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Ecclesiastes 1:1--7:29

The words
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of the Preacher
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the son
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of David
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king
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in Jerusalem
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Vanity
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of vanities
<01892>_,

saith
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the Preacher
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vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

What profit
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hath a man
<0120>

of all his labour
<05999>

which he taketh
<05998> (8799)

under the sun
<08121>_?

[One] generation
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passeth away
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and [another] generation
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cometh
<0935> (8802) (8676) <0935> (8804)_:

but the earth
<0776>

abideth
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for ever
<05769>_.

The sun
<08121>

also ariseth
<02224> (8804)_,

and the sun
<08121>

goeth down
<0935> (8804)_,

and hasteth
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to his place
<04725>

where he arose
<02224> (8802)_.

{hasteth: Heb. panteth}

The wind
<07307>

goeth
<01980> (8802)

toward the south
<01864>_,

and turneth about
<05437> (8802)

unto the north
<06828>_;

it whirleth about continually
<01980> (8802)_,

and the wind
<07307>

returneth again
<07725> (8804)

according to his circuits
<05439>_.

All the rivers
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run
<01980> (8802)

into the sea
<03220>_;

yet the sea
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[is] not full
<04392>_;

unto the place
<04725>

from whence the rivers
<05158>

come
<01980> (8802)_,

thither they return
<07725> (8802)

again
<03212> (8800)_.

{return...: Heb. return to go}

All things
<01697>

[are] full of labour
<03023>_;

man
<0376>

cannot
<03201> (8799)

utter
<01696> (8763)

[it]: the eye
<05869>

is not satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with seeing
<07200> (8800)_,

nor the ear
<0241>

filled
<04390> (8735)

with hearing
<08085> (8800)_.

The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done
<06213> (8738)

[is] that which shall be done
<06213> (8735)_:

and [there is] no new
<02319>

[thing] under the sun
<08121>_.

Is there
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[any] thing
<01697>

whereof it may be said
<0559> (8799)_,

See
<07200> (8798)_,

this [is] new
<02319>_?

it hath been already
<03528>

of old time
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which was before
<06440>

us.

[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>_.

I the Preacher
<06953>

was king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And I gave
<05414> (8804)

my heart
<03820>

to seek
<01875> (8800)

and search out
<08446> (8800)

by wisdom
<02451>

concerning all [things] that are done
<06213> (8738)

under heaven
<08064>_:

this sore
<07451>

travail
<06045>

hath God
<0430>

given
<05414> (8804)

to the sons
<01121>

of man
<0120>

to be exercised
<06031> (8800)

therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

all the works
<04639>

that are done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_;

and, behold, all [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

[That which is] crooked
<05791> (8794)

cannot
<03201> (8799)

be made straight
<08626> (8800)_:

and that which is wanting
<02642>

cannot
<03201> (8799)

be numbered
<04487> (8736)_.

{that which is wanting: Heb. defect}

I communed
<01696> (8765)

with mine own heart
<03820>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Lo, I am come to great estate
<01431> (8689)_,

and have gotten
<03254> (8689)

more wisdom
<02451>

than all [they] that have been before
<06440>

me in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

yea, my heart
<03820>

had great
<07235> (8687)

experience
<07200> (8804)

of wisdom
<02451>

and knowledge
<01847>_.

{had...: Heb. had seen much}

And I gave
<05414> (8799)

my heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and to know
<03045> (8800)

madness
<01947>

and folly
<05531>_:

I perceived
<03045> (8804)

that this
<01571>

also is vexation
<07475>

of spirit
<07307>_.

For in much
<07230>

wisdom
<02451>

[is] much
<07230>

grief
<03708>_:

and he that increaseth
<03254> (8686)

knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

sorrow
<04341>_.

I said
<0559> (8804)

in mine heart
<03820>_,

Go to now
<03212> (8798)_,

I will prove
<05254> (8762)

thee with mirth
<08057>_,

therefore enjoy
<07200> (8798)

pleasure
<02896>_:

and, behold, this also [is] vanity
<01892>_.

I said
<0559> (8804)

of laughter
<07814>_,

[It is] mad
<01984> (8781)_:

and of mirth
<08057>_,

What
<02090>

doeth
<06213> (8802)

it?

