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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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Ecclesiastes 1

1. The words <1697> of the Preacher <6953>, the son <1121> of

David <1732>, king <4428> in Jerusalem <3389>.

2 Vanity <1892> of vanities <1892>, saith <0559> the Preacher

<6953>, vanity <1892> of vanities <1892>; all <3605> [is] vanity

<1892>.

3 What <4100> profit <3504> hath a man <0120> of all <3605> his

labour <5999> which he taketh <5998> under <8478> the sun <8121>?

4. [One] generation passeth <1980> away, and [another]

generation <1755> cometh <0935>: but the earth <0776> abideth

<5975> for ever <5769>.

5 The sun <8121> also ariseth <2224>, and the sun <8121> goeth

<0935> down, and hasteth <7602> to his place <4725> where <8033>

he arose <2224>.

6 The wind <7307> goeth <1980> toward <0413> the south <1864>,

and turneth <5437> about unto the north <6828>; it whirleth

<1980> about continually, and the wind <7307> returneth <7725>

again <7725> according <5921> to his circuits <5439>.

7 All <3605> the rivers <5158> run <1980> into <0413> the sea

<3220>; yet the sea <3220> [is] not full <4392>; unto the place

<4725> from whence the rivers <5158> come <1980>, thither <8033>

they return <7725> again <7725>.

8 All <3605> things <1697> [are] full of labour <3023>; man

<0376> cannot utter <1696> [it]: the eye <5869> is not satisfied

<7646> with seeing <7200>, nor <3808> the ear <0241> filled

<4390> with hearing <8085>.

9. The thing that hath been <1961>, it [is that] which shall be;

and that which is done <6466> [is] that which shall be done

<6466>: and [there is] no <0369> new <2319> [thing] under <8478>

the sun <8121>.

10 Is there [any] thing <1697> whereof it may be said <0559>,

See <7200>, this <2088> [is] new <2319>? it hath been <1961>

already <3528> of old <5769> time, which <0834> was before

<6440> us.

11 [There is] no <0369> remembrance <2146> of former <7223>

[things]; neither <3808> shall there be [any] remembrance <2146>

of [things] that are to come <0314> with [those] that shall come

<1961> after <0314>.

12. I the Preacher <6953> was king <4428> over <5921> Israel

<3478> in Jerusalem <3389>.

13 And I gave <5414> my heart <3820> to seek <1875> and search

<8446> out by wisdom <2451> concerning <5921> all <3605>

[things] that are done <6466> under <8478> heaven <8064>: this

<1931> sore <7451> travail <6045> hath God <0430> given <5414>

to the sons <1121> of man <0120> to be exercised <6031>

therewith.

14 I have seen <7200> all <3605> the works <4639> that are done

<6466> under <8478> the sun <8121>; and, behold <2009>, all

<3605> [is] vanity <1892> and vexation <7469> of spirit <7307>.

15 [That which is] crooked <5791> cannot be made straight

<8626>: and that which is wanting <2642> cannot be numbered

<4487>.

16 I communed <1696> with mine own heart <3820>, saying <0559>,

Lo <2009>, I am come to great <1431> estate, and have gotten

<3254> more wisdom <2451> than <5921> all <3605> [they] that

have been <1961> before <6440> me in Jerusalem <3389>: yea, my

heart <3820> had great <7235> experience <7200> of wisdom <2451>

and knowledge <1847>.

17 And I gave <5414> my heart <3820> to know <3045> wisdom

<2451>, and to know <3045> madness <1947> and folly <5531>: I

perceived <3045> that this <2088> also <1571> is vexation <7475>

of spirit <7307>.

18 For in much <7230> wisdom <2451> [is] much <7230> grief

<3708>: and he that increaseth <3254> knowledge <1847>

increaseth <3254> sorrow <4341>.

Ecclesiastes 2

1. I said <0559> in mine heart <3820>, Go <3212> to now <4994>,

I will prove <5254> thee with mirth <8057>, therefore enjoy

<7200> pleasure <2896>: and, behold <2009>, this <1931> also

<1571> [is] vanity <1892>.

2 I said <0559> of laughter <7814>, [It is] mad <1984>: and of

mirth <8057>, What <4100> doeth <6213> it?

3 I sought <8446> in mine heart <3820> to give <4900> myself

unto wine <3196>, yet acquainting <5090> mine heart <3820> with

wisdom <2451>; and to lay hold <0270> on folly <5531>, till

<5704> I might see <7200> what <0335> [was] that good <2896> for

the sons <1121> of men <0120>, which <0834> they should do

<6213> under <8478> the heaven <8064> all <4557> the days <3117>

of their life <2416>.

