1 The words 01697 of the Preacher 06953, the son 01121 of David 01732, king 04428 of Jerusalem 03389.
2 Vanity 01892 of vanities 01892, saith 0559 the Preacher 06953, vanity 01892 of vanities 01892; all is vanity 01892.
3 What profit 03504 hath a man 0120 of all his labour 05999 which he taketh 05998 under the sun 08121?
4 One generation 01755 passeth away 01980, and another generation 01755 cometh 0935: but the earth 0776 abideth 05975 for ever 05769.
5 The sun 08121 also riseth 02224, and the sun 08121 goeth down 0935, and hasteth 07602 to his place 04725 where he arose 02224. hasteth: Heb. panteth
6 The wind 07307 goeth 01980 toward the south 01864, and turneth about 05437 to the north 06828; it whirleth about continually 01980, and the wind 07307 returneth again 07725 according to its circuits 05439.
7 All the rivers 05158 run 01980 into the sea 03220; yet the sea 03220 is not full 04392; to the place 04725 from which the rivers 05158 come 01980, there they return 07725 again 03212. return…: Heb. return to go
8 All things 01697 are full of labour 03023; man 0376 cannot 03201 utter 01696 it: the eye 05869 is not satisfied 07646 with seeing 07200, nor the ear 0241 filled 04390 with hearing 08085.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done 06213 is that which shall be done 06213: and there is no new 02319 thing under the sun 08121.
10 Is there 03426 any thing 01697 of which it may be said 0559, See 07200, this is new 02319? it hath been already 03528 of old time 05769, which was before 06440 us.
11 There is no remembrance 02146 of former 07223 things; neither shall there be any remembrance 02146 of things that are to come 0314 with those that shall come after 0314.
12 I the Preacher 06953 was king 04428 over Israel 03478 in Jerusalem 03389.
13 And I gave 05414 my heart 03820 to seek 01875 and search out 08446 by wisdom 02451 concerning all things that are done 06213 under heaven 08064: this grievous 07451 labour 06045 hath God 0430 given 05414 to the sons 01121 of man 0120 to be exercised 06031 with it. to be…: or, to afflict them
14 I have seen 07200 all the works 04639 that are done 06213 under the sun 08121; and, behold, all is vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307.
15 That which is crooked 05791 cannot 03201 be made straight 08626: and that which is lacking 02642 cannot 03201 be numbered 04487. that which is wanting: Heb. defect
16 I spoke 01696 to my own heart 03820, saying 0559, Lo, I have come to great estate 01431, and have gained 03254 more wisdom 02451 than all they that have been before 06440 me in Jerusalem 03389: and my heart 03820 had great 07235 experience 07200 of wisdom 02451 and knowledge 01847. had…: Heb. had seen much
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 01571 also 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.
1 I said 0559 in my heart 03820, Come now 03212, I will test 05254 thee with mirth 08057, therefore enjoy 07200 pleasure 02896: and, behold, this also is vanity 01892.
2 I said 0559 of laughter 07814, It is mad 01984: and of mirth 08057, What 02090 doeth 06213 it?
3 I sought 08446 in my heart 03820 to give 04900 myself 01320 to wine 03196, yet acquainting 05090 my heart 03820 with wisdom 02451; and to lay hold 0270 on folly 05531, till I might see 07200 what was that good 02896 for the sons 01121 of men 0120, which they should do 06213 under the heaven 08064 all 04557 the days 03117 of their life 02416. to give…: Heb. to draw my flesh with wineall…: Heb. the number of the days of their life
4 I made for myself great 01431 works 04639; I built 01129 houses 01004; I planted 05193 vineyards 03754:
5 I made 06213 me gardens 01593 and orchards 06508, and I planted 05193 trees 06086 in them of all kind of fruits 06529:
6 I made 06213 me pools 01295 of water 04325, to water 08248 with them the wood 03293 that bringeth forth 06779 trees 06086:
7 I procured 07069 me male 05650 and female servants 08198, and had servants born 01121 in my house 01004; also I had great 07235 possessions 04735 of herds 01241 and flocks 06629 above all that were in Jerusalem 03389 before 06440 me: servants born…: Heb. sons of my house
8 I gathered 03664 me also silver 03701 and gold 02091, and the special treasure 05459 of kings 04428 and of the provinces 04082: I procured 06213 me male 07891 and female singers 07891, and the delights 08588 of the sons 01121 of men 0120, as musical instruments 07705, 7705, and of all sorts. musical…: Heb. musical instrument and instruments
9 So I was great 01431, and increased 03254 more than all that were before 06440 me in Jerusalem 03389: also my wisdom 02451 remained 05975 with me.
