go <03212 +yalak > thy way , eat <00398 +> akal > thy
bread <03899 +lechem > with joy <08057 +simchah > , and drink
<08354 +shathah > thy wine <03196 +yayin > with a merry <02896
+towb > heart <03820 +leb > ; for God <00430 +> elohiym > now
<03528 +k@bar > accepteth <07521 +ratsah > thy works <04639
+ma<aseh > .



09 : 08 Let thy garments <00899 +beged > be always white <03836
+laban > ; and let thy head <07218 +ro>sh > lack < 02637 +chacer
> no <00408 +>al > ointment <08081 +shemen > .



09 : 09 Live <02416 +chay > joyfully <02416 +chay > with the
wife <00802 +>ishshah > whom <00834 +>aher > thou lovest <00157
+>ahab > all <03605 +kol > the days <03117 +yowm > of the life
<02416 +chay > of thy vanity <01892 +hebel > , which <00834
+>aher > he hath given <05414 +nathan > thee under <08478
+tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > , all <03605 +kol > the
days <03117 +yowm > of thy vanity <01892 +hebel > : for that [
is ] thy portion <02506 +cheleq > in [ this ] life < 02416 +chay
> , and in thy labour <05999 +<amal > which thou takest <06001
+<amel > under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > .



09 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand <03027 +yad > findeth <04672 +matsa>
> to do <06213 +<asah > , do <06213 +<asah > [ it ] with thy
might <03581 +koach > ; for [ there is ] no <00369 +> ayin > work
<04639 +ma<aseh > , nor device <02808 +cheshbown > , nor
knowledge <01847 +da<ath > , nor wisdom <02451 +chokmah > , in
the grave <07585 +sh@>owl > , whither thou goest < 01980 +halak >

.



09 : 11 . I returned <07725 +shuwb > , and saw <07200 +ra>ah >
under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh > , that the
race <04793 +merowts > [ is ] not to the swift <07031 + qal > ,
nor <03808 +lo> > the battle <04421 +milchamah > to the strong
<01368 +gibbowr > , neither <03808 +lo> > yet < 01571 +gam >
bread <03899 +lechem > to the wise <02450 +chakam > , nor <03808
+lo> > yet <01571 +gam > riches <06239 +<osher > to men of
understanding <00995 +biyn > , nor <03808 +lo> > yet <01571 +gam
> favour <02580 +chen > to men of skill <03045 +yada< > ; but
time <06256 +<eth > and chance <06294 +pega< > happeneth <07136
+qarah > to them all <03605 +kol > .



09 : 12 For man <00120 +>adam > also <01571 +gam > knoweth
<03045 +yada< > not his time <06256 +<eth > : as the fishes
<01709 +dag > that are taken <00270 +>achaz > in an evil <07451
+ra< > net <04686 +matsuwd > , and as the birds < 06833 +tsippowr
> that are caught <00270 +>achaz > in the snare < 06341 +pach > ;
so <01992 +hem > [ are ] the sons <01121 +ben > of men <00120
+>adam > snared <03369 +yaqosh > in an evil <07451 +ra< > time
<06256 +<eth > , when it falleth <05307 +naphal > suddenly
<06597 +pith>owm > upon them .



09 : 13 . This <02090 +zoh > wisdom <02451 +chokmah > have I
seen <07200 +ra>ah > also <01571 +gam > under < 08478 +tachath >
the sun <08121 +shemesh > , and it [ seemed ] great < 01419
+gadowl > unto me :



09 : 14 [ There was ] a little <06996 +qatan > city < 05892 +<iyr
> , and few <04592 +m@<at > men <00582 +>enowsh > within it ;
and there came <00935 +bow> > a great <01419 +gadowl > king
<04428 +melek > against <00413 +>el > it , and besieged <05437
+cabab > it , and built <01129 +banah > great <01419 +gadowl >
bulwarks <04685 +matsowd > against <05921 +<al > it :



09 : 15 Now there was found <04672 +matsa> > in it a poor <04542
+micken > wise <02450 +chakam > man <00376 +>iysh > , and he by
his wisdom <02451 +chokmah > delivered <04422 +malat > the city
<05892 +<iyr > ; yet no <03808 +lo> > man < 00376 +>iysh >
remembered <02142 +zakar > that same <01931 +huw> > poor <04542
+micken > man <00376 +>iysh > .



