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Ecclesiastes 1





1. The words <01697> of the Preacher <06953>, the son <01121>
of David <01732>, king <04428> in Jerusalem < 03389>.



2 Vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>, saith < 0559> the
Preacher <06953>, vanity <01892> of vanities < 01892>; all
<03605> [is] vanity <01892>.



3 What <04100> profit <03504> hath a man < 0120> of all <03605>
his labour <05999> which he taketh <05998> under < 08478> the sun
<08121>?



4. [One] generation passeth <01980> away, and [another]
generation <01755> cometh <0935>: but the earth < 0776> abideth
<05975> for ever <05769>.



5 The sun <08121> also ariseth <02224>, and the sun <08121>
goeth <0935> down, and hasteth <07602> to his place <04725>
where <08033> he arose <02224>.



6 The wind <07307> goeth <01980> toward <0413> the south
<01864>, and turneth <05437> about unto the north < 06828>; it
whirleth <01980> about continually, and the wind < 07307>
returneth <07725> again <07725> according < 05921> to his
circuits <05439>.



7 All <03605> the rivers <05158> run <01980> into <0413> the
sea <03220>; yet the sea <03220> [is] not full < 04392>; unto the
place <04725> from whence the rivers <05158> come < 01980>,
thither <08033> they return <07725> again < 07725>.



8 All <03605> things <01697> [are] full of labour <03023>; man
<0376> cannot utter <01696> [it]: the eye < 05869> is not
satisfied <07646> with seeing <07200>, nor < 03808> the ear
<0241> filled <04390> with hearing <08085>.



9. The thing that hath been <01961>, it [is that] which shall
be; and that which is done <06466> [is] that which shall be done
<06466>: and [there is] no <0369> new <02319> [thing] under
<08478> the sun <08121>.



10 Is there [any] thing <01697> whereof it may be said <0559>,
See <07200>, this <02088> [is] new <02319>? it hath been <01961>
already <03528> of old <05769> time, which < 0834> was before
<06440> us.



11 [There is] no <0369> remembrance <02146> of former <07223>
[things]; neither <03808> shall there be [any] remembrance
<02146> of [things] that are to come <0314> with [those] that
shall come <01961> after <0314>.



12. I the Preacher <06953> was king <04428> over < 05921> Israel
<03478> in Jerusalem <03389>.



13 And I gave <05414> my heart <03820> to seek < 01875> and
search <08446> out by wisdom <02451> concerning < 05921> all
<03605> [things] that are done <06466> under < 08478> heaven
<08064>: this <01931> sore <07451> travail < 06045> hath God
<0430> given <05414> to the sons <01121> of man <0120> to be
exercised <06031> therewith.



14 I have seen <07200> all <03605> the works < 04639> that are
done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>; and, behold <02009>,
all <03605> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation < 07469> of spirit
<07307>.



15 [That which is] crooked <05791> cannot be made straight
<08626>: and that which is wanting <02642> cannot be numbered
<04487>.



16 I communed <01696> with mine own heart <03820>, saying
<0559>, Lo <02009>, I am come to great <01431> estate, and have
gotten <03254> more wisdom <02451> than <05921> all <03605>
[they] that have been <01961> before <06440> me in Jerusalem
<03389>: yea, my heart <03820> had great <07235> experience
<07200> of wisdom <02451> and knowledge <01847>.



17 And I gave <05414> my heart <03820> to know < 03045> wisdom
<02451>, and to know <03045> madness <01947> and folly <05531>:
I perceived <03045> that this <02088> also < 01571> is vexation
<07475> of spirit <07307>.



18 For in much <07230> wisdom <02451> [is] much < 07230> grief
<03708>: and he that increaseth <03254> knowledge < 01847>
increaseth <03254> sorrow <04341>.



Ecclesiastes 2



1. I said <0559> in mine heart <03820>, Go < 03212> to now
<04994>, I will prove <05254> thee with mirth < 08057>, therefore
enjoy <07200> pleasure <02896>: and, behold < 02009>, this
<01931> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.



2 I said <0559> of laughter <07814>, [It is] mad <01984>: and
of mirth <08057>, What <04100> doeth <06213> it?



3 I sought <08446> in mine heart <03820> to give <04900>
myself unto wine <03196>, yet acquainting <05090> mine heart
<03820> with wisdom <02451>; and to lay hold < 0270> on folly
<05531>, till <05704> I might see <07200> what <0335> [was] that
good <02896> for the sons <01121> of men <0120>, which <0834>
they should do <06213> under <08478> the heaven < 08064> all
<04557> the days <03117> of their life <02416>.



4 I made me great <01431> works <04639>; I builded <01129> me
houses <01004>; I planted <05193> me vineyards < 03754>:



5 I made <06213> me gardens <01593> and orchards <06508>, and
I planted <05193> trees <06086> in them of all < 03605> [kind of]
fruits <06529>:



6 I made <06213> me pools <01295> of water < 04325>, to water
<08248> therewith the wood <03293> that bringeth < 06779> forth
<06779> trees <06086>:



7 I got <07069> [me] servants <05650> and maidens <08198>, and
had <01961> servants born <01121> in my house < 01004>; also
<01571> I had <01961> great <07235> possessions <04735> of great
<01241> and small cattle <04735> above all < 03605> that were in
Jerusalem <03389> before <06440> me:



8 I gathered <03664> me also <01571> silver < 03701> and gold
<02091>, and the peculiar <05459> treasure of kings <04428> and
of the provinces <04082>: I gat <06213> me men singers <07891>
and women singers <07891>, and the delights <08588> of the sons
<01121> of men <0120>, [as] musical <07705> instruments, and
that of all sorts.



9 So I was great <01431>, and increased <03254> more than all
<03605> that were before <06440> me in Jerusalem < 03389>: also
<0637> my wisdom <02451> remained <05975> with me.



10 And whatsoever mine eyes <05869> desired <07592> I kept
<0680> not from them, I withheld <04513> not my heart <03820>
from any <03605> joy <08057>; for my heart < 03820> rejoiced
<08055> in all <03605> my labour <05999>: and this <02088> was
my portion <02506> of all <03605> my labour < 05999>.



11 Then I looked <06437> on all <03605> the works <04639> that
my hands <03027> had wrought <06213>, and on the labour <05999>
that I had laboured <05998> to do <06213>: and, behold <02009>,
all <03605> [was] vanity <01892> and vexation < 07469> of spirit
<07307>, and [there was] no <0369> profit < 03504> under <08478>
the sun <08121>.



