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Ecclesiastes 7:11-29

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}
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}
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)_?
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
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the one over against
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the other, to the end
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that man
<0120>
should find
<04672> (8799)
nothing
<03972>
after
<0310>
him. {set: Heb. made}
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>_.
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?}
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?}
[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.
Wisdom
<02451>
strengtheneth
<05810> (8799)
the wise
<02450>
more than ten
<06235>
mighty
<07989>
[men] which are in the city
<05892>_.
For [there is] not a just
<06662>
man
<0120>
upon earth
<0776>_,
that doeth
<06213> (8799)
good
<02896>_,
and sinneth
<02398> (8799)
not.
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}
For oftentimes
<06471> <07227>
also thine own heart
<03820>
knoweth
<03045> (8804)
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
<07043> (8765)
others
<0312>_.
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.
That which is far off
<07350>_,
and exceeding deep
<06013>_,
who can find it out
<04672> (8799)_?
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}
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}
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}
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)_.
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>_.


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