I sought
<08446> (8804)

in mine heart
<03820>

to give
<04900> (8800)

myself
<01320>

unto wine
<03196>_,

yet acquainting
<05090> (8802)

mine heart
<03820>

with wisdom
<02451>_;

and to lay hold
<0270> (8800)

on folly
<05531>_,

till I might see
<07200> (8799)

what [was] that good
<02896>

for the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>_,

which they should do
<06213> (8799)

under the heaven
<08064>

all
<04557>

the days
<03117>

of their life
<02416>_.

{to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

I made me great
<01431> (8689)

works
<04639>_;

I builded
<01129> (8804)

me houses
<01004>_;

I planted
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me vineyards
<03754>_:

I made
<06213> (8804)

me gardens
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and orchards
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and I planted
<05193> (8804)

trees
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in them of all [kind of] fruits
<06529>_:

I made
<06213> (8804)

me pools
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of water
<04325>_,

to water
<08248> (8687)

therewith the wood
<03293>

that bringeth forth
<06779> (8802)

trees
<06086>_:

I got
<07069> (8804)

[me] servants
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and maidens
<08198>_,

and had servants born
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in my house
<01004>_;

also I had great
<07235> (8687)

possessions
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of great
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and small cattle
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above all that were in Jerusalem
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before
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me: {servants born...: Heb. sons of my house}

I gathered
<03664> (8804)

me also silver
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and gold
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and the peculiar treasure
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of kings
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and of the provinces
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I gat
<06213> (8804)

me men singers
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and women singers
<07891> (8802)_,

and the delights
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of the sons
<01121>

of men
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[as] musical instruments
<07705> <07705>_,

and that of all sorts. {musical...: Heb. musical instrument and instruments}

So I was great
<01431> (8804)_,

and increased
<03254> (8689)

more than all that were before
<06440>

me in Jerusalem
<03389>_:

also my wisdom
<02451>

remained
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with me.

And whatsoever mine eyes
<05869>

desired
<07592> (8804)

I kept
<0680> (8804)

not from them, I withheld
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not my heart
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from any joy
<08057>_;

for my heart
<03820>

rejoiced
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in all my labour
<05999>_:

and this was my portion
<02506>

of all my labour
<05999>_.

Then I looked
<06437> (8804)

on all the works
<04639>

that my hands
<03027>

had wrought
<06213> (8804)_,

and on the labour
<05999>

that I had laboured
<05998> (8804)

to do
<06213> (8800)_:

and, behold, all [was] vanity
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and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_,

and [there was] no profit
<03504>

under the sun
<08121>_.

And I turned
<06437> (8804)

myself to behold
<07200> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and madness
<01947>_,

and folly
<05531>_:

for what [can] the man
<0120>

[do] that cometh
<0935> (8799)

after
<0310>

the king
<04428>_?

[even] that which hath been already
<03528>

done
<06213> (8804)_.

{even...: or, in those things which have been already done}

Then I saw
<07200> (8804)

that
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wisdom
<02451>

excelleth
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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}

The wise man's
<02450>

eyes
<05869>

[are] in his head
<07218>_;

but the fool
<03684>

walketh
<01980> (8802)

in darkness
<02822>_:

and I myself perceived
<03045> (8804)

also that one
<0259>

event
<04745>

happeneth
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to them all.

Then
<0227>

said
<0559> (8804)

I in my heart
<03820>_,

As it happeneth
<04745>

to the fool
<03684>_,

so it happeneth
<07136> (8799)

even to me
<01571>_;

and why was I then more
<03148>

wise
<02449> (8804)_?

Then I said
<01696> (8765)

in my heart
<03820>_,

that this also [is] vanity
<01892>_.

{happeneth even...: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me}

For [there is] no remembrance
<02146>

of the wise
<02450>

more than
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of the fool
<03684>

for ever
<05769>_;

seeing that which now
<03528>

[is] in the days
<03117>

to come
<0935> (8802)

shall all be forgotten
<07911> (8738)_.

And how dieth
<04191> (8799)

the wise
<02450>

[man]? as the fool
<03684>_.

