Discovery Box| (0.28) | Ecc 2:11 |
| Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished 1 and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, 2 I concluded: 3 “All these 4 achievements and possessions 5 are ultimately 6 profitless 7 – like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained 8 from them 9 on earth.” |
| (0.28) | Ecc 2:21 |
| For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over 1 the fruit of his labor 2 as an inheritance 3 to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice! 4 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 4:8 |
| A man who is all alone with no companion, 1 he has no children nor siblings; 2 yet there is no end to all his toil, and he 3 is never satisfied with riches. He laments, 4 “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself 5 of pleasure?” 6 This also is futile and a burdensome task! 7 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 5:18 |
| I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: 1 to eat and drink, 2 and find enjoyment in all their 3 hard work 4 on earth 5 during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. 6 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 6:2 |
| God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart 1 desires, 2 yet God does not enable 3 him to enjoy 4 the fruit of his labor 5 – instead, someone else 6 enjoys 7 it! 8 This is fruitless and a grave misfortune. 9 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 6:3 |
| Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, 1 but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever 2 – I would say, “A stillborn child 3 is better off than he is!” 4 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 8:17 |
| then I discerned all that God has done: 1 No one really comprehends what happens 2 on earth. 3 Despite all human 4 efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp 5 it. 6 Even if 7 a wise person claimed 8 that he understood, he would not really comprehend 9 it. |
| (0.28) | Ecc 9:1 |
| So I reflected on all this, 1 attempting to clear 2 it all up. I concluded that 3 the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated 4 – no one knows what lies ahead. 5 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 9:3 |
| This is the unfortunate fact 1 about everything that happens on earth: 2 the same fate awaits 3 everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people 4 are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die. 5 |
| (0.28) | Ecc 12:5 |
| and they are afraid of heights and the dangers 1 in the street; the almond blossoms 2 grow white, 3 and the grasshopper 4 drags itself along, 5 and the caper berry 6 shrivels up 7 – because man goes to his eternal home, 8 and the mourners go about in the streets – |
| (0.28) | Sos 1:7 |
| The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart 1 loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest 2 I wander around 3 beside the flocks of your companions! |
| (0.28) | Sos 2:14 |
| The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, 1 in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. |
| (0.28) | Sos 5:2 |
| The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind 1 was dreaming. 2 Listen! 3 My lover 4 is knocking 5 at the door! 6 The Lover to His Beloved: “Open 7 for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.” |
| (0.28) | Sos 8:5 |
| The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; 1 there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth. 2 |
| (0.28) | Sos 8:6 |
| The Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal 1 over your heart, 2 like a signet 3 on your arm. 4 For love is as strong as death, 5 passion 6 is as unrelenting 7 as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, 8 it is a blazing flame. 9 |
| (0.28) | Isa 1:18 |
| 1 Come, let’s consider your options,” 2 says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become 3 white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become 4 white like wool. 5 |
| (0.28) | Isa 5:25 |
| So the Lord is furious 1 with his people; he lifts 2 his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure 3 in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. 4 |
| (0.28) | Isa 7:3 |
| So the Lord told Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub 1 and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 2 |
| (0.28) | Isa 9:1 |
| (8:23) 1 The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. 2 In earlier times he 3 humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; 4 but now he brings honor 5 to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations. 6 |
| (0.28) | Isa 9:7 |
| His dominion will be vast 1 and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. 2 He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, 3 establishing it 4 and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, 5 from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people 6 will accomplish this. |