4 I made me great <1431> works <4639>; I builded <1129> me

houses <1004>; I planted <5193> me vineyards <3754>:

5 I made <6213> me gardens <1593> and orchards <6508>, and I

planted <5193> trees <6086> in them of all <3605> [kind of]

fruits <6529>:

6 I made <6213> me pools <1295> of water <4325>, to water

<8248> therewith the wood <3293> that bringeth <6779> forth

<6779> trees <6086>:

7 I got <7069> [me] servants <5650> and maidens <8198>, and had

<1961> servants born <1121> in my house <1004>; also <1571> I

had <1961> great <7235> possessions <4735> of great <1241> and

small cattle <4735> above all <3605> that were in Jerusalem

<3389> before <6440> me:

8 I gathered <3664> me also <1571> silver <3701> and gold

<2091>, and the peculiar <5459> treasure of kings <4428> and of

the provinces <4082>: I gat <6213> me men singers <7891> and

women singers <7891>, and the delights <8588> of the sons <1121>

of men <0120>, [as] musical <7705> instruments, and that of all

sorts.

9 So I was great <1431>, and increased <3254> more than all

<3605> that were before <6440> me in Jerusalem <3389>: also

<0637> my wisdom <2451> remained <5975> with me.

10 And whatsoever mine eyes <5869> desired <7592> I kept <0680>

not from them, I withheld <4513> not my heart <3820> from any

<3605> joy <8057>; for my heart <3820> rejoiced <8055> in all

<3605> my labour <5999>: and this <2088> was my portion <2506>

of all <3605> my labour <5999>.

11 Then I looked <6437> on all <3605> the works <4639> that my

hands <3027> had wrought <6213>, and on the labour <5999> that I

had laboured <5998> to do <6213>: and, behold <2009>, all <3605>

[was] vanity <1892> and vexation <7469> of spirit <7307>, and

[there was] no <0369> profit <3504> under <8478> the sun <8121>.

12. And I turned <6437> myself to behold <7200> wisdom <2451>,

and madness <1947>, and folly <5531>: for what <4100> [can] the

man <0120> [do] that cometh <0935> after <0310> the king <4428>?

[even <0853>] that which <0834> hath been already <3528> done

<6466>.

13 Then I saw <7200> that wisdom <2451> excelleth <3504> folly

<5531>, as far as light <0216> excelleth <3504> darkness <2822>.

14 The wise <2450> man's eyes <5869> [are] in his head <7218>;

but the fool <3684> walketh <1980> in darkness <2822>: and I

myself <0589> perceived <3045> also <1571> that one <0259> event

<4745> happeneth <7136> to them all <3605>.

15 Then said <0559> I in my heart <3820>, As it happeneth

<4745> to the fool <3684>, so it happeneth <7136> even <1571> to

me; and why <4100> was I then <0227> more <3148> wise <2449>?

Then I said <1696> in my heart <3820>, that this <2088> also

<1571> [is] vanity <1892>.

16 For [there is] no <0369> remembrance <2146> of the wise

<2450> more <5973> than <5973> of the fool <3684> for ever

<5769>; seeing that which now <3528> [is] in the days <3117> to

come <0935> shall all <3605> be forgotten <7911>. And how <0349>

dieth <4191> the wise <2450> [man]? as the fool <3684>.

17. Therefore I hated <8130> life <2416>; because <3588> the

work <4639> that is wrought <6213> under <8478> the sun <8121>

[is] grievous <7451> unto me: for all <3605> [is] vanity <1892>

and vexation <7469> of spirit <7307>.

18 Yea, I hated <8130> all <3605> my labour <5999> which I had

taken <6001> under <8478> the sun <8121>: because I should leave

<3241> it unto the man <0120> that shall be after <0310> me.

19 And who <4310> knoweth <3045> whether he shall be a wise

<2450> [man] or <0176> a fool <5530>? yet shall he have rule

<7980> over all <3605> my labour <5999> wherein I have laboured

<5998>, and wherein I have shewed myself wise <2449> under

<8478> the sun <8121>. This <2088> [is] also <1571> vanity

<1892>.

20 Therefore I went <5437> about <5437> to cause my heart

<3820> to despair <2976> of all <3605> the labour <5999> which I

took under <8478> the sun <8121>.

21 For there is a man <0120> whose labour <5999> [is] in wisdom

<2451>, and in knowledge <1847>, and in equity <3788>; yet to a

man <0120> that hath not laboured <5998> therein shall he leave

<5414> it [for] his portion <2506>. This <2088> also <1571> [is]

vanity <1892> and a great <7227> evil <7451>.