12. And I turned <06437> myself to behold <07200> wisdom
<02451>, and madness <01947>, and folly <05531>: for what
<04100> [can] the man <0120> [do] that cometh < 0935> after
<0310> the king <04428>? [even <0853>] that which <0834> hath
been already <03528> done <06466>.



13 Then I saw <07200> that wisdom <02451> excelleth <03504>
folly <05531>, as far as light <0216> excelleth < 03504> darkness
<02822>.



14 The wise <02450> man's eyes <05869> [are] in his head
<07218>; but the fool <03684> walketh <01980> in darkness
<02822>: and I myself <0589> perceived <03045> also <01571> that
one <0259> event <04745> happeneth <07136> to them all <03605>.



15 Then said <0559> I in my heart <03820>, As it happeneth
<04745> to the fool <03684>, so it happeneth < 07136> even
<01571> to me; and why <04100> was I then <0227> more <03148>
wise <02449>? Then I said <01696> in my heart < 03820>, that this
<02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.



16 For [there is] no <0369> remembrance <02146> of the wise
<02450> more <05973> than <05973> of the fool <03684> for ever
<05769>; seeing that which now <03528> [is] in the days <03117>
to come <0935> shall all <03605> be forgotten < 07911>. And how
<0349> dieth <04191> the wise <02450> [man]? as the fool <03684>.



17. Therefore I hated <08130> life <02416>; because <03588> the
work <04639> that is wrought <06213> under < 08478> the sun
<08121> [is] grievous <07451> unto me: for all < 03605> [is]
vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit < 07307>.



18 Yea, I hated <08130> all <03605> my labour < 05999> which I
had taken <06001> under <08478> the sun <08121>: because I
should leave <03241> it unto the man <0120> that shall be after
<0310> me.



19 And who <04310> knoweth <03045> whether he shall be a wise
<02450> [man] or <0176> a fool <05530>? yet shall he have rule
<07980> over all <03605> my labour <05999> wherein I have
laboured <05998>, and wherein I have shewed myself wise < 02449>
under <08478> the sun <08121>. This <02088> [is] also <01571>
vanity <01892>.



20 Therefore I went <05437> about <05437> to cause my heart
<03820> to despair <02976> of all <03605> the labour <05999>
which I took under <08478> the sun <08121>.



21 For there is a man <0120> whose labour <05999> [is] in
wisdom <02451>, and in knowledge <01847>, and in equity <03788>;
yet to a man <0120> that hath not laboured <05998> therein shall
he leave <05414> it [for] his portion <02506>. This <02088> also
<01571> [is] vanity <01892> and a great <07227> evil <07451>.



22 For what <04100> hath <01933> man <0120> of all <03605> his
labour <05999>, and of the vexation <07475> of his heart <03820>,
wherein he hath laboured <06001> under <08478> the sun <08121>?



23 For all <03605> his days <03117> [are] sorrows <04341>, and
his travail <06045> grief <03708>; yea <01571>, his heart
<03820> taketh not rest in the night <03915>. This is also
<01571> vanity <01892>.



24 [There is] nothing <0369> better <02896> for a man <0120>,
[than] that he should eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and [that]
he should make his soul <05315> enjoy <07200> good <02896> in
his labour <05999>. This <02088> also <01571> I saw <07200>,
that it [was] from the hand <03027> of God <0430>.



25 For who <04310> can eat <0398>, or who < 04310> else can
hasten <02363> [hereunto], more <02351> than I?



26 For [God] giveth <05414> to a man <0120> that [is] good
<02896> in his sight <06440> wisdom <02451>, and knowledge
<01847>, and joy <08057>: but to the sinner < 02398> he giveth
<05414> travail <06045>, to gather <0622> and to heap <03664> up,
that he may give <05414> to [him that is] good < 02896> before
<06440> God <0430>. This <02088> also < 01571> [is] vanity
<01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.



Ecclesiastes 3



1. To every <03605> [thing there is] a season <02165> , and a
time <06256> to every <03605> purpose <02656> under <08478> the
heaven <08064>:



2 A time <06256> to be born <03205>, and a time < 06256> to die
<04191>; a time <06256> to plant <05193>, and a time <06256> to
pluck <06131> up [that which is] planted <05193>;



3 A time <06256> to kill <02026>, and a time < 06256> to heal
<07495>; a time <06256> to break <06555> down, and a time
<06256> to build <01129> up;



4 A time <06256> to weep <01058>, and a time < 06256> to laugh
<07832>; a time <06256> to mourn <05594>, and a time <06256> to
dance <07540>;



5 A time <06256> to cast <07993> away stones < 068>, and a time
<06256> to gather <03664> stones <068> together; a time <06256>
to embrace <02263>, and a time <06256> to refrain < 07368> from
embracing <02263>;



6 A time <06256> to get <01245>, and a time < 06256> to lose
<06>; a time <06256> to keep <08104>, and a time <06256> to cast
<07993> away;



7 A time <06256> to rend <07167>, and a time < 06256> to sew
<08609>; a time <06256> to keep silence <02814>, and a time
<06256> to speak <01696>;



8 A time <06256> to love <0157>, and a time < 06256> to hate
<08130>; a time <06256> of war <04421>, and a time <06256> of
peace <07965>.



9 What <04100> profit <03504> hath he that worketh <06213> in
that wherein <0834> he laboureth <06001>?



10 I have seen <07200> the travail <06045>, which <0834> God
<0430> hath given <05414> to the sons <01121> of men <0120> to
be exercised <06031> in it.



11. He hath made <06213> every <03605> [thing] beautiful
<03303> in his time <06256>: also <01571> he hath set <05414>
the world <05769> in their heart <03820>, so that no <01097> man
<0120> can find <04672> out the work <04639> that God <0430>
maketh <06213> from the beginning <07218> to the end <05490>.



12 I know <03045> that [there is] no <0369> good <02896> in
them, but for [a man] to rejoice <08055>, and to do < 06213> good
<02896> in his life <02416>.



13 And also <01571> that every <03605> man < 0120> should eat
<0398> and drink <08354>, and enjoy <07200> the good <02896> of
all <03605> his labour <05999>, it [is] the gift < 04991> of God
<0430>.



14 I know <03045> that, whatsoever God <0430> doeth <06213>,
it shall be for ever <05769>: nothing <0369> can be put <03254>
to it, nor <0369> any thing taken <01639> from it: and God
<0430> doeth <06213> [it], that [men <0582>] should fear <03372>
before <06440> him.



