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Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

2:24

[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}

2:25

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

or who else can hasten
<02363> (8799)

[hereunto], more
<02351>

than I?

2:26

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}

Ecclesiastes 2:1-12

2:1

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>_.

2:2

I said
<0559> (8804)

of laughter
<07814>_,

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

and of mirth
<08057>_,

What
<02090>

doeth
<06213> (8802)

it?

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}

2:4

I made me great
<01431> (8689)

works
<04639>_;

I builded
<01129> (8804)

me houses
<01004>_;

I planted
<05193> (8804)

me vineyards
<03754>_:

2:5

I made
<06213> (8804)

me gardens
<01593>

and orchards
<06508>_,

and I planted
<05193> (8804)

trees
<06086>

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

2:6

I made
<06213> (8804)

me pools
<01295>

of water
<04325>_,

to water
<08248> (8687)

therewith the wood
<03293>

that bringeth forth
<06779> (8802)

trees
<06086>_:

2:7

I got
<07069> (8804)

[me] servants
<05650>

and maidens
<08198>_,

and had servants born
<01121>

in my house
<01004>_;

also I had great
<07235> (8687)

possessions
<04735>

of great
<01241>

and small cattle
<06629>

above all that were in Jerusalem
<03389>

before
<06440>

me: {servants born...: Heb. sons of my house}

2:8

I gathered
<03664> (8804)

me also silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

and the peculiar treasure
<05459>

of kings
<04428>

and of the provinces
<04082>_:

I gat
<06213> (8804)

me men singers
<07891> (8802)

and women singers
<07891> (8802)_,

and the delights
<08588>

of the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>_,

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

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

2:9

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
<05975> (8804)

with me.

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
<08056>

in all my labour
<05999>_:

and this was my portion
<02506>

of all my labour
<05999>_.

2:11

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
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_,

and [there was] no profit
<03504>

under the sun
<08121>_.

2:12

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}

Ecclesiastes 2:1

2:1

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>_.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

1:1

The words
<01697>

of the Preacher
<06953>_,

the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>_,

king
<04428>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

1:2

Vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the Preacher
<06953>_,

vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

1:3

What profit
<03504>

hath a man
<0120>

of all his labour
<05999>

which he taketh
<05998> (8799)

under the sun
<08121>_?

1:4

[One] generation
<01755>

passeth away
<01980> (8802)_,

and [another] generation
<01755>

cometh
<0935> (8802) (8676) <0935> (8804)_:

but the earth
<0776>

abideth
<05975> (8802)

for ever
<05769>_.

1:5

The sun
<08121>

also ariseth
<02224> (8804)_,

and the sun
<08121>

goeth down
<0935> (8804)_,

and hasteth
<07602> (8802)

to his place
<04725>

where he arose
<02224> (8802)_.

{hasteth: Heb. panteth}

1:6

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>_.

1:7

All the rivers
<05158>

run
<01980> (8802)

into the sea
<03220>_;

yet the sea
<03220>

[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}

1:8

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)_.

1:9

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>_.

1:10

Is there
<03426>

[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
<05769>_,

which was before
<06440>

us.

1:11

[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>_.

1:12

I the Preacher
<06953>

was king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

1:13

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}

1:14

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>_.

1:15

[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}

1:16

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}

1:17

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>_.

1:18

For in much
<07230>

wisdom
<02451>

[is] much
<07230>

grief
<03708>_:

and he that increaseth
<03254> (8686)

knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

sorrow
<04341>_.

Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

1:1

The words
<01697>

of the Preacher
<06953>_,

the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>_,

king
<04428>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

1:2

Vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the Preacher
<06953>_,

vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

1:3

What profit
<03504>

hath a man
<0120>

of all his labour
<05999>

which he taketh
<05998> (8799)

under the sun
<08121>_?

1:4

[One] generation
<01755>

passeth away
<01980> (8802)_,

and [another] generation
<01755>

cometh
<0935> (8802) (8676) <0935> (8804)_:

but the earth
<0776>

abideth
<05975> (8802)

for ever
<05769>_.

1:5

The sun
<08121>

also ariseth
<02224> (8804)_,

and the sun
<08121>

goeth down
<0935> (8804)_,

and hasteth
<07602> (8802)

to his place
<04725>

where he arose
<02224> (8802)_.

{hasteth: Heb. panteth}

1:6

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>_.

1:7

All the rivers
<05158>

run
<01980> (8802)

into the sea
<03220>_;

yet the sea
<03220>

[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}

1:8

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)_.

1:9

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>_.

1:10

Is there
<03426>

[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
<05769>_,

which was before
<06440>

us.

1:11

[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>_.

1:12

I the Preacher
<06953>

was king
<04428>

over Israel
<03478>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

1:13

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}

1:14

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>_.

1:15

[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}

1:16

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}

1:17

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>_.

1:18

For in much
<07230>

wisdom
<02451>

[is] much
<07230>

grief
<03708>_:

and he that increaseth
<03254> (8686)

knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

sorrow
<04341>_.