10 And whatever my eyes 05869 desired 07592 I kept 0680 not from them, I withheld 04513 not my heart 03820 from any joy 08057; for my heart 03820 rejoiced 08056 in all my labour 05999: and this was my portion 02506 of all my labour 05999.
11 Then I looked 06437 on all 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, all was vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307, and there was no profit 03504 under the sun 08121.
12 And I turned 06437 myself to behold 07200 wisdom 02451, and madness 01947, and folly 05531: for what can the man 0120 do that cometh 0935 after 0310 the king 04428? even that which hath been already 03528 done 06213. even…: or, in those things which have been already done
13 Then I saw 07200 that 03426 wisdom 02451 excelleth 03504 folly 05531, as far as light 0216 excelleth 03504 darkness 02822. that…: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc
14 The wise man’s 02450 eyes 05869 are in his head 07218; but the fool 03684 walketh 01980 in darkness 02822: and I myself perceived 03045 also that one 0259 event 04745 happeneth 07136 to them all.
15 Then 0227 said 0559 I in my heart 03820, As it happeneth 04745 to the fool 03684, so it happeneth 07136 even to me 01571; and why was I then more 03148 wise 02449? Then I said 01696 in my heart 03820, that this also is vanity 01892. happeneth even…: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me
16 For there is no remembrance 02146 of the wise 02450 more than 05973 of the fool 03684 for ever 05769; seeing that which now 03528 is in the days 03117 to come 0935 shall all be forgotten 07911. And how dieth 04191 the wise 02450 man? as the fool 03684.
17 Therefore I hated 08130 life 02416; because the work 04639 that is wrought 06213 under the sun 08121 is grievous 07451 to me: for all is vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307.
18 Yea, I hated 08130 all my labour 05999 which I had taken 06001 under the sun 08121: because I should leave 03240 it to the man 0120 that shall be after 0310 me. taken: Heb. laboured
19 And who knoweth 03045 whether he shall be a wise 02450 man or a fool 05530? yet shall he have rule 07980 over all my labour 05999 in which I have laboured 05998, and in which I have showed myself wise 02449 under the sun 08121. This is also vanity 01892.
20 Therefore I went about 05437 to cause 02976 my heart 03820 to despair 02976 of all the labour 05999 which I took 05998 under the sun 08121.
21 For there is 03426 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 in it shall he leave 05414 it for his portion 02506. This also is vanity 01892 and a great 07227 evil 07451. leave: Heb. give
22 For what hath 01933 man 0120 of all his labour 05999, and of the vexation 07475 of his heart 03820, in which 01931 he hath laboured 06001 under the sun 08121?
23 For all his days 03117 are sorrows 04341, and his labour 06045 grief 03708; yea, his heart 03820 taketh not rest 07901 in the night 03915. This is also vanity 01892.
24 There is nothing 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 02090 also I saw 07200, that it was from the hand 03027 of God 0430. should make…: or, delight his senses
25 For who can eat 0398, or who else can hasten 02363 to it, more 02351 than I?
26 For God giveth 05414 to a man 0120 who is good 02896 in his sight 06440 wisdom 02451, and knowledge 01847, and joy 08057: but to the sinner 02398 he giveth 05414 toil 06045, to gather 0622 and to store up 03664 wealth, that he may give 05414 to him that is good 02896 before 06440 God 0430. This also is vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307. in his…: Heb. before him
1 To every thing there is a season 02165, and a time 06256 to every purpose 02656 under 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 up 06131 that which is planted 05193; to be…: Heb. to bear
3 A time 06256 to kill 02026, and a time 06256 to heal 07495; a time 06256 to break down 06555, and a time 06256 to build up 01129;
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 away 07993 stones 068, and a time 06256 to gather 03664 stones 068; a time 06256 to embrace 02263, and a time 06256 to refrain 07368 from embracing 02263; to refrain from: Heb. to be far from
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 away 07993; get: or, seek
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 profit 03504 hath he that worketh 06213 in that in which 0834 he laboureth 06001?