15 That which hath been <01961> is now <03528>; and that which
<0834> is to be hath already <03528> been < 01961>; and God
<0430> requireth <01245> that which is past < 07291>.



16. And moreover <05750> I saw <07200> under < 08478> the sun
<08121> the place <04725> of judgment <04941>, [that] wickedness
<07562> [was] there <08033>; and the place < 04725> of
righteousness <06664>, [that] iniquity <07562> [was] there
<08033>.



17 I said <0559> in mine heart <03820>, God < 0430> shall judge
<08199> the righteous <06662> and the wicked < 07563>: for [there
<08033> is] a time <06256> there <08033> for every <03605>
purpose <02656> and for every <03605> work < 04639>.



18 I said <0559> in mine heart <03820> concerning <05921> the
estate <01700> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> , that God
<0430> might manifest <01305> them, and that they might see
<07200> that they themselves <01992> are beasts < 0929>.



19 For that which befalleth <04745> the sons <01121> of men
<0120> befalleth <04745> beasts <0929>; even one <02088> thing
befalleth <04745> them: as the one <02088> dieth < 04194>, so
<03651> dieth <04194> the other <02088>; yea, they have all
<03605> one <0259> breath <07307>; so that a man <0120> hath no
<0369> preeminence <04195> above <04480> a beast <0929>: for all
<03605> [is] vanity <01892>.



20 All <03605> go <01980> unto one <0259> place <04725>; all
<03605> are of the dust <06083>, and all <03605> turn <07725> to
dust <06083> again <07725>.



21 Who <04310> knoweth <03045> the spirit < 07307> of man that
goeth <05927> upward <04605>, and the spirit < 07307> of the
beast <0929> that goeth <03381> downward <04295> to the earth
<0776>?



22 Wherefore <04100> I perceive <07200> that [there is]
nothing <0369> better <02896>, than that a man < 0120> should
rejoice <08055> in his own works <04639>; for that [is] his
portion <02506>: for who <04310> shall bring < 0935> him to see
<07200> what <04100> shall be after <0310> him?



Ecclesiastes 4



1. So I returned <07725>, and considered <07200> all <03605>
the oppressions <06217> that are done <06466> under <08478> the
sun <08121>: and behold <02009> the tears < 01832> of [such as
were] oppressed <06231>, and they had no <0369> comforter
<05162>; and on the side <03027> of their oppressors <06231>
[there was] power <03581>; but they had no <0369> comforter.



2 Wherefore I praised <07623> the dead <04191> which are
already <03528> dead <04191> more <04480> than <04480> the
living <02416> which <0834> are yet <05728> alive <02416>.



3 Yea, better <02896> [is he] than both <08147> they, which
<0834> hath not yet <05728> been <01961>, who <0834> hath not
seen <07200> the evil <07451> work <04639> that is done <06466>
under <08478> the sun <08121>.



4. Again, I considered <07200> all <03605> travail <05999>, and
every <03605> right <03788> work <04639>, that for this <01931>
a man <0376> is envied <07068> of his neighbour < 07453>. This
<02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of
spirit <07307>.



5 The fool <03684> foldeth <02263> his hands < 03027> together,
and eateth <0398> his own flesh <01320>.



6 Better <02896> [is] an handful [with] quietness < 05183>,
than both the hands <02651> full <04393> [with] travail <05999>
and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.



7. Then I returned <07725>, and I saw <07200> vanity <01892>
under <08478> the sun <08121>.



8 There is one <0259> [alone], and [there is] not a second
<08145>; yea <01571>, he hath neither child < 01121> nor brother
<0251>: yet [is there] no <0369> end <07093> of all <03605> his
labour <05999>; neither <03808> is his eye < 05869> satisfied
<07646> with riches <06239>; neither [saith he], For whom
<04310> do I labour <06001>, and bereave <02637> my soul <05315>
of good <02896>? This <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>,
yea, it [is] a sore <07451> travail <06045>.



9 Two <08147> [are] better <02896> than one < 0259>; because
<0834> they have <03426> a good <02896> reward <07999> for their
labour <05999>.



10 For if <0518> they fall <05307>, the one < 0259> will lift
<06965> up his fellow <02270>: but woe <0337> to him [that is]
alone <0259> when he falleth <05307>; for [he hath] not another
<08145> to help <06965> him up.



11 Again <01571>, if two <08147> lie <07901> together, then
they have heat <02552>: but how <0349> can one < 0259> be warm
<03179> [alone]?



12 And if one <0259> prevail <08630> against him, two <08147>
shall withstand <05975> him; and a threefold <08027> cord
<02339> is not quickly <04120> broken <05423>.



13. Better <02896> [is] a poor <04542> and a wise <02450> child
<03206> than an old <02205> and foolish <03684> king <04428>,
who <0834> will <03045> no <03808> more < 05750> be admonished
<02094>.



14 For out of prison he cometh <03318> to reign < 04427>;
whereas <03588> also <01571> [he that is] born < 03205> in his
kingdom <04438> becometh poor <07326>.



15 I considered <07200> all <03605> the living < 02416> which
walk <01980> under <08478> the sun <08121>, with the second
<08145> child <03206> that shall stand <05975> up in his stead
<08478>.



16 [There is] no <0369> end <07093> of all < 03605> the people
<05971>, [even] of all <03605> that have been < 01961> before
<06440> them: they also <01571> that come <0314> after <0314>
shall not rejoice <08055> in him. Surely <03588> this <02088>
also <01571> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation < 07475> of spirit
<07307>.



Ecclesiastes 5



1. Keep <08104> thy foot <07272> when <0834> thou goest <03212>
to the house <01004> of God <0430>, and be more < 07138> ready
<07138> to hear <08085>, than to give <05414> the sacrifice
<02077> of fools <03684>: for they consider < 03045> not that
they do <06213> evil <07451>.



2 Be not rash <0926> with thy mouth <06310>, and let not thine
heart <03820> be hasty <04116> to utter <03318> [any] thing
<01697> before <06440> God <0430>: for God < 0430> [is] in heaven
<08064>, and thou upon earth <0776>: therefore let thy words
<01697> be few <04592>.



3 For a dream <02472> cometh <0935> through the multitude
<07230> of business <06045>; and a fool's < 03684> voice <06963>
[is known] by multitude <07230> of words <01697>.



4. When <0834> thou vowest <05087> a vow < 05088> unto God
<0430>, defer <0309> not to pay <07999> it; for [he hath] no
<0369> pleasure <02656> in fools <03684>: pay <07999> that which
<0834> thou hast vowed <05087>.



