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Ecclesiastes 4:2

4:2

Wherefore I praised
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the dead
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which are already
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dead
<04191> (8804)

more than the living
<02416>

which are yet
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alive
<02416>_.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

9:4

For
<04310>

to him that is
<03426>

joined
<02266> (8792) (8675) <0977> (8792)

to all the living
<02416>

there is hope
<0986>_:

for a living
<02416>

dog
<03611>

is better
<02896>

than a dead
<04191> (8801)

lion
<0738>_.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9:9

Live
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joyfully
<07200> (8798)

with the wife
<0802>

whom thou lovest
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all the days
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of the life
<02416>

of thy vanity
<01892>_,

which he hath given
<05414> (8804)

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
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which thou takest
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under the sun
<08121>_.

{Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life}

Ecclesiastes 3:12

3:12

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>_.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

6:8

For what hath the wise
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more
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than the fool
<03684>_?

what hath the poor
<06041>_,

that knoweth
<03045> (8802)

to walk
<01980> (8800)

before the living
<02416>_?

Ecclesiastes 10:19

10:19

A feast
<03899>

is made
<06213> (8802)

for laughter
<07814>_,

and wine
<03196>

maketh merry
<08055> (8762) <02416>_:

but money
<03701>

answereth
<06030> (8799)

all [things]. {maketh...: Heb. maketh glad the life}

Ecclesiastes 6:12

6:12

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}

Ecclesiastes 2:17

2:17

Therefore I hated
<08130> (8804)

life
<02416>_;

because the work
<04639>

that is wrought
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>

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

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

4:15

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:20

5:20

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}

Ecclesiastes 7:2

7:2

[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>_.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

9:5

For the living
<02416>

know
<03045> (8802)

that they shall die
<04191> (8799)_:

but the dead
<04191> (8801)

know
<03045> (8802)

not any thing
<03972>_,

neither have they any more a reward
<07939>_;

for the memory
<02143>

of them is forgotten
<07911> (8738)_.

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 5:18

5:18

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}

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 9:3

9:3

This [is] an evil
<07451>

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

under the sun
<08121>_,

that [there is] one
<0259>

event
<04745>

unto all: yea, also the heart
<03820>

of the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>

is full
<04390> (8804)

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> (8801)_.