22 For what <4100> hath <1933> man <0120> of all <3605> his

labour <5999>, and of the vexation <7475> of his heart <3820>,

wherein he hath laboured <6001> under <8478> the sun <8121>?

23 For all <3605> his days <3117> [are] sorrows <4341>, and his

travail <6045> grief <3708>; yea <1571>, his heart <3820> taketh

not rest in the night <3915>. This is also <1571> vanity <1892>.

24 [There is] nothing <0369> better <2896> for a man <0120>,

[than] that he should eat <0398> and drink <8354>, and [that] he

should make his soul <5315> enjoy <7200> good <2896> in his

labour <5999>. This <2088> also <1571> I saw <7200>, that it

[was] from the hand <3027> of God <0430>.

25 For who <4310> can eat <0398>, or who <4310> else can hasten

<2363> [hereunto], more <2351> than I?

26 For [God] giveth <5414> to a man <0120> that [is] good

<2896> in his sight <6440> wisdom <2451>, and knowledge <1847>,

and joy <8057>: but to the sinner <2398> he giveth <5414>

travail <6045>, to gather <0622> and to heap <3664> up, that he

may give <5414> to [him that is] good <2896> before <6440> God

<0430>. This <2088> also <1571> [is] vanity <1892> and vexation

<7469> of spirit <7307>.

Ecclesiastes 3

1. To every <3605> [thing there is] a season <2165>, and a time

<6256> to every <3605> purpose <2656> under <8478> the heaven

<8064>:

2 A time <6256> to be born <3205>, and a time <6256> to die

<4191>; a time <6256> to plant <5193>, and a time <6256> to

pluck <6131> up [that which is] planted <5193>;

3 A time <6256> to kill <2026>, and a time <6256> to heal

<7495>; a time <6256> to break <6555> down, and a time <6256> to

build <1129> up;

4 A time <6256> to weep <1058>, and a time <6256> to laugh

<7832>; a time <6256> to mourn <5594>, and a time <6256> to

dance <7540>;

5 A time <6256> to cast <7993> away stones <68>, and a time

<6256> to gather <3664> stones <68> together; a time <6256> to

embrace <2263>, and a time <6256> to refrain <7368> from

embracing <2263>;

6 A time <6256> to get <1245>, and a time <6256> to lose <6>; a

time <6256> to keep <8104>, and a time <6256> to cast <7993>

away;

7 A time <6256> to rend <7167>, and a time <6256> to sew <8609>;

a time <6256> to keep silence <2814>, and a time <6256> to

speak <1696>;

8 A time <6256> to love <0157>, and a time <6256> to hate

<8130>; a time <6256> of war <4421>, and a time <6256> of peace

<7965>.

9 What <4100> profit <3504> hath he that worketh <6213> in that

wherein <0834> he laboureth <6001>?

10 I have seen <7200> the travail <6045>, which <0834> God

<0430> hath given <5414> to the sons <1121> of men <0120> to be

exercised <6031> in it.

11. He hath made <6213> every <3605> [thing] beautiful <3303>

in his time <6256>: also <1571> he hath set <5414> the world

<5769> in their heart <3820>, so that no <1097> man <0120> can

find <4672> out the work <4639> that God <0430> maketh <6213>

from the beginning <7218> to the end <5490>.

12 I know <3045> that [there is] no <0369> good <2896> in them,

but for [a man] to rejoice <8055>, and to do <6213> good <2896>

in his life <2416>.

13 And also <1571> that every <3605> man <0120> should eat

<0398> and drink <8354>, and enjoy <7200> the good <2896> of all

<3605> his labour <5999>, it [is] the gift <4991> of God <0430>.

14 I know <3045> that, whatsoever God <0430> doeth <6213>, it

shall be for ever <5769>: nothing <0369> can be put <3254> to it,

nor <0369> any thing taken <1639> from it: and God <0430> doeth

<6213> [it], that [men <0582>] should fear <3372> before <6440>

him.

15 That which hath been <1961> is now <3528>; and that which

<0834> is to be hath already <3528> been <1961>; and God <0430>

requireth <1245> that which is past <7291>.

16. And moreover <5750> I saw <7200> under <8478> the sun

<8121> the place <4725> of judgment <4941>, [that] wickedness

<7562> [was] there <8033>; and the place <4725> of righteousness

<6664>, [that] iniquity <7562> [was] there <8033>.

17 I said <0559> in mine heart <3820>, God <0430> shall judge

<8199> the righteous <6662> and the wicked <7563>: for [there

<8033> is] a time <6256> there <8033> for every <3605> purpose

<2656> and for every <3605> work <4639>.