5 Better <02896> [is it] that thou shouldest not vow < 05087>,
than that thou shouldest vow <05087> and not pay < 07999>.



6 Suffer <05414> not thy mouth <06310> to cause thy flesh
<01320> to sin <02398>; neither <0408> say < 0559> thou before
<06440> the angel <04397>, that it [was] an error < 07684>:
wherefore <04100> should God <0430> be angry < 07107> at <05921>
thy voice <06963>, and destroy <02254> the work < 04639> of thine
hands <03027>?



7 For in the multitude <07230> of dreams <02472> and many
<07230> words <01697> [there are] also [divers] vanities <01892>:
but fear <03372> thou God <0430>.



8 If <0518> thou seest <07200> the oppression < 06233> of the
poor <07326>, and violent <01499> perverting of judgment <04941>
and justice <06664> in a province <04082>, marvel < 08539> not at
<05921> the matter <02659>: for [he that is] higher <01364> than
<05921> the highest <01364> regardeth <08104>; and [there be]
higher <01364> than <05921> they.



9. Moreover the profit <03504> of the earth <0776> is for all
<03605>: the king <04428> [himself] is served < 05647> by the
field <07704>.



10 He that loveth <0157> silver <03701> shall not be satisfied
<07646> with silver <03701>; nor he that loveth < 0157> abundance
<01995> with increase <08393>: this <02088> [is] also <01571>
vanity <01892>.



11 When goods <02896> increase <07235>, they are increased
<07231> that eat <0398> them: and what <04100> good <03788> [is
there] to the owners <01167> thereof, saving <0518> the
beholding <07200> [of them] with their eyes <05869>?



12 The sleep <08142> of a labouring <05647> man [is] sweet
<04966>, whether <0518> he eat <0398> little <04592> or much
<07235>: but the abundance <07647> of the rich < 06223> will not
suffer <03240> him to sleep <03462>.



13 There is a sore <02470> evil <07451> [which] I have seen
<07200> under <08478> the sun <08121>, [namely], riches <06239>
kept <08104> for the owners <01167> thereof to their hurt
<07451>.



14 But those <01931> riches <06239> perish < 06> by evil
<07451> travail <06045>: and he begetteth < 03205> a son <01121>,
and [there is] nothing in his hand <03027>.



15 As he came <03318> forth <03318> of his mother's <0517>
womb <0990>, naked <06174> shall he return < 07725> to go <03212>
as he came <0935>, and shall take <05375> nothing of his labour
<05999>, which he may carry <03212> away in his hand <03027>.



16 And this <02090> also <01571> [is] a sore < 02470> evil
<07451>, [that] in all <03605> points <05980> as he came <0935>,
so <03651> shall he go <03212>: and what <04100> profit <03504>
hath he that hath laboured <05998> for the wind < 07307>?



17 All <03605> his days <03117> also <01571> he eateth <0398>
in darkness <02822>, and [he hath] much <07235> sorrow <03708>
and wrath <07110> with his sickness <02483>.



18. Behold <02009> [that] which <0834> I have seen <07200>: [it
is] good <02896> and comely <03303> [for one] to eat <0398> and
to drink <08354>, and to enjoy <07200> the good < 02896> of all
<03605> his labour <05999> that he taketh < 05998> under <08478>
the sun <08121> all <04557> the days <03117> of his life <02416>,
which <0834> God <0430> giveth <05414> him: for it [is] his
portion <02506>.



19 Every <03605> man <0120> also <01571> to whom <0834> God
<0430> hath given <05414> riches <06239> and wealth <05233>, and
hath given him power <07980> to eat <0398> thereof, and to take
<05375> his portion <02506>, and to rejoice < 08055> in his
labour <05999>; this <02090> [is] the gift < 04991> of God <0430>.



20 For he shall not much <07235> remember <02142> the days
<03117> of his life <02416>; because <03588> God <0430>
answereth <06030> [him] in the joy <08057> of his heart <03820>.



Ecclesiastes 6



1. There is an evil <07451> which <0834> I have seen <07200>
under <08478> the sun <08121>, and it [is] common < 07227> among
<05921> men <0120>:



2 A man <0376> to whom <0834> God <0430> hath given <05414>
riches <06239>, wealth <05233>, and honour < 03519>, so that he
wanteth <02638> nothing <0369> for his soul < 05315> of all
<03605> that he desireth <0183>, yet God <0430> giveth him not
power <07980> to eat <0398> thereof, but a stranger eateth
<0398> it: this <02088> [is] vanity <01892>, and it [is] an evil
<07451> disease <02483>.



3 If <0518> a man <0376> beget <03205> an hundred <03967>
[children], and live <02421> many <07227> years < 08141>, so that
the days <03117> of his years <08141> be many < 07227>, and his
soul <05315> be not filled <07646> with good < 02896>, and also
<01571> [that] he have <01961> no <03808> burial <06900>; I say
<0559>, [that] an untimely <05309> birth <05309> [is] better
<02896> than he.



4 For he cometh <0935> in with vanity <01892>, and departeth
<03212> in darkness <02822>, and his name < 08034> shall be
covered <03680> with darkness <02822>.



5 Moreover <01571> he hath not seen <07200> the sun <08121>,
nor <03808> known <03045> [any thing]: this < 02088> hath more
rest <05183> than the other <02088>.



6 Yea <0432>, though he live <02421> a thousand < 0505> years
<08141> twice <06471> [told], yet hath he seen < 07200> no
<03808> good <02896>: do not all <03605> go < 01980> to one
<0259> place <04725>?



7. All <03605> the labour <05999> of man <0120> [is] for his
mouth <06310>, and yet <01571> the appetite < 05315> is not
filled <04390>.



8 For what <04100> hath the wise <02450> more < 03148> than
<04480> the fool <03684>? what <04100> hath the poor <06041>,
that knoweth <03045> to walk <01980> before < 05048> the living
<02416>?



9 Better <02896> [is] the sight <04758> of the eyes <05869>
than the wandering <01981> of the desire <05315>: this <02088>
[is] also <01571> vanity <01892> and vexation < 07469> of spirit
<07307>.



10 That which <0834> hath been <01961> is named already
<03528>, and it is known <03045> that it [is] man < 0120>:
neither <03808> may <03201> he contend <01777> with him that is
mightier <08623> than he.



11. Seeing <03588> there be many <07235> things < 01697> that
increase <07235> vanity <01892>, what <04100> [is] man <0120>
the better <03148>?