09 : 16 Then said <00559 +>amar > I , Wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [
is ] better <02896 +towb > than strength <01369 +g@buwrah > :
nevertheless the poor <04542 +micken > man s wisdom < 02451
+chokmah > [ is ] despised <00959 +bazah > , and his words
<01697 +dabar > are not heard <08085 +shama< > .



09 : 17 The words <01697 +dabar > of wise <02450 +chakam > [ men
are ] heard <08085 +shama< > in quiet <05183 +Nachath > more
than the cry <02201 +za<aq > of him that ruleth < 04910 +mashal >
among fools <03684 +k@ciyl > .



09 : 18 Wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ is ] better <02896 +towb >
than weapons <03627 +k@liy > of war <07128 +q@rab > : but one
<00259 +>echad > sinner <02398 +chata> > destroyeth <6> much
<07235 +rabah > good <02896 +towb > .



10 : 01 . Dead <04194 +maveth > flies <02070 +z@buwb > cause
the ointment <08081 +shemen > of the apothecary <07543 +raqach >
to send <05042 +naba< > forth a stinking <00887 +ba>ash > savour
<07381 +reyach > : [ so doth ] a little <04592 +m@< at > folly
<05531 +cikluwth > him that is in reputation <03368 +yaqar > for
wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ and ] honour <03519 +kabowd > .



10 : 02 A wise <02450 +chakam > man s heart <03820 +leb > [ is ]
at his right <03225 +yamiyn > hand <03225 +yamiyn > ; but a fool
s <03684 +k@ciyl > heart <03820 +leb > at his left <08040
+s@mo>wl > .



10 : 03 Yea <01571 +gam > also <01571 +gam > , when he that is a
fool <05530 +cakal > walketh <01980 +halak > by the way <01870
+derek > , his wisdom <03820 +leb > faileth <02638 +chacer > [
him ] , and he saith <00559 +>amar > to every <03605 +kol > one
[ that ] he [ is ] a fool <05530 +cakal > .



10 : 04 . If the spirit <07307 +ruwach > of the ruler < 04910
+mashal > rise <05927 +<alah > up against <05921 +<al > thee ,
leave <03241 +Yaniym > not thy place <04725 +maqowm > ; for
yielding <04832 +marpe> > pacifieth <03240 +yanach > great
<01419 +gadowl > offences <02399 +chet> > .



10 : 05 There is an evil <07451 +ra< > [ which ] I have seen
<07200 +ra>ah > under <08478 +tachath > the sun <08121 +shemesh
> , as an error <07684 +sh@gagah > [ which ] proceedeth <03318
+yatsa> > from the ruler <07989 +shalliyt > :



10 : 06 Folly <05529 +cekel > is set <05414 +nathan > in great
<07227 +rab > dignity <04791 +marowm > , and the rich <06223
+<ashiyr > sit <03427 +yashab > in low <08216 +shephel > place .



10 : 07 I have seen <07200 +ra>ah > servants <05650 +<ebed >
upon horses <05483 +cuwc > , and princes <08269 +sar > walking
<01980 +halak > as servants <05650 +<ebed > upon the earth
<00776 +>erets > .



10 : 08 He that diggeth <02658 +chaphar > a pit <01475 +guwmmats
> shall fall <05307 +naphal > into it ; and whoso breaketh
<06555 +parats > an hedge <01447 +gader > , a serpent <05175
+nachash > shall bite <05391 +nashak > him .



10 : 09 Whoso removeth <05265 +naca< > stones <68> shall be hurt
<06087 +<atsab > therewith ; [ and ] he that cleaveth <01234
+baqa< > wood <06086 +<ets > shall be endangered <05533 +cakan >
thereby .



10 : 10 If <00518 +>im > the iron <01270 +barzel > be blunt
<06949 +qahah > , and he do not whet <07043 +qalal > the edge
<06440 +paniym > , then must he put <01396 +gabar > to more
strength <02428 +chayil > : but wisdom <02451 +chokmah > [ is ]
profitable <03504 +yithrown > to direct <03787 +kasher > .



10 : 11 Surely <00518 +>im > the serpent <05175 +nachash > will
bite <05391 +nashak > without <03808 +lo> > enchantment <03908
+lachash > ; and a babbler is no <00369 +>ayin > better <03504
+yithrown > .