Therefore I hated
<08130> (8804)

life
<02416>_;

because the work
<04639>

that is wrought
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>

[is] grievous
<07451>

unto me: for all [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Yea, I hated
<08130> (8804)

all my labour
<05999>

which I had taken
<06001>

under the sun
<08121>_:

because I should leave
<03240> (8686)

it unto the man
<0120>

that shall be after
<0310>

me. {taken: Heb. laboured}

And who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

whether he shall be a wise
<02450>

[man] or a fool
<05530>_?

yet shall he have rule
<07980> (8799)

over all my labour
<05999>

wherein I have laboured
<05998> (8804)_,

and wherein I have shewed myself wise
<02449> (8804)

under the sun
<08121>_.

This [is] also vanity
<01892>_.

Therefore I went about
<05437> (8804)

to cause
<02976> (0)

my heart
<03820>

to despair
<02976> (8763)

of all the labour
<05999>

which I took
<05998> (8804)

under the sun
<08121>_.

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> (8804)

therein shall he leave
<05414> (8799)

it [for] his portion
<02506>_.

This also [is] vanity
<01892>

and a great
<07227>

evil
<07451>_.

{leave: Heb. give}

For what hath
<01933> (8802)

man
<0120>

of all his labour
<05999>_,

and of the vexation
<07475>

of his heart
<03820>_,

wherein
<01931>

he hath laboured
<06001>

under the sun
<08121>_?

For all his days
<03117>

[are] sorrows
<04341>_,

and his travail
<06045>

grief
<03708>_;

yea, his heart
<03820>

taketh not rest
<07901> (8804)

in the night
<03915>_.

This is also vanity
<01892>_.

[There is] nothing better
<02896>

for a man
<0120>_,

[than] that he should eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8804)_,

and [that] he should make his soul
<05315>

enjoy
<07200> (8689)

good
<02896>

in his labour
<05999>_.

This
<02090>

also I saw
<07200> (8804)_,

that it [was] from the hand
<03027>

of God
<0430>_.

{should make...: or, delight his senses}

For who can eat
<0398> (8799)_,

or who else can hasten
<02363> (8799)

[hereunto], more
<02351>

than I?

For [God] giveth
<05414> (8804)

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> (8802)

he giveth
<05414> (8804)

travail
<06045>_,

to gather
<0622> (8800)

and to heap up
<03664> (8800)_,

that he may give
<05414> (8800)

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}

To every [thing there is] a season
<02165>_,

and a time
<06256>

to every purpose
<02656>

under the heaven
<08064>_:

A time
<06256>

to be born
<03205> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to die
<04191> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

to plant
<05193> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to pluck up
<06131> (8800)

[that which is] planted
<05193> (8803)_;

{to be...: Heb. to bear}

A time
<06256>

to kill
<02026> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to heal
<07495> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

to break down
<06555> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to build up
<01129> (8800)_;

A time
<06256>

to weep
<01058> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to laugh
<07832> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

to mourn
<05594> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to dance
<07540> (8800)_;

A time
<06256>

to cast away
<07993> (8687)

stones
<068>_,

and a time
<06256>

to gather
<03664> (0)

stones
<068>

together
<03664> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

to embrace
<02263> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to refrain
<07368> (8800)

from embracing
<02263> (8763)_;

{to refrain from: Heb. to be far from}

A time
<06256>

to get
<01245> (8763)_,

and a time
<06256>

to lose
<06> (8763)_;

a time
<06256>

to keep
<08104> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to cast away
<07993> (8687)_;

{get: or, seek}

A time
<06256>

to rend
<07167> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to sew
<08609> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

to keep silence
<02814> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to speak
<01696> (8763)_;

A time
<06256>

to love
<0157> (8800)_,

and a time
<06256>

to hate
<08130> (8800)_;

a time
<06256>

of war
<04421>_,

and a time
<06256>

of peace
<07965>_.

What profit
<03504>

hath he that worketh
<06213> (8802)

in that wherein
<0834>

he laboureth
<06001>_?

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

the travail
<06045>_,

which God
<0430>

hath given
<05414> (8804)

to the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>

to be exercised
<06031> (8800)

in it.