12 For who <04310> knoweth <03045> what < 04100> [is] good
<02896> for man <0120> in [this] life <02416>, all <04557> the
days <03117> of his vain <01892> life <02416> which he spendeth
<06213> as a shadow <06738>? for who <04310> can tell <05046> a
man <0120> what <04100> shall be after <0310> him under <08478>
the sun <08121>?



Ecclesiastes 7



1. A good name <08034> [is] better <02896> than precious
<02896> ointment <08081>; and the day <03117> of death <04194>
than the day <03117> of one's birth <03205>.



2 [It is] better <02896> to go <03212> to the house <01004> of
mourning <060>, than to go <03212> to the house < 01004> of
feasting <04960>: for that [is] the end <05490> of all <03605>
men <0120>; and the living <02416> will lay < 05414> [it] to his
heart <03820>.



3 Sorrow <03708> [is] better <02896> than laughter <07814>:
for by the sadness <07455> of the countenance <06440> the heart
<03820> is made better <03190>.



4 The heart <03820> of the wise <02450> [is] in the house
<01004> of mourning <060>; but the heart <03820> of fools
<03684> [is] in the house <01004> of mirth < 08057>.



5 [It is] better <02896> to hear <08085> the rebuke <01606> of
the wise <02450>, than for a man <0376> to hear < 08085> the song
<07892> of fools <03684>.



6 For as the crackling <06963> of thorns <05518> under <08478>
a pot <05518>, so <03651> [is] the laughter < 07814> of the fool
<03684>: this <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.



7. Surely <03588> oppression <06233> maketh a wise <02450> man
mad <01984>; and a gift <04979> destroyeth <06> the heart
<03820>.



8 Better <02896> [is] the end <0319> of a thing < 01697> than
the beginning <07225> thereof: [and] the patient < 0750> in
spirit <07307> [is] better <02896> than the proud < 01362> in
spirit <07307>.



9 Be not hasty <0926> in thy spirit <07307> to be angry
<03707>: for anger <03708> resteth <05117> in the bosom <02436>
of fools <03684>.



10 Say <0559> not thou, What <04100> is [the cause <01961>]
that the former <07223> days <03117> were better < 02896> than
these <0428>? for thou dost not enquire <07592> wisely <02451>
concerning <05921> this <02088>.



11. Wisdom <02451> [is] good <02896> with an inheritance
<05159>: and [by it there is] profit <03148> to them that see
<07200> the sun <08121>.



12 For wisdom <02451> [is] a defence <06738>, [and] money
<03701> [is] a defence <06738>: but the excellency <03504> of
knowledge <01847> [is, that] wisdom <02451> giveth life <02421>
to them that have <01167> it.



13 Consider <07200> the work <04639> of God < 0430>: for who
<04310> can <03201> make [that] straight <08626> , which <0834>
he hath made crooked <05791>?



14 In the day <03117> of prosperity <02896> be joyful <02896>,
but in the day <03117> of adversity <07451> consider <07200>:
God <0430> also <01571> hath set <06213> the one <02088> over
<05980> against <05980> the other <02088>, to the end <01700>
that man <0120> should find <04672> nothing after < 0310> him.



15 All <03605> [things] have I seen <07200> in the days
<03117> of my vanity <01892>: there is a just < 06662> [man] that
perisheth <06> in his righteousness <06664>, and there is a
wicked <07563> [man] that prolongeth <0748> [his life] in his
wickedness <07451>.



16 Be not righteous <06662> over <07235> much < 07235>; neither
<0408> make thyself over <03148> wise <02449>: why <04100>
shouldest thou destroy <08074> thyself?



17 Be not over <07235> much <07235> wicked < 07561>, neither
<0408> be thou foolish <05530>: why <04100> shouldest thou die
<04191> before <03808> thy time <06256>?



18 [It is] good <02896> that thou shouldest take < 0270> hold
<0270> of this <02088>; yea <01571>, also < 01571> from this
<02088> withdraw <03240> not thine hand <03027>: for he that
feareth <03373> God <0430> shall come <03318> forth <03318> of
them all <03605>.



19 Wisdom <02451> strengtheneth <05810> the wise <02450> more
than ten <06235> mighty <07989> [men] which < 0834> are in the
city <05892>.



20 For [there is] not a just <06662> man <0120> upon earth
<0776>, that doeth <06213> good <02896>, and sinneth <02398> not.



21 Also <01571> take <05414> no <0808> heed <03820> unto all
<03605> words <01697> that are spoken <01696>; lest thou hear
<08085> thy servant <05650> curse <07043> thee:



22 For oftentimes also <01571> thine own heart < 03820> knoweth
<03045> that thou thyself <0859> likewise < 01571> hast cursed
<07043> others <0312>.



23. All <03605> this <02090> have I proved < 05254> by wisdom
<02451>: I said <0559>, I will be wise <02449>; but it [was] far
<07350> from me.



24 That which <04100> is far <07350> off, and exceeding deep
<06013>, who <04310> can find <04672> it out?



25 I applied <05437> mine heart <03820> to know < 03045>, and
to search <08446>, and to seek <01245> out wisdom < 02451>, and
the reason <02808> [of things], and to know <03045> the
wickedness <07562> of folly <03689>, even of foolishness <05531>
[and] madness <01947>:



26 And I find <04672> more bitter <04751> than death <04194>
the woman <0802>, whose heart <03820> [is] snares < 04685> and
nets <02764>, [and] her hands <03027> [as] bands < 0612>: whoso
pleaseth God <0430> shall escape <04422> from her; but the
sinner <02398> shall be taken <03920> by her.



27 Behold <07200>, this <02088> have I found < 04672>, saith
<0559> the preacher <06953>, [counting] one < 0259> by one <0259>,
to find <04672> out the account <02808>:



28 Which <0834> yet <05750> my soul <05315> seeketh <01245>,
but I find <04672> not: one <0259> man <0120> among a thousand
<0505> have I found <04672>; but a woman <0802> among all
<03605> those <0428> have I not found <04672>.



29 Lo <07200>, this <02088> only <0905> have I found <04672>,
that God <0430> hath made <06213> man <0120> upright <03477>;
but they have sought <01245> out many <07227> inventions <02810>.



Ecclesiastes 8



1. Who <04310> [is] as the wise <02450> [man < 0376>]? and who
<04310> knoweth <03045> the interpretation < 06592> of a thing
<01697>? a man's <0120> wisdom <02451> maketh his face <06440>
to shine <0215>, and the boldness <05797> of his face <06440>
shall be changed <08132>.



