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Ecclesiastes 6:10--12:14

6:10

That which hath been is named
<07121> (8738) <08034>

already
<03528>_,

and it is known
<03045> (8737)

that it [is] man
<0120>_:

neither may
<03201> (8799)

he contend
<01777> (8800)

with him that is mightier
<08623>

than he.

6:11

Seeing there be
<03426>

many
<07235> (8687)

things
<01697>

that increase
<07235> (8688)

vanity
<01892>_,

what [is] man
<0120>

the better
<03148>_?

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}

7:1

A good name
<08034>

[is] better
<02896>

than precious
<02896>

ointment
<08081>_;

and the day
<03117>

of death
<04194>

than the day
<03117>

of one's birth
<03205> (8736)_.

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>_.

7:3

Sorrow
<03708>

[is] better
<02896>

than laughter
<07814>_:

for by the sadness
<07455>

of the countenance
<06440>

the heart
<03820>

is made better
<03190> (8799)_.

{Sorrow: or, Anger}

7:4

The heart
<03820>

of the wise
<02450>

[is] in the house
<01004>

of mourning
<060>_;

but the heart
<03820>

of fools
<03684>

[is] in the house
<01004>

of mirth
<08057>_.

7:5

[It is] better
<02896>

to hear
<08085> (8800)

the rebuke
<01606>

of the wise
<02450>_,

than for a man
<0376>

to hear
<08085> (8802)

the song
<07892>

of fools
<03684>_.

7:6

For as the crackling
<06963>

of thorns
<05518>

under a pot
<05518>_,

so [is] the laughter
<07814>

of the fool
<03684>_:

this also [is] vanity
<01892>_.

{crackling: Heb. sound}

7:7

Surely oppression
<06233>

maketh a wise man
<02450>

mad
<01984> (8779)_;

and a gift
<04979>

destroyeth
<06> (8762)

the heart
<03820>_.

7:8

Better
<02896>

[is] the end
<0319>

of a thing
<01697>

than the beginning
<07225>

thereof: [and] the patient
<0750>

in spirit
<07307>

[is] better
<02896>

than the proud
<01362>

in spirit
<07307>_.

7:9

Be not hasty
<0926> (8762)

in thy spirit
<07307>

to be angry
<03707> (8800)_:

for anger
<03708>

resteth
<05117> (8799)

in the bosom
<02436>

of fools
<03684>_.

7:10

Say
<0559> (8799)

not thou, What is [the cause] that the former
<07223>

days
<03117>

were better
<02896>

than these? for thou dost not enquire
<07592> (8804)

wisely
<02451>

concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}

7:11

Wisdom
<02451>

[is] good
<02896>

with an inheritance
<05159>_:

and [by it there is] profit
<03148>

to them that see
<07200> (8802)

the sun
<08121>_.

{good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

7:12

For wisdom
<02451>

[is] a defence
<06738>_,

[and] money
<03701>

[is] a defence
<06738>_:

but the excellency
<03504>

of knowledge
<01847>

[is, that] wisdom
<02451>

giveth life
<02421> (8762)

to them that have
<01167>

it. {defence: Heb. shadow}

7:13

Consider
<07200> (8798)

the work
<04639>

of God
<0430>_:

for who can
<03201> (8799)

make [that] straight
<08626> (8763)_,

which he hath made crooked
<05791> (8765)_?

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
<05980>

the other, to the end
<01700>

that man
<0120>

should find
<04672> (8799)

nothing
<03972>

after
<0310>

him. {set: Heb. made}

7:15

All [things] have I seen
<07200> (8804)

in the days
<03117>

of my vanity
<01892>_:

there is
<03426>

a just
<06662>

[man] that perisheth
<06> (8802)

in his righteousness
<06664>_,

and there is a wicked
<07563>

[man] that prolongeth
<0748> (8688)

[his life] in his wickedness
<07451>_.