He hath made
<06213> (8804)

every [thing] beautiful
<03303>

in his time
<06256>_:

also he hath set
<05414> (8804)

the world
<05769>

in their heart
<03820>_,

so that
<01097>

no man
<0120>

can find out
<04672> (8799)

the work
<04639>

that God
<0430>

maketh
<06213> (8804)

from the beginning
<07218>

to the end
<05490>_.

I know
<03045> (8804)

that [there is] no good
<02896>

in them, but for [a man] to rejoice
<08055> (8800)_,

and to do
<06213> (8800)

good
<02896>

in his life
<02416>_.

And also that every man
<0120>

should eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8804)_,

and enjoy
<07200> (8804)

the good
<02896>

of all his labour
<05999>_,

it [is] the gift
<04991>

of God
<0430>_.

I know
<03045> (8804)

that, whatsoever God
<0430>

doeth
<06213> (8799)_,

it shall be for ever
<05769>_:

nothing
<0369>

can be put
<03254> (8687)

to it, nor any thing taken
<01639> (8800)

from it: and God
<0430>

doeth
<06213> (8804)

[it], that [men] should fear
<03372> (8799)

before
<06440>

him.

That which hath been is now
<03528>_;

and that which is to be hath already
<03528>

been; and God
<0430>

requireth
<01245> (8762)

that which is past
<07291> (8737)_.

{that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away}

And moreover I saw
<07200> (8804)

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.

I said
<0559> (8804)

in mine heart
<03820>_,

God
<0430>

shall judge
<08199> (8799)

the righteous
<06662>

and the wicked
<07563>_:

for [there is] a time
<06256>

there for every purpose
<02656>

and for every work
<04639>_.

I said
<0559> (8804)

in mine heart
<03820>

concerning the estate
<01700>

of the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>_,

that God
<0430>

might manifest
<01305> (8800)

them, and that they might see
<07200> (8800)

that they
<01992>

themselves are beasts
<0929>_.

{that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}

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>_.

All go
<01980> (8802)

unto one
<0259>

place
<04725>_;

all are of the dust
<06083>_,

and all turn
<07725> (0)

to dust
<06083>

again
<07725> (8804)_.

Who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

the spirit
<07307>

of man
<01121> <0120>

that goeth
<05927> (8802)

upward
<04605>_,

and the spirit
<07307>

of the beast
<0929>

that goeth
<03381> (8802)

downward
<04295>

to the earth
<0776>_?

{of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

Wherefore I perceive
<07200> (8804)

that [there is] nothing better
<02896>_,

than that a man
<0120>

should rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in his own works
<04639>_;

for that [is] his portion
<02506>_:

for who shall bring
<0935> (8686)

him to see
<07200> (8800)

what shall be after
<0310>

him?

So I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and considered
<07200> (8799)

all the oppressions
<06217>

that are done
<06213> (8737)

under the sun
<08121>_:

and behold the tears
<01832>

of [such as were] oppressed
<06231> (8803)_,

and they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_;

and on the side
<03027>

of their oppressors
<06231> (8802)

[there was] power
<03581>_;

but they had no comforter
<05162> (8764)_.

{side: Heb. hand}

Wherefore I praised
<07623> (8764)

the dead
<04191> (8801)

which are already
<03528>

dead
<04191> (8804)

more than the living
<02416>

which are yet
<05728>

alive
<02416>_.

Yea, better
<02896>

[is he] than both
<08147>

they, which hath not yet
<05728>

been, who hath not seen
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>

work
<04639>

that is done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_.

Again, I considered
<07200> (8804)

all travail
<05999>_,

and every right
<03788>

work
<04639>_,

that for this a man
<0376>

is envied
<07068>

of his neighbour
<07453>_.

This [is] also vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}

The fool
<03684>

foldeth
<02263> (0)

his hands
<03027>

together
<02263> (8802)_,

and eateth
<0398> (8802)

his own flesh
<01320>_.

Better
<02896>

[is] an handful
<03709>

[with] quietness
<05183>_,

than both the hands
<02651>

full
<04393>

[with] travail
<05999>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Then I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and I saw
<07200> (8799)

vanity
<01892>

under the sun
<08121>_.

