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Ecclesiastes 1:13

1:13

And I gave
<05414> (8804)

my heart
<03820>

to seek
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and search out
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by wisdom
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concerning all [things] that are done
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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}

Ecclesiastes 2:3

2:3

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}

Ecclesiastes 2:10

2:10

And whatsoever mine eyes
<05869>

desired
<07592> (8804)

I kept
<0680> (8804)

not from them, I withheld
<04513> (8804)

not my heart
<03820>

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>_.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

4:1

So I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and considered
<07200> (8799)

all the oppressions
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that are done
<06213> (8737)

under the sun
<08121>_:

and behold the tears
<01832>

of [such as were] oppressed
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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}

Ecclesiastes 4:4

4:4

Again, I considered
<07200> (8804)

all travail
<05999>_,

and every right
<03788>

work
<04639>_,

that for this a man
<0376>

is envied
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of his neighbour
<07453>_.

This [is] also vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
<07307>_.

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

Ecclesiastes 5:19

5:19

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>_.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

7:14

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
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the other, to the end
<01700>

that man
<0120>

should find
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nothing
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after
<0310>

him. {set: Heb. made}

Ecclesiastes 7:26

7:26

And I find
<04672> (8802)

more bitter
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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}

Ecclesiastes 8:15

8:15

Then I commended
<07623> (8765)

mirth
<08057>_,

because a man
<0120>

hath no better thing
<02896>

under the sun
<08121>_,

than to eat
<0398> (8800)_,

and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,

and to be merry
<08055> (8800)_:

for that shall abide
<03867> (8799)

with him of his labour
<05999>

the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_,

which God
<0430>

giveth
<05414> (8804)

him under the sun
<08121>_.

Ecclesiastes 9:11-12

9:11

I returned
<07725> (8804)_,

and saw
<07200> (8800)

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> (8737)_,

nor yet favour
<02580>

to men of skill
<03045> (8802)_;

but time
<06256>

and chance
<06294>

happeneth
<07136> (8799)

to them all.

9:12

For man
<0120>

also knoweth
<03045> (8799)

not his time
<06256>_:

as the fishes
<01709>

that are taken
<0270> (8737)

in an evil
<07451>

net
<04685>_,

and as the birds
<06833>

that are caught
<0270> (8803)

in the snare
<06341>_;

so
<01992>

[are] the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>

snared
<03369> (8795)

in an evil
<07451>

time
<06256>_,

when it falleth
<05307> (8799)

suddenly
<06597>

upon them.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

10:20

Curse
<07043> (8762)

not the king
<04428>_,

no not in thy thought
<04093>_;

and curse
<07043> (8762)

not the rich
<06223>

in thy bedchamber
<02315> <04904>_:

for a bird
<05775>

of the air
<08064>

shall carry
<03212> (8686)

the voice
<06963>_,

and that which hath
<01167>

wings
<03671>

shall tell
<05046> (8686)

the matter
<01697>_.

{thought: or, conscience}

Ecclesiastes 11:6

11:6

In the morning
<01242>

sow
<02232> (8798)

thy seed
<02233>_,

and in the evening
<06153>

withhold
<03240> (8686)

not thine hand
<03027>_:

for thou knowest
<03045> (8802)

not whether
<0335>

shall prosper
<03787> (8799)_,

either this or that, or whether they both
<08147>

[shall be] alike
<0259>

good
<02896>_.

{shall prosper: Heb. shall be right}

Ecclesiastes 12:1

12:1

Remember
<02142> (8798)

now thy Creator
<01254> (8802)

in the days
<03117>

of thy youth
<0979>_,

while the evil
<07451>

days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8799)

not, nor the years
<08141>

draw nigh
<05060> (8689)_,

when thou shalt say
<0559> (8799)_,

I have no pleasure
<02656>

in them;