10 : 12 . The words <01697 +dabar > of a wise <02450 +chakam >
man s mouth <06310 +peh > [ are ] gracious <02580 +chen > ; but
the lips <08193 +saphah > of a fool <03684 +k@ciyl > will
swallow <01104 +bala< > up himself .



10 : 13 The beginning <08462 +t@chillah > of the words < 01697
+dabar > of his mouth <06310 +peh > [ is ] foolishness <05531
+cikluwth > : and the end <00319 +>achariyth > of his talk
<06310 +peh > [ is ] mischievous <07451 +ra< > madness <01948
+howleluwth > .



10 : 14 A fool <05536 +cal > also is full <07235 +rabah > of
words <01697 +dabar > : a man <00120 +>adam > cannot tell <05046
+nagad > what <04100 +mah > shall be ; and what < 04100 +mah >
shall be after <00310 +>achar > him , who <04310 +miy > can tell
<05046 +nagad > him ?



10 : 15 The labour <05999 +<amal > of the foolish < 03684 +k@ciyl
> wearieth <03021 +yaga< > every one of them , because <00834
+>aher > he knoweth <03045 +yada< > not how < 00834 +>aher > to
go <03212 +yalak > to the city <05892 +<iyr > .



10 : 16 . Woe <00337 +>iy > to thee , O land <00776 +>erets > ,
when thy king <04428 +melek > [ is ] a child <05288 +na<ar > ,
and thy princes <08269 +sar > eat <00398 +>akal > in the morning
<01242 +boqer > !



10 : 17 Blessed <00835 +>esher > [ art ] thou , O land <00776
+>erets > , when thy king <04428 +melek > [ is ] the son <01121
+ben > of nobles <02715 +chor > , and thy princes < 08269 +sar >
eat <00398 +>akal > in due season <06256 +<eth > , for strength
<01369 +g@buwrah > , and not for drunkenness <08358 +sh@thiy > !



10 : 18 By much slothfulness <06103 +<atslah > the building
<04746 +m@qareh > decayeth <04355 +makak > ; and through
idleness <08220 +shiphluwth > of the hands <03027 +yad > the
house <01004 +bayith > droppeth <01811 +dalaph > through <01811
+dalaph > .



10 : 19 A feast <03899 +lechem > is made <06213 +< asah > for
laughter <07814 +s@chowq > , and wine <03196 +yayin > maketh
merry <08055 +samach > : but money <03701 +keceph > answereth
<06030 +<anah > all <03605 +kol > [ things ] .



10 : 20 Curse <07043 +qalal > not the king <04428 +melek > , no
<00408 +>al > not in thy thought <04093 +madda< > ; and curse
<07043 +qalal > not the rich <06223 +<ashiyr > in thy bedchamber
: for a bird <05775 +<owph > of the air <08064 +shamayim > shall
carry <03212 +yalak > the voice <06963 +qowl > , and that which
hath <01167 +ba<al > wings <03671 +kanaph > shall tell <05046
+nagad > the matter <01697 +dabar > .



11 : 01 . Cast <07971 +shalach > thy bread <03899 +lechem >
upon the waters <04325 +mayim > : for thou shalt find < 04672
+matsa> > it after many <07230 +rob > days <03117 +yowm > .



11 : 02 Give <05414 +nathan > a portion <02506 +cheleq > to
seven <07651 +sheba< > , and also <01571 +gam > to eight <08083
+sh@moneh > ; for thou knowest <03045 +yada< > not what <04100
+mah > evil <07451 +ra< > shall be upon the earth < 00776 +>erets
>

.



11 : 03 If <00518 +>im > the clouds <05645 +<ab > be full <04390
+male> > of rain <1653geshem > , they empty <07324 +ruwq > [
themselves ] upon the earth <00776 +>erets > : and if the tree
<06086 +<ets > fall <05307 +naphal > toward the south <01864
+darowm > , or toward the north <06828 +tsaphown > , in the
place <04725 +maqowm > where the tree <06086 +<ets > falleth
<05307 +naphal > , there <08033 +sham > it shall be .



11 : 04 He that observeth <08104 +shamar > the wind < 07307
+ruwach > shall not sow <02232 +zara< > ; and he that regardeth
<07200 +ra>ah > the clouds <05645 +<ab > shall not reap <07114
+qatsar >

.



