Ecclesiastes 5:1--6:9
<07272> [thy foot.]
near <07138> [ready.]
offer <05414> [give.]
rash <0926> [not rash.]
matter ................. words <01697> [thing. or, word. for.]
matter ................. words <01697> [let thy .]
fool <03684> [a fool's.]
make ...................... vow <05087> [vowest.]
pleasure <02656> [for.]
paying it ......... Pay <07999> [pay.]
mouth <06310> [thy mouth.]
<06440> [before.]
Or, "before the messenger," {hammalach,} the priest whose business it was to take cognizance of vows and offerings.
mistake <07684> [it was.]
destroy <02254> [destroy.]
many <07230> [in the.]
fear <03372> [but.]
see <07200> [thou seest.]
astonished <08539> [marvel.]
matter <02656> [matter. Heb. will, or purpose.]
high ....... higher ...... higher <01364> [for.]
watched <08104> [regardeth.]
by ...... high ..... by ... higher ...... higher ... over <05921 01364> [higher than they.]
produce <03504> [the profit.]
king <04428> [the king.]
loves ........... loves <0157> [He that.]
The more he gets, the more he would get; for {Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit,} "The love of money increases, in proportion as money itself increases."
futile <01892> [this.]
<07231> [they.]
gain <03788> [what.]
misfortune <02470> [a sore.]
Wealth <06239> [riches.]
wealth <06239> [those.]
fathered <03205> [and he.]
<02470> [a sore.]
toiling <03504> [what.]
wind <07307> [for.]
ate <0398> [he eateth.]
greatly <07235> [much.]
beneficial ... appropriate ............. enjoyment <02896 03303> [it is good and comely. Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc.]
days <03117> [the days. Heb. the number of the days. it is his.]
God ................................... God <0430> [to whom.]
these ..... gift <02090 04991> [this is.]
much .... fleeting <07235 02142> [For he shall not much remember. or, Though he give not much, yet he rembemereth, etc.]
God <0430> [because.]
man ............................. someone <0376> [a man.]
lacks <02638> [so.]
God ................... God <0430> [yet.]
A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.
man ............................. someone <0376> [but.]
fruitless <01892> [vanity.]
man <0376> [a man.]
time <03117> [so.]
live forever <06900> [and also.]
stillborn child <05309> [that an.]
name <08034> [his name.]
<02088> [this.]
if <0432> [though.]
enjoy <07200> [yet.]
die <01980> [do.]
labor <05999> [the labour.]
appetite <05315> [appetite. Heb. soul.]
wise <02450> [what hath the wise.]
pauper <06041> [the poor.]
better <02896> [Better.]
one's heart .... crave <05315 01980> [wandering of the desire. Heb. walking of the soul.]
futile <01892> [this.]