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> (8799)

with riches
<06239>_;

neither [saith he], For whom do I labour
<06001>_,

and bereave
<02637> (8764)

my soul
<05315>

of good
<02896>_?

This [is] also vanity
<01892>_,

yea, it [is] a sore
<07451>

travail
<06045>_.

Two
<08147>

[are] better
<02896>

than one
<0259>_;

because they have
<03426>

a good
<02896>

reward
<07939>

for their labour
<05999>_.

For if they fall
<05307> (8799)_,

the one
<0259>

will lift up
<06965> (8686)

his fellow
<02270>_:

but woe
<0337>

to him [that is] alone
<0259>

when he falleth
<05307> (8799)_;

for [he hath] not another
<08145>

to help him up
<06965> (8687)_.

Again
<01571>_,

if two
<08147>

lie together
<07901> (8799)_,

then they have heat
<02552> (8804)_:

but how can one
<0259>

be warm
<03179> (8799)

[alone]?

And if one
<0259>

prevail
<08630> (8799)

against him, two
<08147>

shall withstand
<05975> (8799)

him; and a threefold
<08027> (8794)

cord
<02339>

is not quickly
<04120>

broken
<05423> (8735)_.

Better
<02896>

[is] a poor
<04542>

and a wise
<02450>

child
<03206>

than an old
<02205>

and foolish
<03684>

king
<04428>_,

who will
<03045> (8804)

no more be admonished
<02094> (8736)_.

{who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

For out of prison
<0631> (8803) <01004>

he cometh
<03318> (8804)

to reign
<04427> (8800)_;

whereas also [he that is] born
<03205> (8738)

in his kingdom
<04438>

becometh poor
<07326> (8802)_.

I considered
<07200> (8804)

all the living
<02416>

which walk
<01980> (8764)

under the sun
<08121>_,

with the second
<08145>

child
<03206>

that shall stand up
<05975> (8799)

in his stead.

[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> (8799)

in him. Surely this also [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07475>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Keep
<08104> (8798)

thy foot
<07272>

when thou goest
<03212> (8799)

to the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

and be more ready
<07138>

to hear
<08085> (8800)_,

than to give
<05414> (8800)

the sacrifice
<02077>

of fools
<03684>_:

for they consider
<03045> (8802)

not that they do
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>_.

Be not rash
<0926> (8762)

with thy mouth
<06310>_,

and let not thine heart
<03820>

be hasty
<04116> (8762)

to utter
<03318> (8687)

[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}

For a dream
<02472>

cometh
<0935> (8802)

through the multitude
<07230>

of business
<06045>_;

and a fool's
<03684>

voice
<06963>

[is known] by multitude
<07230>

of words
<01697>_.

When thou vowest
<05087> (8799)

a vow
<05088>

unto God
<0430>_,

defer
<0309> (8762)

not to pay
<07999> (8763)

it; for [he hath] no pleasure
<02656>

in fools
<03684>_:

pay
<07999> (8761)

that which thou hast vowed
<05087> (8799)_.

Better
<02896>

[is it] that thou shouldest not vow
<05087> (8799)_,

than that thou shouldest vow
<05087> (8799)

and not pay
<07999> (8762)_.

Suffer
<05414> (8799)

not thy mouth
<06310>

to cause thy flesh
<01320>

to sin
<02398> (8687)_;

neither say
<0559> (8799)

thou before
<06440>

the angel
<04397>_,

that it [was] an error
<07684>_:

wherefore should God
<0430>

be angry
<07107> (8799)

at thy voice
<06963>_,

and destroy
<02254> (8765)

the work
<04639>

of thine hands
<03027>_?

For in the multitude
<07230>

of dreams
<02472>

and many
<07235> (8687)

words
<01697>

[there are] also [divers] vanities
<01892>_:

but fear
<03372> (8798)

thou God
<0430>_.

If thou seest
<07200> (8799)

the oppression
<06233>

of the poor
<07326> (8802)_,

and violent
<01499>

perverting of judgment
<04941>

and justice
<06664>

in a province
<04082>_,

marvel
<08539> (8799)

not at the matter
<02656>_:

for [he that is] higher
<01364>

than the highest
<01364>

regardeth
<08104> (8802)_;

and [there be] higher
<01364>

than they
<05921>_.

