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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>.
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