7:16

Be not righteous
<06662>

over much
<07235> (8687)_;

neither make thyself over
<03148>

wise
<02449> (8691)_:

why shouldest thou destroy
<08074> (8709)

thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

7:17

Be not over much
<07235> (8687)

wicked
<07561> (8799)_,

neither be thou foolish
<05530>_:

why shouldest thou die
<04191> (8799)

before thy time
<06256>_?

{before...: Heb. not in thy time?}

7:18

[It is] good
<02896>

that thou shouldest take hold
<0270> (8799)

of this; yea, also from this
<02088>

withdraw
<03240> (8686)

not thine hand
<03027>_:

for he that feareth
<03373>

God
<0430>

shall come forth
<03318> (8799)

of them all.

7:19

Wisdom
<02451>

strengtheneth
<05810> (8799)

the wise
<02450>

more than ten
<06235>

mighty
<07989>

[men] which are in the city
<05892>_.

7:20

For [there is] not a just
<06662>

man
<0120>

upon earth
<0776>_,

that doeth
<06213> (8799)

good
<02896>_,

and sinneth
<02398> (8799)

not.

7:21

Also take
<05414> (8799)

no heed
<03820>

unto all words
<01697>

that are spoken
<01696> (8762)_;

lest thou hear
<08085> (8799)

thy servant
<05650>

curse
<07043> (8764)

thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine heart}

7:22

For oftentimes
<06471> <07227>

also thine own heart
<03820>

knoweth
<03045> (8804)

that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
<07043> (8765)

others
<0312>_.

7:23

All this
<02090>

have I proved
<05254> (8765)

by wisdom
<02451>_:

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

I will be wise
<02449> (8799)_;

but it [was] far
<07350>

from me.

7:24

That which is far off
<07350>_,

and exceeding deep
<06013>_,

who can find it out
<04672> (8799)_?

7:25

I applied
<05437> (8804)

mine heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)_,

and to search
<08446> (8800)_,

and to seek out
<01245> (8763)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and the reason
<02808>

[of things], and to know
<03045> (8800)

the wickedness
<07562>

of folly
<03689>_,

even of foolishness
<05531>

[and] madness
<01947>_:

{I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}

7:26

And I find
<04672> (8802)

more bitter
<04751>

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}

7:27

Behold
<07200> (8798)_,

this have I found
<04672> (8804)_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the preacher
<06953>_,

[counting] one
<0259>

by one
<0259>_,

to find out
<04672> (8800)

the account
<02808>_:

{counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

7:28

Which yet my soul
<05315>

seeketh
<01245> (8765)_,

but I find
<04672> (8804)

not: one
<0259>

man
<0120>

among a thousand
<0505>

have I found
<04672> (8804)_;

but a woman
<0802>

among all those have I not found
<04672> (8804)_.

7:29

Lo
<07200> (8798)_,

this only
<0905>

have I found
<04672> (8804)_,

that God
<0430>

hath made
<06213> (8804)

man
<0120>

upright
<03477>_;

but they have sought out
<01245> (8765)

many
<07227>

inventions
<02810>_.

8:1

Who [is] as the wise
<02450>

[man]? and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

the interpretation
<06592>

of a thing
<01697>_?

a man's
<0120>

wisdom
<02451>

maketh his face
<06440>

to shine
<0215> (8686)_,

and the boldness
<05797>

of his face
<06440>

shall be changed
<08132> (8792)_.

{the boldness: Heb. the strength}

8:2

I [counsel thee] to keep
<08104> (8798)

the king's
<04428>

commandment
<06310>_,

and [that] in regard
<01700>

of the oath
<07621>

of God
<0430>_.

8:3

Be not hasty
<0926> (8735)

to go out
<03212> (8799)

of his sight
<06440>_:

stand
<05975> (8799)

not in an evil
<07451>

thing
<01697>_;

for he doeth
<06213> (8799)

whatsoever pleaseth
<02654> (8799)

him.

8:4

Where the word
<01697>

of a king
<04428>

[is, there is] power
<07983>_:

and who may say
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What doest
<06213> (8799)

thou?