2 I [counsel thee] to keep <08104> the king's < 04428>
commandment <06310>, and [that] in regard of the oath < 07621> of
God <0430>.



3 Be not hasty <0926> to go <03212> out of his sight <06440>:
stand <05975> not in an evil <07451> thing < 01697>; for he doeth
<06213> whatsoever pleaseth <02654> him.



4 Where <0834> the word <01697> of a king < 04428> [is, there
is] power <07983>: and who <04310> may say < 0559> unto him, What
<04100> doest <06213> thou?



5 Whoso keepeth <08104> the commandment <04687> shall feel
<03045> no <03808> evil <07451> thing < 01697>: and a wise
<02450> man's heart <03820> discerneth <03045> both time <06256>
and judgment <04941>.



6. Because <03588> to every <03605> purpose < 02656> there is
time <06256> and judgment <04941>, therefore the misery <07451>
of man <0120> [is] great <07227> upon him.



7 For he knoweth <03045> not that which <04100> shall be: for
who can tell <05046> him when it shall be?



8 [There is] no <0369> man <0120> that hath power <07989> over
the spirit <07307> to retain <03607> the spirit < 07307>; neither
<0369> [hath he] power <07983> in the day < 03117> of death
<04194>: and [there is] no <0369> discharge < 04917> in [that]
war <04421>; neither <03808> shall wickedness < 07562> deliver
<04422> those that are given <01167> to it.



9. All <03605> this <02088> have I seen <07200> , and applied
<05414> my heart <03820> unto every <03605> work <04639> that is
done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>: [there is] a time
<06256> wherein <0834> one man <0120> ruleth <07980> over
another to his own hurt <07451>.



10 And so <03651> I saw <07200> the wicked < 07563> buried
<06912>, who had come <0935> and gone <01980> from the place
<04725> of the holy <06918>, and they were forgotten <07911> in
the city <05892> where <0834> they had so < 03651> done <06466>:
this <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>.



11 Because <0834> sentence <06599> against an evil <07451>
work <04639> is not executed <06213> speedily < 04120>, therefore
the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men < 0120> is fully
<04390> set in them to do <06213> evil <07451>.



12 Though a sinner <02398> do <06213> evil < 07451> an hundred
<03967> times, and his [days] be prolonged <0748>, yet <03588>
surely <03588> I know <03045> that it shall be well <02896> with
them that fear <03373> God <0430>, which <0834> fear <03372>
before <06440> him:



13 But it shall not be well <02896> with the wicked < 07563>,
neither <03808> shall he prolong <0748> [his] days <03117>,
[which are] as a shadow <06738>; because <0834> he feareth
<03373> not before <06440> God <0430>.



14. There is a vanity <01892> which <0834> is done <06466> upon
the earth <0776>; that there be just <06662> [men], unto whom it
happeneth <05060> according to the work <04639> of the wicked
<07563>; again, there be wicked <07563> [men], to whom <0413> it
happeneth <05060> according to the work <04639> of the righteous
<06662>: I said <0559> that this <02088> also <01571> [is]
vanity <01892>.



15 Then I commended <07623> mirth <08057>, because <0834> a
man <0120> hath no <0369> better <02896> thing under <08478> the
sun <08121>, than to eat <0398>, and to drink < 08354>, and to be
merry <08055>: for that shall abide <03867> with him of his
labour <05999> the days <03117> of his life < 02416>, which
<0834> God <0430> giveth <05414> him under < 08478> the sun
<08121>.



16 When <0834> I applied <05414> mine heart < 03820> to know
<03045> wisdom <02451>, and to see <07200> the business <06045>
that is done <06466> upon the earth <0776>: (for also <01571>
[there is that] neither day <03117> nor night <03915> seeth
<07200> sleep <08142> with his eyes <05869>:)



17 Then I beheld <07200> all <03605> the work < 04639> of God
<0430>, that a man <0120> cannot find <04672> out the work
<04639> that is done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>:
because <0834> though <0834> a man <0120> labour <05998> to seek
<01245> [it] out, yet he shall not find <04672> [it]; yea
<01571> further <03254>; though <0518> a wise <02450> [man]
think <0559> to know <03045> [it], yet shall he not be able
<03201> to find <04672> [it].



Ecclesiastes 9



1. For all <03605> this <02088> I considered < 05414> in my
heart <03820> even to declare <0952> all <03605> this <02088>,
that the righteous <06662>, and the wise <02450>, and their
works <05652>, [are] in the hand <03027> of God < 0430>: no
<0369> man <0120> knoweth <03045> either < 01571> love <0160> or
hatred <08135> [by] all <03605> [that is] before < 06440> them.



2 All <03605> [things come] alike <0834> to all < 03605>:
[there is] one <0259> event <04745> to the righteous <06662>,
and to the wicked <07563>; to the good <02896> and to the clean
<02889>, and to the unclean <02931>; to him that sacrificeth
<02076>, and to him that sacrificeth <02076> not: as [is] the
good <02896>, so [is] the sinner <02398>; [and] he that sweareth
<07650>, as [he] that feareth <03373> an oath < 07621>.



3 This <02088> [is] an evil <07451> among all < 03605> [things]
that are done <06466> under <08478> the sun < 08121>, that [there
is] one <0259> event <04745> unto all <03605>: yea <01571>, also
<01571> the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> is
full <04390> of evil <07451>, and madness < 01947> [is] in their
heart <03824> while they live <02416>, and after < 0310> that
[they go] to the dead <04191>.



4. For to him that is joined <0977> to all <03605> the living
<02416> there is hope <0986>: for a living < 02416> dog <03611>
is better <02896> than <04480> a dead <04191> lion <0738>.



5 For the living <02416> know <03045> that they shall die
<04191>: but the dead <04191> know <03045> not any <03972> thing,
neither <0369> have they any more <05750> a reward <07999>; for
the memory <02143> of them is forgotten <07911>.



6 Also <01571> their love <0160>, and their hatred <08135>,
and their envy <07068>, is now <03528> perished < 06>; neither
<0369> have they any more <05750> a portion < 02506> for ever
<05769> in any <03605> [thing] that is done < 06466> under
<08478> the sun <08121>.



7 Go <03212> thy way, eat <0398> thy bread < 03899> with joy
<08057>, and drink <08354> thy wine <03196> with a merry <02896>
heart <03820>; for God <0430> now <03528> accepteth <07521> thy
works <04639>.