18 I said <0559> in mine heart <3820> concerning <5921> the

estate <1700> of the sons <1121> of men <0120>, that God <0430>

might manifest <1305> them, and that they might see <7200> that

they themselves <1992> are beasts <0929>.

19 For that which befalleth <4745> the sons <1121> of men

<0120> befalleth <4745> beasts <0929>; even one <2088> thing

befalleth <4745> them: as the one <2088> dieth <4194>, so <3651>

dieth <4194> the other <2088>; yea, they have all <3605> one

<0259> breath <7307>; so that a man <0120> hath no <0369>

preeminence <4195> above <4480> a beast <0929>: for all <3605>

[is] vanity <1892>.

20 All <3605> go <1980> unto one <0259> place <4725>; all

<3605> are of the dust <6083>, and all <3605> turn <7725> to

dust <6083> again <7725>.

21 Who <4310> knoweth <3045> the spirit <7307> of man that

goeth <5927> upward <4605>, and the spirit <7307> of the beast

<0929> that goeth <3381> downward <4295> to the earth <0776>?

22 Wherefore <4100> I perceive <7200> that [there is] nothing

<0369> better <2896>, than that a man <0120> should rejoice

<8055> in his own works <4639>; for that [is] his portion <2506>:

for who <4310> shall bring <0935> him to see <7200> what <4100>

shall be after <0310> him?

Ecclesiastes 4

1. So I returned <7725>, and considered <7200> all <3605> the

oppressions <6217> that are done <6466> under <8478> the sun

<8121>: and behold <2009> the tears <1832> of [such as were]

oppressed <6231>, and they had no <0369> comforter <5162>; and

on the side <3027> of their oppressors <6231> [there was] power

<3581>; but they had no <0369> comforter.

2 Wherefore I praised <7623> the dead <4191> which are already

<3528> dead <4191> more <4480> than <4480> the living <2416>

which <0834> are yet <5728> alive <2416>.

3 Yea, better <2896> [is he] than both <8147> they, which

<0834> hath not yet <5728> been <1961>, who <0834> hath not seen

<7200> the evil <7451> work <4639> that is done <6466> under

<8478> the sun <8121>.

4. Again, I considered <7200> all <3605> travail <5999>, and

every <3605> right <3788> work <4639>, that for this <1931> a

man <0376> is envied <7068> of his neighbour <7453>. This <2088>

[is] also <1571> vanity <1892> and vexation <7469> of spirit

<7307>.

5 The fool <3684> foldeth <2263> his hands <3027> together, and

eateth <0398> his own flesh <1320>.

6 Better <2896> [is] an handful [with] quietness <5183>, than

both the hands <2651> full <4393> [with] travail <5999> and

vexation <7469> of spirit <7307>.

7. Then I returned <7725>, and I saw <7200> vanity <1892> under

<8478> the sun <8121>.

8 There is one <0259> [alone], and [there is] not a second

<8145>; yea <1571>, he hath neither child <1121> nor brother

<0251>: yet [is there] no <0369> end <7093> of all <3605> his

labour <5999>; neither <3808> is his eye <5869> satisfied <7646>

with riches <6239>; neither [saith he], For whom <4310> do I

labour <6001>, and bereave <2637> my soul <5315> of good <2896>?

This <2088> [is] also <1571> vanity <1892>, yea, it [is] a sore

<7451> travail <6045>.

9 Two <8147> [are] better <2896> than one <0259>; because

<0834> they have <3426> a good <2896> reward <7999> for their

labour <5999>.

10 For if <0518> they fall <5307>, the one <0259> will lift

<6965> up his fellow <2270>: but woe <0337> to him [that is]

alone <0259> when he falleth <5307>; for [he hath] not another

<8145> to help <6965> him up.

11 Again <1571>, if two <8147> lie <7901> together, then they

have heat <2552>: but how <0349> can one <0259> be warm <3179>

[alone]?

12 And if one <0259> prevail <8630> against him, two <8147>

shall withstand <5975> him; and a threefold <8027> cord <2339>

is not quickly <4120> broken <5423>.

13. Better <2896> [is] a poor <4542> and a wise <2450> child

<3206> than an old <2205> and foolish <3684> king <4428>, who

<0834> will <3045> no <3808> more <5750> be admonished <2094>.

14 For out of prison he cometh <3318> to reign <4427>; whereas

<3588> also <1571> [he that is] born <3205> in his kingdom

<4438> becometh poor <7326>.

15 I considered <7200> all <3605> the living <2416> which walk

<1980> under <8478> the sun <8121>, with the second <8145> child

<3206> that shall stand <5975> up in his stead <8478>.