8:5

Whoso keepeth
<08104> (8802)

the commandment
<04687>

shall feel
<03045> (8799)

no evil
<07451>

thing
<01697>_:

and a wise man's
<02450>

heart
<03820>

discerneth
<03045> (8799)

both time
<06256>

and judgment
<04941>_.

{shall...: Heb. shall know}

8:6

Because to every purpose
<02656>

there is
<03426>

time
<06256>

and judgment
<04941>_,

therefore the misery
<07451>

of man
<0120>

[is] great
<07227>

upon him.

8:7

For he knoweth
<03045> (8802)

not that which shall be: for who can tell
<05046> (8686)

him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}

8:8

[There is] no man
<0120>

that hath power
<07989>

over the spirit
<07307>

to retain
<03607> (8800)

the spirit
<07307>_;

neither [hath he] power
<07983>

in the day
<03117>

of death
<04194>_:

and [there is] no discharge
<04917>

in [that] war
<04421>_;

neither shall wickedness
<07562>

deliver
<04422> (8762)

those that are given
<01167>

to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}

8:9

All this have I seen
<07200> (8804)_,

and applied
<05414> (8800)

my heart
<03820>

unto every work
<04639>

that is done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_:

[there is] a time
<06256>

wherein one man
<0120>

ruleth
<07980> (8804)

over another to his own hurt
<07451>_.

8:10

And so
<03651>

I saw
<07200> (8804)

the wicked
<07563>

buried
<06912> (8803)_,

who had come
<0935> (8804)

and gone
<01980> (8762)

from the place
<04725>

of the holy
<06918>_,

and they were forgotten
<07911> (8691)

in the city
<05892>

where they had so done
<06213> (8804)_:

this [is] also vanity
<01892>_.

8:11

Because sentence
<06599>

against an evil
<07451>

work
<04639>

is not executed
<06213> (8738)

speedily
<04120>_,

therefore the heart
<03820>

of the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>

is fully set
<04390> (8804)

in them to do
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>_.

8:12

Though a sinner
<02398> (8802)

do
<06213> (8802)

evil
<07451>

an hundred times
<03967>_,

and his [days] be prolonged
<0748> (8688)_,

yet surely I know
<03045> (8802)

that it shall be well
<02896>

with them that fear
<03373>

God
<0430>_,

which fear
<03372> (8799)

before
<06440>

him:

8:13

But it shall not be well
<02896>

with the wicked
<07563>_,

neither shall he prolong
<0748> (8686)

[his] days
<03117>_,

[which are] as a shadow
<06738>_;

because he feareth
<03373>

not before
<06440>

God
<0430>_.

8:14

There is
<03426>

a vanity
<01892>

which is done
<06213> (8738)

upon the earth
<0776>_;

that there be just
<06662>

[men], unto whom it happeneth
<05060> (8688)

according to the work
<04639>

of the wicked
<07563>_;

again, there be
<03426>

wicked
<07563>

[men], to whom it happeneth
<05060> (8688)

according to the work
<04639>

of the righteous
<06662>_:

I said
<0559> (8804)

that this also
<01571>

[is] vanity
<01892>_.

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>_.

8:16

When I applied
<05414> (8804)

mine heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and to see
<07200> (8800)

the business
<06045>

that is done
<06213> (8738)

upon the earth
<0776>_:

(for also [there is that] neither day
<03117>

nor night
<03915>

seeth
<07200> (8802)

sleep
<08142>

with his eyes
<05869>:)

8:17

Then I beheld
<07200> (8804)

all the work
<04639>

of God
<0430>_,

that a man
<0120>

cannot
<03201> (8799)

find out
<04672> (8800)

the work
<04639>

that is done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_:

because
<0834>

though
<07945>

a man
<0120>

labour
<05998> (8799)

to seek [it] out
<01245> (8763)_,

yet he shall not find
<04672> (8799)

[it]; yea further; though a wise
<02450>

[man] think
<0559> (8799)

to know
<03045> (8800)

[it], yet shall he not be able
<03201> (8799)

to find
<04672> (8800)

[it].