10 I have seen 07200 the labour 06045, which God 0430 hath given 05414 to the sons 01121 of men 0120 to be exercised 06031 in it.
11 He hath made 06213 every thing beautiful 03303 in its time 06256: also he hath set 05414 the world 05769 in their heart 03820, so that 01097 no man 0120 can find out 04672 the work 04639 that God 0430 maketh 06213 from the beginning 07218 to the end 05490.
12 I know 03045 that there is no good 02896 in them, but for a man to rejoice 08055, and to do 06213 good 02896 in his life 02416.
13 And also that every man 0120 should eat 0398 and drink 08354, and enjoy 07200 the good 02896 of all his labour 05999, it is the gift 04991 of God 0430.
14 I know 03045 that, whatever God 0430 doeth 06213, it shall be for ever 05769: nothing 0369 can be added 03254 to it, nor any thing taken 01639 from it: and God 0430 doeth 06213 it, that men should fear 03372 before 06440 him.
15 That which hath been is now 03528; and that which is to be hath already 03528 been; and God 0430 requireth 01245 that which is past 07291. that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away
16 And moreover I saw 07200 under the sun 08121 the place 04725 of judgment 04941, that wickedness 07562 was there; and the place 04725 of righteousness 06664, that iniquity 07562 was there.
17 I said 0559 in my heart 03820, God 0430 shall judge 08199 the righteous 06662 and the wicked 07563: for there is a time 06256 there for every purpose 02656 and for every work 04639.
18 I said 0559 in my heart 03820 concerning the state 01700 of the sons 01121 of men 0120, that God 0430 might surely test 01305 them, and that they might see 07200 that they 01992 themselves are beasts 0929. that God…: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc
19 For that which befalleth 04745 the sons 01121 of men 0120 befalleth 04745 beasts 0929; even one thing 0259 befalleth 04745 them: as the one dieth 04194, so dieth 04194 the other 02088; yea, they have all one 0259 breath 07307; so that a man 0120 hath no preeminence 04195 above a beast 0929: for all is vanity 01892.
20 All go 01980 to one 0259 place 04725; all are of the dust 06083, and all turn 07725 to dust 06083 again 07725.
21 Who knoweth 03045 the spirit 07307 of man 01121, 120 that goeth 05927 upward 04605, and the spirit 07307 of the beast 0929 that goeth 03381 downward 04295 to the earth 0776? of man: Heb. of the sons of mangoeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc
22 Therefore I perceive 07200 that there is nothing better 02896, than that a man 0120 should rejoice 08055 in his own works 04639; for that is his portion 02506: for who shall bring 0935 him to see 07200 what shall be after 0310 him?
1 So I returned 07725, and considered 07200 all the oppressions 06217 that are done 06213 under the sun 08121: and behold the tears 01832 of such as were oppressed 06231, and they had no comforter 05162; and on the side 03027 of their oppressors 06231 there was power 03581; but they had no comforter 05162. side: Heb. hand
2 Therefore I praised 07623 the dead 04191 who are already 03528 dead 04191 more than the living 02416 who are yet 05728 alive 02416.
3 Yea, better 02896 is he than both 08147 they, who hath not yet 05728 been, who hath not seen 07200 the evil 07451 work 04639 that is done 06213 under the sun 08121.
4 Again, I considered 07200 all labour 05999, and every right 03788 work 04639, that for this a man 0376 is envied 07068 by his neighbour 07453. This is also vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307. every…: Heb. all the rightness of workfor this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour
5 The fool 03684 foldeth 02263 his hands 03027 together 02263, and eateth 0398 his own flesh 01320.
6 Better 02896 is an handful 03709 with quietness 05183, than both the hands 02651 full 04393 with toil 05999 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307.
7 Then I returned 07725, and I saw 07200 vanity 01892 under the sun 08121.
8 There is 03426 one 0259 alone, and there is not a second 08145; yea, he hath neither child 01121 nor brother 0251: yet is there no end 07093 of all his labour 05999; neither is his eye 05869 satisfied 07646 with riches 06239; neither saith he, For whom do I labour 06001, and bereave 02637 my soul 05315 of good 02896? This is also vanity 01892, yea, it is a grievous 07451 labour 06045.