{at the... Heb. at the will, or, purpose}

Moreover the profit
<03504>

of the earth
<0776>

is for all: the king
<04428>

[himself] is served
<05647> (8738)

by the field
<07704>_.

He that loveth
<0157> (8802)

silver
<03701>

shall not be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with silver
<03701>_;

nor he that loveth
<0157> (8802)

abundance
<01995>

with increase
<08393>_:

this [is] also vanity
<01892>_.

When goods
<02896>

increase
<07235> (8800)_,

they are increased
<07231> (8804)

that eat
<0398> (8802)

them: and what good
<03788>

[is there] to the owners
<01167>

thereof, saving
<0518>

the beholding
<07207> (8675) <07212> (8801)

[of them] with their eyes
<05869>_?

The sleep
<08142>

of a labouring man
<05647> (8802)

[is] sweet
<04966>_,

whether he eat
<0398> (8799)

little
<04592>

or much
<07235> (8687)_:

but the abundance
<07647>

of the rich
<06223>

will not suffer
<03240> (8688)

him to sleep
<03462> (8800)_.

There is
<03426>

a sore
<02470> (8802)

evil
<07451>

[which] I have seen
<07200> (8804)

under the sun
<08121>_,

[namely], riches
<06239>

kept
<08104> (8803)

for the owners
<01167>

thereof to their hurt
<07451>_.

But those riches
<06239>

perish
<06> (8804)

by evil
<07451>

travail
<06045>_:

and he begetteth
<03205> (8689)

a son
<01121>_,

and [there is] nothing
<03972>

in his hand
<03027>_.

As he came forth
<03318> (8804)

of his mother's
<0517>

womb
<0990>_,

naked
<06174>

shall he return
<07725> (8799)

to go
<03212> (8800)

as he came
<0935> (8804)_,

and shall take
<05375> (8799)

nothing
<03972>

of his labour
<05999>_,

which he may carry away
<03212> (8686)

in his hand
<03027>_.

And this
<02090>

also [is] a sore
<02470> (8802)

evil
<07451>_,

[that] in all points
<05980>

as he came
<0935> (8804)_,

so shall he go
<03212> (8799)_:

and what profit
<03504>

hath he that hath laboured
<05998> (8799)

for the wind
<07307>_?

All his days
<03117>

also he eateth
<0398> (8799)

in darkness
<02822>_,

and [he hath] much
<07235> (8687)

sorrow
<03707> (8804)

and wrath
<07110>

with his sickness
<02483>_.

Behold [that] which I have seen
<07200> (8804)_:

[it is] good
<02896>

and comely
<03303>

[for one] to eat
<0398> (8800)

and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,

and to enjoy
<07200> (8800)

the good
<02896>

of all his labour
<05999>

that he taketh
<05998> (8799)

under the sun
<08121>

all
<04557>

the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_,

which God
<0430>

giveth
<05414> (8804)

him: for it [is] his portion
<02506>_.

{It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

Every man
<0120>

also to whom God
<0430>

hath given
<05414> (8804)

riches
<06239>

and wealth
<05233>_,

and hath given him power
<07980> (8689)

to eat
<0398> (8800)

thereof, and to take
<05375> (8800)

his portion
<02506>_,

and to rejoice
<08055> (8800)

in his labour
<05999>_;

this
<02090>

[is] the gift
<04991>

of God
<0430>_.

For he shall not much
<07235> (8687)

remember
<02142> (8799)

the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_;

because God
<0430>

answereth
<06031> (8688)

[him] in the joy
<08057>

of his heart
<03820>_.

{For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}

There is
<03426>

an evil
<07451>

which I have seen
<07200> (8804)

under the sun
<08121>_,

and it [is] common
<07227>

among men
<0120>_:

A man
<0376>

to whom God
<0430>

hath given
<05414> (8799)

riches
<06239>_,

wealth
<05233>_,

and honour
<03519>_,

so that he wanteth
<02638>

nothing for his soul
<05315>

of all that he desireth
<0183> (8691)_,

yet God
<0430>

giveth him not power
<07980> (8686)

to eat
<0398> (8800)

thereof, but a stranger
<0376> <05237>

eateth
<0398> (8799)

it: this [is] vanity
<01892>_,

and it [is] an evil
<07451>

disease
<02483>_.