9:1

For all this I considered
<05414> (8804)

in my heart
<03820>

even to declare
<0952> (8800)

all this, that the righteous
<06662>_,

and the wise
<02450>_,

and their works
<05652>_,

[are] in the hand
<03027>

of God
<0430>_:

no man
<0120>

knoweth
<03045> (8802)

either
<01571>

love
<0160>

or hatred
<08135>

[by] all [that is] before
<06440>

them. {I considered...: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart}

9:2

All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one
<0259>

event
<04745>

to the righteous
<06662>_,

and to the wicked
<07563>_;

to the good
<02896>

and to the clean
<02889>_,

and to the unclean
<02931>_;

to him that sacrificeth
<02076> (8802)_,

and to him that
<0834>

sacrificeth
<02076> (8802)

not: as [is] the good
<02896>_,

so [is] the sinner
<02398> (8802)_;

[and] he that sweareth
<07650> (8737)_,

as [he] that feareth
<03373>

an oath
<07621>_.

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)_.

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>_.

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)_.

9:6

Also their love
<0160>_,

and their hatred
<08135>_,

and their envy
<07068>_,

is now
<03528>

perished
<06> (8804)_;

neither have they any more a portion
<02506>

for ever
<05769>

in any [thing] that is done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_.

9:7

Go thy way
<03212> (8798)_,

eat
<0398> (8798)

thy bread
<03899>

with joy
<08057>_,

and drink
<08354> (8798)

thy wine
<03196>

with a merry
<02896>

heart
<03820>_;

for God
<0430>

now
<03528>

accepteth
<07521> (8804)

thy works
<04639>_.

9:8

Let thy garments
<0899>

be always
<06256>

white
<03836>_;

and let thy head
<07218>

lack
<02637> (8799)

no ointment
<08081>_.

9:9

Live
<02416>

joyfully
<07200> (8798)

with the wife
<0802>

whom thou lovest
<0157> (8804)

all the days
<03117>

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
<05999>

which thou takest
<06001>

under the sun
<08121>_.

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

9:10

Whatsoever thy hand
<03027>

findeth
<04672> (8799)

to do
<06213> (8800)_,

do
<06213> (8798)

[it] with thy might
<03581>_;

for [there is] no work
<04639>_,

nor device
<02808>_,

nor knowledge
<01847>_,

nor wisdom
<02451>_,

in the grave
<07585>_,

whither thou goest
<01980> (8802)_.

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.

9:13

This
<02090>

wisdom
<02451>

have I seen
<07200> (8804)

also under the sun
<08121>_,

and it [seemed] great
<01419>

unto me:

9:14

[There was] a little
<06996>

city
<05892>_,

and few
<04592>

men
<0582>

within it; and there came
<0935> (8804)

a great
<01419>

king
<04428>

against it, and besieged
<05437> (8804)

it, and built
<01129> (8804)

great
<01419>

bulwarks
<04685>

against it:

9:15

Now there was found
<04672> (8804)

in it a poor
<04542>

wise
<02450>

man
<0376>_,

and he by his wisdom
<02451>

delivered
<04422> (8765)

the city
<05892>_;

yet no man
<0120>

remembered
<02142> (8804)

that same poor
<04542>

man
<0376>_.

9:16

Then said
<0559> (8804)

I, Wisdom
<02451>

[is] better
<02896>

than strength
<01369>_:

nevertheless the poor man's
<04542>

wisdom
<02451>

[is] despised
<0959> (8803)_,

and his words
<01697>

are not heard
<08085> (8737)_.

9:17

The words
<01697>

of wise
<02450>

[men are] heard
<08085> (8737)

in quiet
<05183>

more than the cry
<02201>

of him that ruleth
<04910> (8802)

among fools
<03684>_.