9 Two 08147 are better 02896 than one 0259; because they have 03426 a good 02896 reward 07939 for their labour 05999.
10 For if they fall 05307, the one 0259 will lift up 06965 his companion 02270: but woe 0337 to him that is alone 0259 when he falleth 05307; for he hath not another 08145 to help him to rise 06965.
11 Again 01571, if two 08147 lie together 07901, then they have heat 02552: but how can one 0259 be warm 03179 alone?
12 And if one 0259 prevaileth 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 will 03045 no longer be admonished 02094. who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
14 For out of prison 0631, 1004 he cometh 03318 to reign 04427; though also he that is born 03205 in his kingdom 04438 becometh poor 07326.
15 I considered 07200 all the living 02416 who walk 01980 under the sun 08121, with the second 08145 child 03206 that shall stand up 05975 in his stead.
16 There is no end 07093 of all the people 05971, even of all that have been before 06440 them: they also that come after 0314 shall not rejoice 08055 in him. Surely this also is vanity 01892 and vexation 07475 of spirit 07307.
1 Keep 08104 thy foot 07272 when thou goest 03212 to the house 01004 of God 0430, and be more 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 thy 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. thing: or, word
3 For a dream 02472 cometh 0935 through the multitude 07230 of business 06045; and a fool’s 03684 voice 06963 is known by a multitude 07230 of words 01697.
4 When thou vowest 05087 a vow 05088 to God 0430, defer 0309 not to pay 07999 it; for he hath no pleasure 02656 in fools 03684: pay 07999 that which 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 Permit 05414 not thy mouth 06310 to cause thy flesh 01320 to sin 02398; neither say 0559 thou before 06440 the angel 04397, that it was an error 07684: why should God 0430 be angry 07107 at thy voice 06963, and destroy 02254 the work 04639 of thy hands 03027?
7 For in the multitude 07230 of dreams 02472 and many 07235 words 01697 there are also many vanities 01892: but fear 03372 thou God 0430.
8 If thou seest 07200 the oppression 06233 of the poor 07326, and violent 01499 perverting of judgment 04941 and justice 06664 in a province 04082, wonder 08539 not at the matter 02656: for he that is higher 01364 than the highest 01364 regardeth 08104; and there are higher 01364 than they 05921. at the…: Heb. at the will, or, purpose
9 Moreover the profit 03504 of the earth 0776 is for all: 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 is also vanity 01892.
11 When goods 02896 increase 07235, they are increased 07231 that eat 0398 them: and what good 03788 is there to the owners 01167 of them, except 0518 the beholding 07207, 7212 of them with their eyes 05869?
12 The sleep 08142 of a labouring man 05647 is sweet 04966, whether he eateth 0398 little 04592 or much 07235: but the abundance 07647 of the rich 06223 will not allow 03240 him to sleep 03462.
13 There is 03426 a grievous 02470 evil 07451 which I have seen 07200 under the sun 08121, namely, riches 06239 kept 08104 for the owners 01167 of them to their hurt 07451.
14 But those riches 06239 perish 06 by evil 07451 labour 06045: and he begetteth 03205 a son 01121, and there is nothing 03972 in his hand 03027.
15 As he came 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 03972 of his labour 05999, which he may carry away 03212 in his hand 03027.
16 And this 02090 also is a grievous 02470 evil 07451, that in all points 05980 as he came 0935, so shall he go 03212: and what profit 03504 hath he that hath laboured 05998 for the wind 07307?
17 All his days 03117 also he eateth 0398 in darkness 02822, and he hath much 07235 sorrow 03707 and wrath 07110 with his sickness 02483.
18 Behold that which I have seen 07200: it is good 02896 and proper 03303 for one to eat 0398 and to drink 08354, and to enjoy 07200 the good 02896 of all his labour 05999 that he taketh 05998 under the sun 08121 all 04557 the days 03117 of his life 02416, which God 0430 giveth 05414 him: for it is his portion 02506. it is good…: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etcall the days: Heb. the number of the days
19 Every man 0120 also to whom God 0430 hath given 05414 riches 06239 and wealth 05233, and hath given him power 07980 to eat 0398 of it, 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 God 0430 answereth 06031 him in the joy 08057 of his heart 03820. For…: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc
1 There is 03426 an evil 07451 which I have seen 07200 under the sun 08121, and it is common 07227 among men 0120:
2 A man 0376 to whom God 0430 hath given 05414 riches 06239, wealth 05233, and honour 03519, so that he lacketh 02638 nothing for his soul 05315 of all that he desireth 0183, yet God 0430 giveth him not power 07980 to eat 0398 of it, but a stranger 0376, 5237 eateth 0398 it: this is vanity 01892, and it is an evil 07451 disease 02483.