8 Let thy garments <0899> be always white <03836>; and let thy
head <07218> lack <02637> no <0408> ointment <08081>.



9 Live <02416> joyfully <02416> with the wife < 0802> whom
<0834> thou lovest <0157> all <03605> the days <03117> of the
life <02416> of thy vanity <01892>, which <0834> he hath given
<05414> thee under <08478> the sun <08121>, all <03605> the days
<03117> of thy vanity <01892>: for that [is] thy portion <02506>
in [this] life <02416>, and in thy labour <05999> which thou
takest <06001> under <08478> the sun <08121>.



10 Whatsoever thy hand <03027> findeth <04672> to do <06213>,
do <06213> [it] with thy might <03581>; for [there is] no <0369>
work <04639>, nor device <02808>, nor knowledge < 01847>, nor
wisdom <02451>, in the grave <07585>, whither thou goest <01980>.



11. I returned <07725>, and saw <07200> under < 08478> the sun
<08121>, that the race <04793> [is] not to the swift <07031>,
nor <03808> the battle <04421> to the strong < 01368>, neither
<03808> yet <01571> bread <03899> to the wise <02450>, nor
<03808> yet <01571> riches <06239> to men of understanding
<0995>, nor <03808> yet <01571> favour < 02580> to men of skill
<03045>; but time <06256> and chance <06294> happeneth <07136>
to them all <03605>.



12 For man <0120> also <01571> knoweth <03045> not his time
<06256>: as the fishes <01709> that are taken < 0270> in an evil
<07451> net <04686>, and as the birds <06833> that are caught
<0270> in the snare <06341>; so <01992> [are] the sons <01121>
of men <0120> snared <03369> in an evil <07451> time <06256>,
when it falleth <05307> suddenly <06597> upon them.



13. This <02090> wisdom <02451> have I seen < 07200> also
<01571> under <08478> the sun <08121>, and it [seemed] great
<01419> unto me:



14 [There was] a little <06996> city <05892>, and few <04592>
men <0582> within it; and there came <0935> a great <01419> king
<04428> against <0413> it, and besieged <05437> it, and built
<01129> great <01419> bulwarks <04685> against <05921> it:



15 Now there was found <04672> in it a poor <04542> wise
<02450> man <0376>, and he by his wisdom <02451> delivered
<04422> the city <05892>; yet no <03808> man <0376> remembered
<02142> that same <01931> poor <04542> man < 0376>.



16 Then said <0559> I, Wisdom <02451> [is] better <02896> than
strength <01369>: nevertheless the poor <04542> man's wisdom
<02451> [is] despised <0959>, and his words < 01697> are not
heard <08085>.



17 The words <01697> of wise <02450> [men are] heard <08085>
in quiet <05183> more than the cry <02201> of him that ruleth
<04910> among fools <03684>.



18 Wisdom <02451> [is] better <02896> than weapons <03627> of
war <07128>: but one <0259> sinner <02398> destroyeth <06> much
<07235> good <02896>.



Ecclesiastes 10



1. Dead <04194> flies <02070> cause the ointment < 08081> of the
apothecary <07543> to send <05042> forth a stinking <0887>
savour <07381>: [so doth] a little <04592> folly < 05531> him
that is in reputation <03368> for wisdom <02451> [and] honour
<03519>.



2 A wise <02450> man's heart <03820> [is] at his right <03225>
hand <03225>; but a fool's <03684> heart <03820> at his left
<08040>.



3 Yea <01571> also <01571>, when he that is a fool <05530>
walketh <01980> by the way <01870>, his wisdom < 03820> faileth
<02638> [him], and he saith <0559> to every < 03605> one [that]
he [is] a fool <05530>.



4. If the spirit <07307> of the ruler <04910> rise <05927> up
against <05921> thee, leave <03241> not thy place < 04725>; for
yielding <04832> pacifieth <03240> great <01419> offences
<02399>.



5 There is an evil <07451> [which] I have seen < 07200> under
<08478> the sun <08121>, as an error <07684> [which] proceedeth
<03318> from the ruler <07989>:



6 Folly <05529> is set <05414> in great < 07227> dignity
<04791>, and the rich <06223> sit <03427> in low <08216> place.



7 I have seen <07200> servants <05650> upon horses <05483>,
and princes <08269> walking <01980> as servants < 05650> upon the
earth <0776>.



8 He that diggeth <02658> a pit <01475> shall fall <05307>
into it; and whoso breaketh <06555> an hedge <01447>, a serpent
<05175> shall bite <05391> him.



9 Whoso removeth <05265> stones <068> shall be hurt <06087>
therewith; [and] he that cleaveth <01234> wood <06086> shall be
endangered <05533> thereby.



10 If <0518> the iron <01270> be blunt <06949> , and he do not
whet <07043> the edge <06440>, then must he put < 01396> to more
strength <02428>: but wisdom <02451> [is] profitable <03504> to
direct <03787>.



11 Surely <0518> the serpent <05175> will bite < 05391> without
<03808> enchantment <03908>; and a babbler is no < 0369> better
<03504>.



12. The words <01697> of a wise <02450> man's mouth <06310>
[are] gracious <02580>; but the lips <08193> of a fool <03684>
will swallow <01104> up himself.



13 The beginning <08462> of the words <01697> of his mouth
<06310> [is] foolishness <05531>: and the end < 0319> of his talk
<06310> [is] mischievous <07451> madness <01948> .



14 A fool <05536> also is full <07235> of words < 01697>: a man
<0120> cannot tell <05046> what <04100> shall be; and what
<04100> shall be after <0310> him, who <04310> can tell <05046>
him?



15 The labour <05999> of the foolish <03684> wearieth <03021>
every one of them, because <0834> he knoweth <03045> not how
<0834> to go <03212> to the city <05892>.



16. Woe <0337> to thee, O land <0776>, when thy king <04428>
[is] a child <05288>, and thy princes <08269> eat < 0398> in the
morning <01242>!



17 Blessed <0835> [art] thou, O land <0776>, when thy king
<04428> [is] the son <01121> of nobles <02715>, and thy princes
<08269> eat <0398> in due season <06256>, for strength <01369>,
and not for drunkenness <08358>!



18 By much slothfulness <06103> the building <04746> decayeth
<04355>; and through idleness <08220> of the hands <03027> the
house <01004> droppeth <01811> through <01811>.



19 A feast <03899> is made <06213> for laughter < 07814>, and
wine <03196> maketh merry <08055>: but money < 03701> answereth
<06030> all <03605> [things].