9:18

Wisdom
<02451>

[is] better
<02896>

than weapons
<03627>

of war
<07128>_:

but one
<0259>

sinner
<02398> (8802)

destroyeth
<06> (8762)

much
<07235> (8687)

good
<02896>_.

10:1

Dead
<04194>

flies
<02070>

cause the ointment
<08081>

of the apothecary
<07543> (8802)

to send forth
<05042> (8686)

a stinking savour
<0887> (8686)_:

[so doth] a little
<04592>

folly
<05531>

him that is in reputation
<03368>

for wisdom
<02451>

[and] honour
<03519>_.

{Dead...: Heb. Flies of death}

10:2

A wise man's
<02450>

heart
<03820>

[is] at his right hand
<03225>_;

but a fool's
<03684>

heart
<03820>

at his left
<08040>_.

10:3

Yea also, when he that is a fool
<05530>

walketh
<01980> (8802)

by the way
<01870>_,

his wisdom
<03820>

faileth
<02638>

[him], and he saith
<0559> (8804)

to every one [that] he [is] a fool
<05530>_.

{his...: Heb. his heart}

10:4

If the spirit
<07307>

of the ruler
<04910> (8802)

rise up
<05927> (8799)

against thee, leave
<03240> (8686)

not thy place
<04725>_;

for yielding
<04832>

pacifieth
<03240> (8686)

great
<01419>

offences
<02399>_.

10:5

There is
<03426>

an evil
<07451>

[which] I have seen
<07200> (8804)

under the sun
<08121>_,

as an error
<07684>

[which] proceedeth
<03318> (8802)

from
<06440>

the ruler
<07989>_:

{from: Heb. from before}

10:6

Folly
<05529>

is set
<05414> (8738)

in great
<07227>

dignity
<04791>_,

and the rich
<06223>

sit
<03427> (8799)

in low place
<08216>_.

{in great...: Heb. in great heights}

10:7

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

servants
<05650>

upon horses
<05483>_,

and princes
<08269>

walking
<01980> (8802)

as servants
<05650>

upon the earth
<0776>_.

10:8

He that diggeth
<02658> (8802)

a pit
<01475>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

into it; and whoso breaketh
<06555> (8802)

an hedge
<01447>_,

a serpent
<05175>

shall bite
<05391> (8799)

him.

10:9

Whoso removeth
<05265> (8688)

stones
<068>

shall be hurt
<06087> (8735)

therewith; [and] he that cleaveth
<01234> (8802)

wood
<06086>

shall be endangered
<05533> (8735)

thereby.

10:10

If the iron
<01270>

be blunt
<06949> (8765)_,

and he do not whet
<07043> (8773)

the edge
<06440>_,

then must he put
<01396> (8762)

to more strength
<02428>_:

but wisdom
<02451>

[is] profitable
<03504>

to direct
<03787> (8687)_.

10:11

Surely the serpent
<05175>

will bite
<05391> (8799)

without enchantment
<03908>_;

and a babbler
<03956> <01167>

is no better
<03504>_.

{a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue}

10:12

The words
<01697>

of a wise man's
<02450>

mouth
<06310>

[are] gracious
<02580>_;

but the lips
<08193>

of a fool
<03684>

will swallow up
<01104> (8762)

himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

10:13

The beginning
<08462>

of the words
<01697>

of his mouth
<06310>

[is] foolishness
<05531>_:

and the end
<0319>

of his talk
<06310>

[is] mischievous
<07451>

madness
<01948>_.

{his talk: Heb. his mouth}

10:14

A fool
<05530>

also is full
<07235> (8686)

of words
<01697>_:

a man
<0120>

cannot tell
<03045> (8799)

what shall be; and what shall be after
<0310>

him, who can tell
<05046> (8686)

him? {is full...: Heb. multiplieth words}

10:15

The labour
<05999>

of the foolish
<03684>

wearieth
<03021> (8762)

every one of them, because he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not how to go
<03212> (8800)

to the city
<05892>_.