11 : 05 As thou knowest <03045 +yada< > not what < 04100 +mah > [
is ] the way <01870 +derek > of the spirit <07307 +ruwach > , [
nor ] how the bones <06106 +<etsem > [ do grow ] in the womb
<00990 +beten > of her that is with child <04392 +male> > : even
<03602 +kakah > so thou knowest <03045 +yada< > not the works
<04639 +ma<aseh > of God <00430 +>elohiym > who <00834 +>aher >
maketh <06213 +<asah > all <03605 +kol > .



11 : 06 In the morning <01242 +boqer > sow <02232 +zara< > thy
seed <02233 +zera< > , andin the evening <06153 +< ereb >
withhold <03240 +yanach > not thine hand <03027 +yad > : for
thou knowest <03045 +yada< > not whether <00335 +> ay > shall
prosper <03787 +kasher > , either this <02088 +zeh > or <00176
+>ow > that , or whether <00518 +>im > they both <08147
+sh@nayim > [ shall be ] alike <00259 +>echad > good <02896
+towb > .



11 : 07 . Truly the light <00216 +>owr > [ is ] sweet <04966
+mathowq > , and a pleasant<02896 +towb > [ thing it is ] for
the eyes <05869 +<ayin > to behold <07200 +ra>ah > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > :



11 : 08 But if a man <00120 +>adam > live <02421 +chayah > many
<07235 +rabah > years <08141 +shaneh > , [ and ] rejoice <08055
+samach > in them all <03605 +kol > ; yet let him remember
<02142 +zakar > the days <03117 +yowm > of darkness <02822
+choshek > ; for they shall be many <07235 +rabah > . All
<03605 +kol > that cometh <00935 +bow> > [ is ] vanity <01892
+hebel > .



11 : 09 Rejoice <08055 +samach > , O young <00970 +bachuwr > man
, in thy youth <03208 +yalduwth > ; and let thy heart < 03820
+leb > cheer <03190 +yatab > thee in the days <03117 +yowm > of
thy youth <00979 +b@churowth > , and walk <01980 +halak > in the
ways <01870 +derek > of thine heart <03820 +leb > , and in the
sight <04758 +mar>eh > of thine eyes <05869 +<ayin > : but know
<03045 +yada< > thou , that for all <03605 +kol > these <00428
+>el - leh > [ things ] God <00430 +>elohiym > will bring <00935
+bow> > thee into judgment <04941 +mishpat > .



11 : 10 Therefore remove <05493 +cuwr > sorrow <03708 +ka<ac >
from thy heart <03820 +leb > , and put <05674 +<abar > away
<05493 +cuwr > evil <07451 +ra< > from thy flesh <01320 +basar >
: for childhood <03208 +yalduwth > and youth <07839 +shacharuwth
> [ are ] vanity <01892 +hebel > .



12 : 01 . Remember <02142 +zakar > now thy Creator < 01254
+bara> > in the days <03117 +yowm > of thy youth < 00979
+b@churowth > , while <05704 +<ad > the evil < 07451 +ra< > days
<03117 +yowm > come <00935 +bow> > not , nor the years <08141
+shaneh > draw nigh <05060 +naga< > , when <00834 +>aher > thou
shalt say <00559 +>amar > , I have no <00369 +> ayin > pleasure
<02656 +chephets > in them ;



12 : 02 While <05704 +<ad > the sun <08121 +shemesh > , or the
light <00216 +>owr > , or the moon <03394 +yareach > , or the
stars <03556 +kowkab > , be not darkened <02821 +chashak > , nor
the clouds <05645 +<ab > return <07725 +shuwb > after <00310
+>achar > the rain <01653 +geshem > :



12 : 03 In the day <03117 +yowm > when the keepers < 08104
+shamar > of the house <01004 +bayith > shall tremble <02111
+zuwa< > , and the strong <02428 +chayil > men < 00582 +>enowsh >
shall bow <05791 +<avath > themselves , and the grinders <02912
+tachan > cease <00988 +batel > because <03588 +kiy > they are
few <04592 +m@<at > , and those that look <07200 +ra>ah > out of
the windows <00699 +>arubbah > be darkened <02821 +chashak > ,



12 : 04 And the doors <01817 +deleth > shall be shut < 05462
+cagar > in the streets <07784 +shuwq > , when the sound <06963
+qowl > of the grinding <02913 +tachanah > is low < 08217
+shaphal > , and he shall rise <06965 +quwm > up at the voice
<06963 +qowl > of the bird <06833 +tsippowr > , and all <03605
+kol > the daughters <01121 +ben > of musick <07892 +shiyr >
shall be brought <07817 +shachach > low <07817 +shachach > ;