20 Curse <07043> not the king <04428>, no < 0408> not in thy
thought <04093>; and curse <07043> not the rich < 06223> in thy
bedchamber: for a bird <05775> of the air <08064> shall carry
<03212> the voice <06963>, and that which hath < 01167> wings
<03671> shall tell <05046> the matter <01697>.



Ecclesiastes 11



1. Cast <07971> thy bread <03899> upon the waters <04325>: for
thou shalt find <04672> it after many <07230> days <03117>.



2 Give <05414> a portion <02506> to seven < 07651>, and also
<01571> to eight <08083>; for thou knowest < 03045> not what
<04100> evil <07451> shall be upon the earth < 0776>.



3 If <0518> the clouds <05645> be full <04390> of rain <01653>,
they empty <07324> [themselves] upon the earth <0776> : and if
the tree <06086> fall <05307> toward the south < 01864>, or
toward the north <06828>, in the place <04725> where the tree
<06086> falleth <05307>, there <08033> it shall be.



4 He that observeth <08104> the wind <07307> shall not sow
<02232>; and he that regardeth <07200> the clouds < 05645> shall
not reap <07114>.



5 As thou knowest <03045> not what <04100> [is] the way
<01870> of the spirit <07307>, [nor] how the bones <06106> [do
grow] in the womb <0990> of her that is with child < 04392>: even
<03602> so thou knowest <03045> not the works < 04639> of God
<0430> who <0834> maketh <06213> all < 03605>.



6 In the morning <01242> sow <02232> thy seed < 02233>, and in
the evening <06153> withhold <03240> not thine hand <03027>: for
thou knowest <03045> not whether <0335> shall prosper <03787>,
either this <02088> or <0176> that, or whether < 0518> they both
<08147> [shall be] alike <0259> good <02896>.



7. Truly the light <0216> [is] sweet <04966>, and a pleasant
<02896> [thing it is] for the eyes <05869> to behold <07200> the
sun <08121>:



8 But if a man <0120> live <02421> many < 07235> years <08141>,
[and] rejoice <08055> in them all <03605>; yet let him remember
<02142> the days <03117> of darkness <02822>; for they shall be
many <07235>. All <03605> that cometh <0935> [is] vanity <01892>.



9 Rejoice <08055>, O young <0970> man, in thy youth <03208>;
and let thy heart <03820> cheer <03190> thee in the days <03117>
of thy youth <0979>, and walk <01980> in the ways < 01870> of
thine heart <03820>, and in the sight <04758> of thine eyes
<05869>: but know <03045> thou, that for all < 03605> these
<0428> [things] God <0430> will bring <0935> thee into judgment
<04941>.



10 Therefore remove <05493> sorrow <03708> from thy heart
<03820>, and put <05674> away <05493> evil < 07451> from thy
flesh <01320>: for childhood <03208> and youth < 07839> [are]
vanity <01892>.



Ecclesiastes 12



1. Remember <02142> now thy Creator <01254> in the days <03117>
of thy youth <0979>, while <05704> the evil < 07451> days <03117>
come <0935> not, nor the years <08141> draw nigh < 05060>, when
<0834> thou shalt say <0559>, I have no <0369> pleasure <02656>
in them;



2 While <05704> the sun <08121>, or the light < 0216>, or the
moon <03394>, or the stars <03556>, be not darkened <02821>, nor
the clouds <05645> return <07725> after <0310> the rain <01653>:



3 In the day <03117> when the keepers <08104> of the house
<01004> shall tremble <02111>, and the strong < 02428> men <0582>
shall bow <05791> themselves, and the grinders <02912> cease
<0988> because <03588> they are few <04592>, and those that look
<07200> out of the windows <0699> be darkened < 02821>,



4 And the doors <01817> shall be shut <05462> in the streets
<07784>, when the sound <06963> of the grinding < 02913> is low
<08217>, and he shall rise <06965> up at the voice <06963> of
the bird <06833>, and all <03605> the daughters < 01121> of
musick <07892> shall be brought <07817> low < 07817>;



5 Also <01571> [when] they shall be afraid <03372> of [that
which is] high <01364>, and fears <02849> [shall be] in the way
<01870>, and the almond <08247> tree shall flourish <05006>, and
the grasshopper <02284> shall be a burden <05445>, and desire
<035> shall fail <06565>: because <03588> man <0120> goeth
<01980> to his long <05769> home <01004>, and the mourners
<05594> go <05437> about <05437> the streets <07784>:



6 Or <05704> ever the silver <03701> cord < 02256> be loosed
<07368>, or the golden <02091> bowl <01543> be broken <07533>,
or the pitcher <03537> be broken <07665> at < 05921> the fountain
<04002>, or the wheel <01534> broken <07533> at <0413> the
cistern <0953>.



7 Then shall the dust <06083> return <07725> to the earth
<0776> as it was: and the spirit <07307> shall return <07725>
unto God <0430> who <0834> gave <05414> it.



8. Vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>, saith < 0559> the
preacher <06953>; all <03605> [is] vanity < 01892>.



9 And moreover <03148>, because the preacher <06953> was wise
<02450>, he still <05750> taught <03925> the people <05971>
knowledge <01847>; yea, he gave good heed <0238>, and sought
<02713> out, [and] set in order <08626> many < 07235> proverbs
<04912>.



10 The preacher <06953> sought <01245> to find < 04672> out
acceptable <02656> words <01697>: and [that which was] written
<03789> [was] upright <03476>, [even] words < 01697> of truth
<0571>.



11 The words <01697> of the wise <02450> [are] as goads
<01861>, and as nails <04930> fastened <05193> [by] the masters
<01167> of assemblies <0627>, [which] are given < 05414> from one
<0259> shepherd <07462>.



12 And further <03148>, by these <01992>, my son <01121>, be
admonished <02094>: of making <06213> many < 07235> books <05612>
[there is] no <0369> end <07093>; and much < 07235> study <03854>
[is] a weariness <03024> of the flesh <01320>.



13. Let us hear <08085> the conclusion <05490> of the whole
<03605> matter <01697>: Fear <03372> God < 0430>, and keep
<08104> his commandments <04687>: for this < 02088> [is] the
whole <03605> [duty] of man <0120>.



14 For God <0430> shall bring <0935> every < 03605> work
<04639> into judgment <04941>, with every < 03605> secret <05956>
thing, whether <0518> [it be] good <02896>, or whether <0518>
[it be] evil <07451>.









  
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