10:16

Woe
<0337>

to thee, O land
<0776>_,

when thy king
<04428>

[is] a child
<05288>_,

and thy princes
<08269>

eat
<0398> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_!

10:17

Blessed
<0835>

[art] thou, O land
<0776>_,

when thy king
<04428>

[is] the son
<01121>

of nobles
<02715>_,

and thy princes
<08269>

eat
<0398> (8799)

in due season
<06256>_,

for strength
<01369>_,

and not for drunkenness
<08358>_!

10:18

By much slothfulness
<06103>

the building
<04746>

decayeth
<04355> (8735)_;

and through idleness
<08220>

of the hands
<03027>

the house
<01004>

droppeth through
<01811> (8799)_.

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}

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}

11:1

Cast
<07971> (8761)

thy bread
<03899>

upon
<06440>

the waters
<04325>_:

for thou shalt find
<04672> (8799)

it after many
<07230>

days
<03117>_.

{upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters}

11:2

Give
<05414> (8798)

a portion
<02506>

to seven
<07651>_,

and also to eight
<08083>_;

for thou knowest
<03045> (8799)

not what evil
<07451>

shall be upon the earth
<0776>_.

11:3

If the clouds
<05645>

be full
<04390> (8735)

of rain
<01653>_,

they empty
<07324> (8686)

[themselves] upon the earth
<0776>_:

and if the tree
<06086>

fall
<05307> (8799)

toward the south
<01864>_,

or toward the north
<06828>_,

in the place
<04725>

where the tree
<06086>

falleth
<05307> (8799)_,

there it shall be
<01933> (8799)_.

11:4

He that observeth
<08104> (8802)

the wind
<07307>

shall not sow
<02232> (8799)_;

and he that regardeth
<07200> (8802)

the clouds
<05645>

shall not reap
<07114> (8799)_.

11:5

As thou knowest
<03045> (8802)

not what [is] the way
<01870>

of the spirit
<07307>_,

[nor] how the bones
<06106>

[do grow] in the womb
<0990>

of her that is with child
<04392>_:

even so thou knowest
<03045> (8799)

not the works
<04639>

of God
<0430>

who maketh
<06213> (8799)

all.

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}

11:7

Truly the light
<0216>

[is] sweet
<04966>_,

and a pleasant
<02896>

[thing it is] for the eyes
<05869>

to behold
<07200> (8800)

the sun
<08121>_:

11:8

But if a man
<0120>

live
<02421> (8799)

many
<07235> (8687)

years
<08141>_,

[and] rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in them all; yet let him remember
<02142> (8799)

the days
<03117>

of darkness
<02822>_;

for they shall be many
<07235> (8687)_.

All that cometh
<0935> (8804)

[is] vanity
<01892>_.

11:9

Rejoice
<08055> (8798)_,

O young man
<0970>_,

in thy youth
<03208>_;

and let thy heart
<03820>

cheer
<02895> (8686)

thee in the days
<03117>

of thy youth
<0979>_,

and walk
<01980> (8761)

in the ways
<01870>

of thine heart
<03820>_,

and in the sight
<04758>

of thine eyes
<05869>_:

but know
<03045> (8798)

thou, that for all these [things] God
<0430>

will bring
<0935> (8686)

thee into judgment
<04941>_.

11:10

Therefore remove
<05493> (8685)

sorrow
<03708>

from thy heart
<03820>_,

and put away
<05674> (8685)

evil
<07451>

from thy flesh
<01320>_:

for childhood
<03208>

and youth
<07839>

[are] vanity
<01892>_.