3 If a man 0376 begetteth 03205 an hundred 03967 children, and liveth 02421 many 07227 years 08141, so that the days 03117 of his years 08141 are many 07227, and his soul 05315 is not filled 07646 with good 02896, and also that he hath no burial 06900; I say 0559, that an untimely birth 05309 is better 02896 than he.
4 For he cometh 0935 with vanity 01892, and departeth 03212 in darkness 02822, and his name 08034 shall be covered 03680 with darkness 02822.
5 Moreover he hath not seen 07200 the sun 08121, nor known 03045 any thing: this 02088 hath more rest 05183 than 02088 the other.
6 Yea, though 0432 he liveth 02421 a thousand 0505 years 08141 twice 06471 told, yet hath he seen 07200 no good 02896: do not all go 01980 to one 0259 place 04725?
7 All the labour 05999 of man 0120 is for his mouth 06310, and yet the appetite 05315 is not filled 04390. appetite: Heb. soul
8 For what hath the wise 02450 more 03148 than the fool 03684? what hath the poor 06041, that knoweth 03045 to walk 01980 before the living 02416?
9 Better 02896 is the sight 04758 of the eyes 05869 than the wandering 01980 of the desire 05315: this is also vanity 01892 and vexation 07469 of spirit 07307. than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul
10 That which hath been is named 07121, 8034 already 03528, and it is known 03045 that it is man 0120: neither may 03201 he contend 01777 with him that is mightier 08623 than he.
11 Seeing there are 03426 many 07235 things 01697 that increase 07235 vanity 01892, what is man 0120 the better 03148?
12 For who knoweth 03045 what 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 can tell 05046 a man 0120 what shall be after 0310 him under the sun 08121? all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity
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 0834 that is the end 05490 of all 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. Sorrow: or, Anger
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 a pot 05518, so is the laughter 07814 of the fool 03684: this also is vanity 01892. crackling: Heb. sound
7 Surely oppression 06233 maketh a wise man 02450 mad 01984; and a gift 04979 destroyeth 06 the heart 03820.
8 Better 02896 is the end 0319 of a thing 01697 than its beginning 07225: 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 is the cause that the former 07223 days 03117 were better 02896 than these? for thou dost not enquire 07592 wisely 02451 concerning this. wisely: Heb. out of wisdom
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. good…: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too
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. defence: Heb. shadow
13 Consider 07200 the work 04639 of God 0430: for who can 03201 make that straight 08626, which 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 hath appointed 06213 the one as well as 05980 the other, to the end 01700 that man 0120 should find 04672 nothing 03972 after 0310 him. set: Heb. made
15 All things have I seen 07200 in the days 03117 of my vanity 01892: there is 03426 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 much 07235; neither make thyself over 03148 wise 02449: why shouldest thou destroy 08074 thyself? destroy…: Heb. be desolate?
17 Be not over much 07235 wicked 07561, neither be thou foolish 05530: why shouldest thou die 04191 before thy time 06256? before…: Heb. not in thy time?
18 It is good 02896 that thou shouldest take hold 0270 of this; yea, also from this 02088 withdraw 03240 not thy hand 03027: for he that feareth 03373 God 0430 shall escape 03318 from them all.
19 Wisdom 02451 strengtheneth 05810 the wise 02450 more than ten 06235 mighty 07989 men who 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 take 05414 no heed 03820 to all words 01697 that are spoken 01696; lest thou hear 08085 thy servant 05650 curse 07043 thee: take…: Heb. give not thine heart
22 For often 06471, 7227 also thy own heart 03820 knoweth 03045 that thou thyself likewise hast cursed 07043 others 0312.
23 All 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 is far off 07350, and exceedingly deep 06013, who can find it out 04672?