12 : 05 Also <01571 +gam > [ when ] they shall be afraid <03372
+yare> > of [ that which is ] high <01364 +gaboahh > , and fears
<02849 +chathchath > [ shall be ] in the way <01870 +derek > ,
and the almond <08247 +shaqed > tree shall flourish < 05006
+na>ats > , and the grasshopper <02284 +chagab > shall be a
burden <05445 +cabal > , and desire <35> shall fail <06565
+parar > : because <03588 +kiy > man <00120 +>adam > goeth
<01980 +halak > to his long <05769 +<owlam > home <01004 +bayith
> , and the mourners <05594 +caphad > go <05437 +cabab > about
<05437 +cabab > the streets <07784 +shuwq > :



12 : 06 Or <05704 +<ad > ever the silver <03701 +keceph > cord
<02256 +chebel > be loosed <07368 +rachaq > , or the golden
<02091 +zahab > bowl <01543 +gullah > be broken < 07533 +ratsats
> , or the pitcher <03537 +kad > be broken <07665 +shabar > at
<05921 +<al > the fountain <04002 +mabbuwa< > , or the wheel
<01534 +galgal > broken <07533 +ratsats > at < 00413 +>el > the
cistern <00953 +bowr > .



12 : 07 Then shall the dust <06083 +<aphar > return < 07725
+shuwb > to the earth <00776 +>erets > as it was : and the
spirit <07307 +ruwach > shall return <07725 +shuwb > unto God
<00430 +>elohiym > who <00834 +>aher > gave < 05414 +nathan > it .



12 : 08 . Vanity <01892 +hebel > of vanities <01892 +hebel > ,
saith <00559 +>amar > the preacher <06953 +qoheleth > ; all
<03605 +kol > [ is ] vanity <01892 +hebel > .



12 : 09 And moreover <03148 +yowther > , because the preacher
<06953 +qoheleth > was wise <02450 +chakam > , he still <05750
+<owd > taught <03925 +lamad > the people <05971 +<am >
knowledge <01847 +da<ath > ; yea , he gave good heed < 00238
+>azan > , and sought <02713 +chaqar > out , [ and ] set in
order <08626 +taqan > many <07235 +rabah > proverbs <04912
+mashal > .



12 : 10 The preacher <06953 +qoheleth > sought <01245 +baqash >
to find <04672 +matsa> > out acceptable <02656 +chephets > words
<01697 +dabar > : and [ that which was ] written <03789 +kathab
> [ was ] upright <03476 +yosher > , [ even ] words < 01697
+dabar > of truth <00571 +>emeth > .



12 : 11 The words <01697 +dabar > of the wise <02450 +chakam > [
are ] as goads <01861 +dorbown > , and as nails <04930 +masm@rah
> fastened <05193 +nata< > [ by ] the masters < 01167 +ba<al > of
assemblies <00627 +>acuppah > , [ which ] are given < 05414
+nathan > from one <00259 +>echad > shepherd < 07462 +ra<ah > .



12 : 12 And further <03148 +yowther > , by these <01992 +hem > ,
my son <01121 +ben > , be admonished <02094 +zahar > : of making
<06213 +<asah > many <07235 +rabah > books < 05612 +cepher > [
there is ] no <00369 +>ayin > end <07093 +qets > ; and much
<07235 +rabah > study <03854 +lahag > [ is ] a weariness <03024
+y@gi<ah > of the flesh <01320 +basar > .



12 : 13 . Let us hear <08085 +shama< > the conclusion <05490
+cowph > of the whole <03605 +kol > matter <01697 +dabar > :
Fear <03372 +yare> > God <00430 +>elohiym > , and keep <08104
+shamar > his commandments <04687 +mitsvah > : for this <02088
+zeh > [ is ] the whole <03605 +kol > [ duty ] of man <00120
+>adam > .



12 : 14 For God <00430 +>elohiym > shall bring <00935 +bow> >
every <03605 +kol > work <04639 +ma<aseh > into judgment <04941
+mishpat > , with every <03605 +kol > secret <05956 +<alam >
thing , whether <00518 +>im > [ it be ] good <02896 +towb > , or
whether <00518 +>im > [ it be ] evil <07451 +ra< > .



































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































  
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