{sorrow: or, anger}

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;

12:2

While the sun
<08121>_,

or the light
<0216>_,

or the moon
<03394>_,

or the stars
<03556>_,

be not darkened
<02821> (8799)_,

nor the clouds
<05645>

return
<07725> (8804)

after
<0310>

the rain
<01653>_:

12:3

In the day
<03117>

when the keepers
<08104> (8802)

of the house
<01004>

shall tremble
<02111> (8799)_,

and the strong
<02428>

men
<0582>

shall bow
<05791> (8694)

themselves, and the grinders
<02912> (8802)

cease
<0988> (8804)

because they are few
<04591> (8765)_,

and those that look out
<07200> (8802)

of the windows
<0699>

be darkened
<02821> (8804)_,

{the grinders...: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little}

12:4

And the doors
<01817>

shall be shut
<05462> (8795)

in the streets
<07784>_,

when the sound
<06963>

of the grinding
<02913>

is low
<08217>_,

and he shall rise up
<06965> (8799)

at the voice
<06963>

of the bird
<06833>_,

and all the daughters
<01323>

of musick
<07892>

shall be brought low
<07817> (8735)_;

12:5

Also [when] they shall be afraid
<03372> (8799)

of [that which is] high
<01364>_,

and fears
<02849>

[shall be] in the way
<01870>_,

and the almond tree
<08247>

shall flourish
<05006> (8686)_,

and the grasshopper
<02284>

shall be a burden
<05445> (8691)_,

and desire
<035>

shall fail
<06565> (8686)_:

because man
<0120>

goeth
<01980> (8802)

to his long
<05769>

home
<01004>_,

and the mourners
<05594> (8802)

go about
<05437> (8804)

the streets
<07784>_:

12:6

Or ever
<03808>

the silver
<03701>

cord
<02256>

be loosed
<07576> (8735) (8675) <07368> (8735)_,

or the golden
<02091>

bowl
<01543>

be broken
<07533> (8799)_,

or the pitcher
<03537>

be broken
<07665> (8735)

at the fountain
<04002>_,

or the wheel
<01534>

broken
<07533> (8738)

at the cistern
<0953>_.

12:7

Then shall the dust
<06083>

return
<07725> (8799)

to the earth
<0776>

as it was: and the spirit
<07307>

shall return
<07725> (8799)

unto God
<0430>

who gave
<05414> (8804)

it.

12:8

Vanity
<01892>

of vanities
<01892>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the preacher
<06953>_;

all [is] vanity
<01892>_.

12:9

And moreover
<03148>_,

because the preacher
<06953>

was wise
<02450>_,

he still taught
<03925> (8765)

the people
<05971>

knowledge
<01847>_;

yea, he gave good heed
<0239> (8765)_,

and sought out
<02713> (8765)_,

[and] set in order
<08626> (8765)

many
<07235> (8687)

proverbs
<04912>_.

{moreover...: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc}

12:10

The preacher
<06953>

sought
<01245> (8765)

to find out
<04672> (8800)

acceptable
<02656>

words
<01697>_:

and [that which was] written
<03789> (8803)

[was] upright
<03476>_,

[even] words
<01697>

of truth
<0571>_.

{acceptable...: Heb. words of delight}

12:11

The words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>

[are] as goads
<01861>_,

and as nails
<04930>

fastened
<05193> (8803)

[by] the masters
<01167>

of assemblies
<0627>_,

[which] are given
<05414> (8738)

from one
<0259>

shepherd
<07462> (8802)_.

12:12

And further
<03148>_,

by these
<01992>_,

my son
<01121>_,

be admonished
<02094> (8734)_:

of making
<06213> (8800)

many
<07235> (8687)

books
<05612>

[there is] no end
<07093>_;

and much
<07235> (8687)

study
<03854>

[is] a weariness
<03024>

of the flesh
<01320>_.

{study: or, reading}

12:13

Let us hear
<08085> (8799)

the conclusion
<05490>

of the whole matter
<01697>_:

Fear
<03372> (8798)

God
<0430>_,

and keep
<08104> (8798)

his commandments
<04687>_:

for this [is] the whole [duty] of man
<0120>_.

{Let...: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is}

12:14

For God
<0430>

shall bring
<0935> (8686)

every work
<04639>

into judgment
<04941>_,

with every secret thing
<05956> (8737)_,

whether [it be] good
<02896>_,

or whether [it be] evil
<07451>_.