25 I applied 05437 my heart 03820 to know 03045, and to search 08446, and to seek out 01245 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: I applied…: Heb. I and mine heart compassed
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: whoever pleaseth 02896, 6440 God 0430 shall escape 04422 from her; but the sinner 02398 shall be taken 03920 by her. whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God
27 Behold 07200, this have I found 04672, saith 0559 the preacher 06953, counting one 0259 by one 0259, to find out 04672 the account 02808: counting…: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason
28 Which yet 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 those have I not found 04672.
29 Lo 07200, this only 0905 have I found 04672, that God 0430 hath made 06213 man 0120 upright 03477; but they have sought out 01245 many 07227 devices 02810.
1 Who is as the wise 02450 man? and who 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. the boldness: Heb. the strength
2 I counsel thee to keep 08104 the king’s 04428 commandment 06310, and that in regard 01700 of the oath 07621 of God 0430.
3 Be not hasty 0926 to go out 03212 of his sight 06440: stand 05975 not in an evil 07451 thing 01697; for he doeth 06213 whatever pleaseth 02654 him.
4 Where the word 01697 of a king 04428 is, there is power 07983: and who may say 0559 to him, What doest 06213 thou?
5 He who keepeth 08104 the commandment 04687 shall feel 03045 no evil 07451 thing 01697: and a wise man’s 02450 heart 03820 discerneth 03045 both time 06256 and judgment 04941. shall…: Heb. shall know
6 Because to every purpose 02656 there is 03426 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 shall be: for who can tell 05046 him when it shall be? when…: or, how it shall be?
8 There is no man 0120 that hath power 07989 over the spirit 07307 to retain 03607 the spirit 07307; neither hath he power 07983 in the day 03117 of death 04194: and there is no discharge 04917 in that war 04421; neither shall wickedness 07562 deliver 04422 those that are given 01167 to it. discharge: or, casting off weapons
9 All this have I seen 07200, and applied 05414 my heart 03820 to every work 04639 that is done 06213 under the sun 08121: there is a time 06256 in which 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 they had so done 06213: this is also vanity 01892.
11 Because 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 set 04390 in them to do 06213 evil 07451.
12 Though a sinner 02398 doeth 06213 evil 07451 an hundred times 03967, and his days are prolonged 0748, yet surely I know 03045 that it shall be well 02896 with them that fear 03373 God 0430, who fear 03372 before 06440 him:
13 But it shall not be well 02896 with the wicked 07563, neither shall he prolong 0748 his days 03117, which are as a shadow 06738; because he feareth 03373 not before 06440 God 0430.
14 There is 03426 a vanity 01892 which is done 06213 upon the earth 0776; that there are just 06662 men, to whom it happeneth 05060 according to the work 04639 of the wicked 07563; again, there are 03426 wicked 07563 men, to whom it happeneth 05060 according to the work 04639 of the righteous 06662: I said 0559 that this also 01571 is vanity 01892.
15 Then I commended 07623 mirth 08057, because a man 0120 hath no better thing 02896 under 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 God 0430 giveth 05414 him under the sun 08121.
16 When I applied 05414 my heart 03820 to know 03045 wisdom 02451, and to see 07200 the business 06045 that is done 06213 upon the earth 0776: (for also there is that neither day 03117 nor night 03915 seeth 07200 sleep 08142 with his eyes 05869:)
17 Then I beheld 07200 all the work 04639 of God 0430, that a man 0120 cannot 03201 find out 04672 the work 04639 that is done 06213 under the sun 08121: because 0834 though 07945 a man 0120 may labour 05998 to seek it out 01245, yet he shall not find 04672 it; yea further; though a wise 02450 man thinketh 0559 to know 03045 it, yet shall he not be able 03201 to find 04672 it.
1 For all this I considered 05414 in my heart 03820 even to declare 0952 all this, that the righteous 06662, and the wise 02450, and their works 05652, are in the hand 03027 of God 0430: no man 0120 knoweth 03045 either 01571 love 0160 or hatred 08135 by all that is before 06440 them. I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart
2 All things come alike to all: 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 0834 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 is an evil 07451 among all things that are done 06213 under the sun 08121, that there is one 0259 event 04745 to all: yea, also 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 04310 to him that is 03426 joined 02266, 977 to all the living 02416 there is hope 0986: for a living 02416 dog 03611 is better 02896 than 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 thing 03972, neither have they any more a reward 07939; for the memory 02143 of them is forgotten 07911.