If a man
<0376>

beget
<03205> (8686)

an hundred
<03967>

[children], and live
<02421> (8799)

many
<07227>

years
<08141>_,

so that the days
<03117>

of his years
<08141>

be many
<07227>_,

and his soul
<05315>

be not filled
<07646> (8799)

with good
<02896>_,

and also [that] he have no burial
<06900>_;

I say
<0559> (8804)_,

[that] an untimely birth
<05309>

[is] better
<02896>

than he.

For he cometh
<0935> (8804)

in with vanity
<01892>_,

and departeth
<03212> (8799)

in darkness
<02822>_,

and his name
<08034>

shall be covered
<03680> (8792)

with darkness
<02822>_.

Moreover he hath not seen
<07200> (8804)

the sun
<08121>_,

nor known
<03045> (8804)

[any thing]: this
<02088>

hath more rest
<05183>

than
<02088>

the other.

Yea, though
<0432>

he live
<02421> (8804)

a thousand
<0505>

years
<08141>

twice
<06471>

[told], yet hath he seen
<07200> (8804)

no good
<02896>_:

do not all go
<01980> (8802)

to one
<0259>

place
<04725>_?

All the labour
<05999>

of man
<0120>

[is] for his mouth
<06310>_,

and yet the appetite
<05315>

is not filled
<04390> (8735)_.

{appetite: Heb. soul}

For what hath the wise
<02450>

more
<03148>

than the fool
<03684>_?

what hath the poor
<06041>_,

that knoweth
<03045> (8802)

to walk
<01980> (8800)

before the living
<02416>_?

Better
<02896>

[is] the sight
<04758>

of the eyes
<05869>

than the wandering
<01980> (8800)

of the desire
<05315>_:

this [is] also vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

That which hath been is named
<07121> (8738) <08034>

already
<03528>_,

and it is known
<03045> (8737)

that it [is] man
<0120>_:

neither may
<03201> (8799)

he contend
<01777> (8800)

with him that is mightier
<08623>

than he.

Seeing there be
<03426>

many
<07235> (8687)

things
<01697>

that increase
<07235> (8688)

vanity
<01892>_,

what [is] man
<0120>

the better
<03148>_?

For who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

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> (8799)

as a shadow
<06738>_?

for who can tell
<05046> (8686)

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}

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> (8736)_.

[It is] better
<02896>

to go
<03212> (8800)

to the house
<01004>

of mourning
<060>_,

than to go
<03212> (8800)

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> (8799)

[it] to his heart
<03820>_.

Sorrow
<03708>

[is] better
<02896>

than laughter
<07814>_:

for by the sadness
<07455>

of the countenance
<06440>

the heart
<03820>

is made better
<03190> (8799)_.

{Sorrow: or, Anger}

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>_.

[It is] better
<02896>

to hear
<08085> (8800)

the rebuke
<01606>

of the wise
<02450>_,

than for a man
<0376>

to hear
<08085> (8802)

the song
<07892>

of fools
<03684>_.

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}

Surely oppression
<06233>

maketh a wise man
<02450>

mad
<01984> (8779)_;

and a gift
<04979>

destroyeth
<06> (8762)

the heart
<03820>_.

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>_.

Be not hasty
<0926> (8762)

in thy spirit
<07307>

to be angry
<03707> (8800)_:

for anger
<03708>

resteth
<05117> (8799)

in the bosom
<02436>

of fools
<03684>_.

Say
<0559> (8799)

not thou, What is [the cause] that the former
<07223>

days
<03117>

were better
<02896>

than these? for thou dost not enquire
<07592> (8804)

wisely
<02451>

concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}

Wisdom
<02451>

[is] good
<02896>

with an inheritance
<05159>_:

and [by it there is] profit
<03148>

to them that see
<07200> (8802)

the sun
<08121>_.

