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Ecclesiastes 5:5-20

5:5

Better
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[is it] that thou shouldest not vow
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than that thou shouldest vow
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and not pay
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5:6

Suffer
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not thy mouth
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to cause thy flesh
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to sin
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neither say
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thou before
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the angel
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that it [was] an error
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wherefore should God
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be angry
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at thy voice
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and destroy
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the work
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of thine hands
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5:7

For in the multitude
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of dreams
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and many
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words
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[there are] also [divers] vanities
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but fear
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thou God
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5:8

If thou seest
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the oppression
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of the poor
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and violent
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perverting of judgment
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and justice
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in a province
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marvel
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not at the matter
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for [he that is] higher
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than the highest
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regardeth
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and [there be] higher
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than they
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{at the... Heb. at the will, or, purpose}

5:9

Moreover the profit
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of the earth
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is for all: the king
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[himself] is served
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by the field
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5:10

He that loveth
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silver
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shall not be satisfied
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with silver
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nor he that loveth
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abundance
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with increase
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this [is] also vanity
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5:11

When goods
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increase
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they are increased
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that eat
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them: and what good
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[is there] to the owners
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thereof, saving
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the beholding
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[of them] with their eyes
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5:12

The sleep
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of a labouring man
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[is] sweet
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whether he eat
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little
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or much
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but the abundance
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of the rich
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will not suffer
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him to sleep
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5:13

There is
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a sore
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evil
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[which] I have seen
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under the sun
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[namely], riches
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kept
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for the owners
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thereof to their hurt
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5:14

But those riches
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perish
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by evil
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travail
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and he begetteth
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a son
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and [there is] nothing
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in his hand
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5:15

As he came forth
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of his mother's
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womb
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naked
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shall he return
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to go
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as he came
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and shall take
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nothing
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of his labour
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which he may carry away
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in his hand
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5:16

And this
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also [is] a sore
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evil
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[that] in all points
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as he came
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so shall he go
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and what profit
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hath he that hath laboured
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for the wind
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5:17

All his days
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also he eateth
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in darkness
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and [he hath] much
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sorrow
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and wrath
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with his sickness
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5:18

Behold [that] which I have seen
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[it is] good
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and comely
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[for one] to eat
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and to drink
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and to enjoy
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the good
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of all his labour
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that he taketh
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under the sun
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all
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the days
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of his life
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which God
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giveth
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him: for it [is] his portion
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{It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

5:19

Every man
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also to whom God
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hath given
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riches
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and wealth
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and hath given him power
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to eat
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thereof, and to take
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his portion
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and to rejoice
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in his labour
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this
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[is] the gift
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of God
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5:20

For he shall not much
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remember
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the days
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of his life
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because God
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answereth
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[him] in the joy
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of his heart
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{For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}