6 Also their love 0160, and their hatred 08135, and their envy 07068, hath now 03528 perished 06; neither have they any more a portion 02506 for ever 05769 in any thing that is done 06213 under the sun 08121.
7 Go thy way 03212, 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 06256 white 03836; and let thy head 07218 lack 02637 no ointment 08081.
9 Live 02416 joyfully 07200 with the wife 0802 whom thou lovest 0157 all the days 03117 of the life 02416 of thy vanity 01892, which he hath given 05414 thee under the sun 08121, all 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 the sun 08121. Live…: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life
10 Whatever thy hand 03027 findeth 04672 to do 06213, do 06213 it with thy might 03581; for there is no work 04639, nor device 02808, nor knowledge 01847, nor wisdom 02451, in the grave 07585, where thou goest 01980.
11 I returned 07725, and saw 07200 under the sun 08121, that the race 04793 is not to the swift 07031, nor the battle 04421 to the strong 01368, neither yet bread 03899 to the wise 02450, nor yet riches 06239 to men of understanding 0995, nor yet favour 02580 to men of skill 03045; but time 06256 and chance 06294 happeneth 07136 to them all.
12 For man 0120 also knoweth 03045 not his time 06256: as the fishes 01709 that are taken 0270 in an evil 07451 net 04685, 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 under the sun 08121, and it seemed to me great 01419:
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 it, and besieged 05437 it, and built 01129 great 01419 bulwarks 04685 against 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 man 0120 remembered 02142 that same poor 04542 man 0376.
16 Then said 0559 I, Wisdom 02451 is better 02896 than strength 01369: nevertheless the poor man’s 04542 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.
1 Dead 04194 flies 02070 cause the ointment 08081 of the perfumer 07543 to send forth 05042 a stinking odour 0887: so doth a little 04592 folly 05531 him that is in reputation 03368 for wisdom 02451 and honour 03519. Dead…: Heb. Flies of death
2 A wise man’s 02450 heart 03820 is at his right hand 03225; but a fool’s 03684 heart 03820 is at his left 08040.
3 Also, 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 one that he is a fool 05530. his…: Heb. his heart
4 If the spirit 07307 of the ruler 04910 riseth 05927 against thee, leave 03240 not thy place 04725; for yielding 04832 pacifieth 03240 great 01419 offences 02399.
5 There is 03426 an evil 07451 which I have seen 07200 under the sun 08121, as an error 07684 which proceedeth 03318 from 06440 the ruler 07989: from: Heb. from before
6 Folly 05529 is set 05414 in great 07227 dignity 04791, and the rich 06223 sit 03427 in low place 08216. in great…: Heb. in great heights
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 whoever breaketh 06555 an hedge 01447, a serpent 05175 shall bite 05391 him.
9 Whoever removeth 05265 stones 068 shall be hurt 06087 by them; and he that cutteth 01234 wood 06086 shall be endangered 05533 by it.
10 If the iron 01270 is blunt 06949, and he doth not whet 07043 the edge 06440, then must he use 01396 more strength 02428: but wisdom 02451 is profitable 03504 to direct 03787.
11 Surely the serpent 05175 will bite 05391 without enchantment 03908; and a babbler 03956, 1167 is no better 03504. a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue
12 The words 01697 of a wise man’s 02450 mouth 06310 are gracious 02580; but the lips 08193 of a fool 03684 will swallow up 01104 himself. gracious: Heb. grace
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. his talk: Heb. his mouth
14 A fool 05530 also is full 07235 of words 01697: a man 0120 cannot tell 03045 what shall be; and what shall be after 0310 him, who can tell 05046 him? is full…: Heb. multiplieth words
15 The labour 05999 of the foolish 03684 wearieth 03021 every one of them, because he knoweth 03045 not how 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 through 01811.