{good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

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> (8762)

to them that have
<01167>

it. {defence: Heb. shadow}

Consider
<07200> (8798)

the work
<04639>

of God
<0430>_:

for who can
<03201> (8799)

make [that] straight
<08626> (8763)_,

which he hath made crooked
<05791> (8765)_?

In the day
<03117>

of prosperity
<02896>

be joyful
<02896>_,

but in the day
<03117>

of adversity
<07451>

consider
<07200> (8798)_:

God
<0430>

also hath set
<06213> (8804)

the one over against
<05980>

the other, to the end
<01700>

that man
<0120>

should find
<04672> (8799)

nothing
<03972>

after
<0310>

him. {set: Heb. made}

All [things] have I seen
<07200> (8804)

in the days
<03117>

of my vanity
<01892>_:

there is
<03426>

a just
<06662>

[man] that perisheth
<06> (8802)

in his righteousness
<06664>_,

and there is a wicked
<07563>

[man] that prolongeth
<0748> (8688)

[his life] in his wickedness
<07451>_.

Be not righteous
<06662>

over much
<07235> (8687)_;

neither make thyself over
<03148>

wise
<02449> (8691)_:

why shouldest thou destroy
<08074> (8709)

thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

Be not over much
<07235> (8687)

wicked
<07561> (8799)_,

neither be thou foolish
<05530>_:

why shouldest thou die
<04191> (8799)

before thy time
<06256>_?

{before...: Heb. not in thy time?}

[It is] good
<02896>

that thou shouldest take hold
<0270> (8799)

of this; yea, also from this
<02088>

withdraw
<03240> (8686)

not thine hand
<03027>_:

for he that feareth
<03373>

God
<0430>

shall come forth
<03318> (8799)

of them all.

Wisdom
<02451>

strengtheneth
<05810> (8799)

the wise
<02450>

more than ten
<06235>

mighty
<07989>

[men] which are in the city
<05892>_.

For [there is] not a just
<06662>

man
<0120>

upon earth
<0776>_,

that doeth
<06213> (8799)

good
<02896>_,

and sinneth
<02398> (8799)

not.

Also take
<05414> (8799)

no heed
<03820>

unto all words
<01697>

that are spoken
<01696> (8762)_;

lest thou hear
<08085> (8799)

thy servant
<05650>

curse
<07043> (8764)

thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine heart}

For oftentimes
<06471> <07227>

also thine own heart
<03820>

knoweth
<03045> (8804)

that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
<07043> (8765)

others
<0312>_.

All this
<02090>

have I proved
<05254> (8765)

by wisdom
<02451>_:

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will be wise
<02449> (8799)_;

but it [was] far
<07350>

from me.

That which is far off
<07350>_,

and exceeding deep
<06013>_,

who can find it out
<04672> (8799)_?

I applied
<05437> (8804)

mine heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)_,

and to search
<08446> (8800)_,

and to seek out
<01245> (8763)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and the reason
<02808>

[of things], and to know
<03045> (8800)

the wickedness
<07562>

of folly
<03689>_,

even of foolishness
<05531>

[and] madness
<01947>_:

{I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}

And I find
<04672> (8802)

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
<02896> <06440>

God
<0430>

shall escape
<04422> (8735)

from her; but the sinner
<02398> (8802)

shall be taken
<03920> (8735)

by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}

Behold
<07200> (8798)_,

this have I found
<04672> (8804)_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the preacher
<06953>_,

[counting] one
<0259>

by one
<0259>_,

to find out
<04672> (8800)

the account
<02808>_:

{counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

Which yet my soul
<05315>

seeketh
<01245> (8765)_,

but I find
<04672> (8804)

not: one
<0259>

man
<0120>

among a thousand
<0505>

have I found
<04672> (8804)_;

but a woman
<0802>

among all those have I not found
<04672> (8804)_.

Lo
<07200> (8798)_,

this only
<0905>

have I found
<04672> (8804)_,

that God
<0430>

hath made
<06213> (8804)

man
<0120>

upright
<03477>_;

but they have sought out
<01245> (8765)

many
<07227>

inventions
<02810>_.

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