19 A feast 03899 is made 06213 for laughter 07814, and wine 03196 maketh merry 08055, 2416: but money 03701 answereth 06030 all things. maketh…: Heb. maketh glad the life
20 Curse 07043 not the king 04428, no not in thy thought 04093; and curse 07043 not the rich 06223 in thy bedchamber 02315, 4904: 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. thought: or, conscience
1 Cast 07971 thy bread 03899 upon 06440 the waters 04325: for thou shalt find 04672 it after many 07230 days 03117. upon…: Heb. upon the face of the waters
2 Give 05414 a portion 02506 to seven 07651, and also to eight 08083; for thou knowest 03045 not what evil 07451 shall be upon the earth 0776.
3 If the clouds 05645 are full 04390 of rain 01653, they empty 07324 themselves upon the earth 0776: and if the tree 06086 falleth 05307 toward the south 01864, or toward the north 06828, in the place 04725 where the tree 06086 falleth 05307, there it shall be 01933.
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 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 so thou knowest 03045 not the works 04639 of God 0430 who maketh 06213 all.
6 In the morning 01242 sow 02232 thy seed 02233, and in the evening 06153 withhold 03240 not thy hand 03027: for thou knowest 03045 not which 0335 shall prosper 03787, either this or that, or whether they both 08147 shall be alike 0259 good 02896. shall prosper: Heb. shall be right
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 shall live 02421 many 07235 years 08141, and rejoice 08055 in them all; yet let him remember 02142 the days 03117 of darkness 02822; for they shall be many 07235. All that cometh 0935 is vanity 01892.
9 Rejoice 08055, O young man 0970, in thy youth 03208; and let thy heart 03820 cheer 02895 thee in the days 03117 of thy youth 0979, and walk 01980 in the ways 01870 of thy heart 03820, and in the sight 04758 of thy eyes 05869: but know 03045 thou, that for all these things God 0430 will bring 0935 thee into judgment 04941.
10 Therefore remove 05493 sorrow 03708 from thy heart 03820, and put away 05674 evil 07451 from thy flesh 01320: for childhood 03208 and youth 07839 are vanity 01892. sorrow: or, anger
1 Remember 02142 now thy Creator 01254 in the days 03117 of thy youth 0979, while the evil 07451 days 03117 come 0935 not, nor the years 08141 draw near 05060, when thou shalt say 0559, I have no pleasure 02656 in them;
2 While the sun 08121, or the light 0216, or the moon 03394, or the stars 03556, are 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 they are few 04591, and those that look out 07200 of the windows 0699 shall be darkened 02821, the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little
4 And the doors 01817 shall be shut 05462 in the streets 07784, when the sound 06963 of the grinding 02913 shall be low 08217, and he shall rise up 06965 at the voice 06963 of the bird 06833, and all the daughters 01323 of music 07892 shall be brought low 07817;
5 Also when they shall be afraid 03372 of that which is high 01364, and fears 02849 shall be in the way 01870, and the almond tree 08247 shall flourish 05006, and the grasshopper 02284 shall be a burden 05445, and desire 035 shall fail 06565: because man 0120 goeth 01980 to his long 05769 home 01004, and the mourners 05594 go about 05437 the streets 07784:
6 Or ever 03808 the silver 03701 cord 02256 shall be loosed 07576, 7368, or the golden 02091 bowl 01543 be broken 07533, or the pitcher 03537 be broken 07665 at the fountain 04002, or the wheel 01534 broken 07533 at 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 to God 0430 who gave 05414 it.
8 Vanity 01892 of vanities 01892, saith 0559 the preacher 06953; all is vanity 01892.
9 And moreover 03148, because the preacher 06953 was wise 02450, he still taught 03925 the people 05971 knowledge 01847; yea, he gave good heed 0239, and sought out 02713, and set in order 08626 many 07235 proverbs 04912. moreover…: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc
10 The preacher 06953 sought 01245 to find out 04672 acceptable 02656 words 01697: and that which was written 03789 was upright 03476, even words 01697 of truth 0571. acceptable…: Heb. words of delight
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 end 07093; and much 07235 study 03854 is a weariness 03024 of the flesh 01320. study: or, reading
13 Let us hear 08085 the conclusion 05490 of the whole matter 01697: Fear 03372 God 0430, and keep 08104 his commandments 04687: for this is the whole duty of man 0120. Let…: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is
14 For God 0430 shall bring 0935 every work 04639 into judgment 04941, with every secret thing 05956, whether it is good 02896, or whether it is evil 07451.