16 [There is] no <0369> end <7093> of all <3605> the people

<5971>, [even] of all <3605> that have been <1961> before <6440>

them: they also <1571> that come <0314> after <0314> shall not

rejoice <8055> in him. Surely <3588> this <2088> also <1571>

[is] vanity <1892> and vexation <7475> of spirit <7307>.

Ecclesiastes 5

1. Keep <8104> thy foot <7272> when <0834> thou goest <3212> to

the house <1004> of God <0430>, and be more <7138> ready <7138>

to hear <8085>, than to give <5414> the sacrifice <2077> of

fools <3684>: for they consider <3045> not that they do <6213>

evil <7451>.

2 Be not rash <0926> with thy mouth <6310>, and let not thine

heart <3820> be hasty <4116> to utter <3318> [any] thing <1697>

before <6440> God <0430>: for God <0430> [is] in heaven <8064>,

and thou upon earth <0776>: therefore let thy words <1697> be

few <4592>.

3 For a dream <2472> cometh <0935> through the multitude <7230>

of business <6045>; and a fool's <3684> voice <6963> [is known]

by multitude <7230> of words <1697>.

4. When <0834> thou vowest <5087> a vow <5088> unto God <0430>,

defer <0309> not to pay <7999> it; for [he hath] no <0369>

pleasure <2656> in fools <3684>: pay <7999> that which <0834>

thou hast vowed <5087>.

5 Better <2896> [is it] that thou shouldest not vow <5087>,

than that thou shouldest vow <5087> and not pay <7999>.

6 Suffer <5414> not thy mouth <6310> to cause thy flesh <1320>

to sin <2398>; neither <0408> say <0559> thou before <6440> the

angel <4397>, that it [was] an error <7684>: wherefore <4100>

should God <0430> be angry <7107> at <5921> thy voice <6963>,

and destroy <2254> the work <4639> of thine hands <3027>?

7 For in the multitude <7230> of dreams <2472> and many <7230>

words <1697> [there are] also [divers] vanities <1892>: but fear

<3372> thou God <0430>.

8 If <0518> thou seest <7200> the oppression <6233> of the poor

<7326>, and violent <1499> perverting of judgment <4941> and

justice <6664> in a province <4082>, marvel <8539> not at <5921>

the matter <2659>: for [he that is] higher <1364> than <5921>

the highest <1364> regardeth <8104>; and [there be] higher

<1364> than <5921> they.

9. Moreover the profit <3504> of the earth <0776> is for all

<3605>: the king <4428> [himself] is served <5647> by the field

<7704>.

10 He that loveth <0157> silver <3701> shall not be satisfied

<7646> with silver <3701>; nor he that loveth <0157> abundance

<1995> with increase <8393>: this <2088> [is] also <1571> vanity

<1892>.

11 When goods <2896> increase <7235>, they are increased <7231>

that eat <0398> them: and what <4100> good <3788> [is there] to

the owners <1167> thereof, saving <0518> the beholding <7200>

[of them] with their eyes <5869>?

12 The sleep <8142> of a labouring <5647> man [is] sweet <4966>,

whether <0518> he eat <0398> little <4592> or much <7235>: but

the abundance <7647> of the rich <6223> will not suffer <3240>

him to sleep <3462>.

13 There is a sore <2470> evil <7451> [which] I have seen

<7200> under <8478> the sun <8121>, [namely], riches <6239> kept

<8104> for the owners <1167> thereof to their hurt <7451>.

14 But those <1931> riches <6239> perish <6> by evil <7451>

travail <6045>: and he begetteth <3205> a son <1121>, and [there

is] nothing in his hand <3027>.

15 As he came <3318> forth <3318> of his mother's <0517> womb

<0990>, naked <6174> shall he return <7725> to go <3212> as he

came <0935>, and shall take <5375> nothing of his labour <5999>,

which he may carry <3212> away in his hand <3027>.

16 And this <2090> also <1571> [is] a sore <2470> evil <7451>,

[that] in all <3605> points <5980> as he came <0935>, so <3651>

shall he go <3212>: and what <4100> profit <3504> hath he that

hath laboured <5998> for the wind <7307>?

17 All <3605> his days <3117> also <1571> he eateth <0398> in

darkness <2822>, and [he hath] much <7235> sorrow <3708> and

wrath <7110> with his sickness <2483>.

18. Behold <2009> [that] which <0834> I have seen <7200>: [it

is] good <2896> and comely <3303> [for one] to eat <0398> and to

drink <8354>, and to enjoy <7200> the good <2896> of all <3605>

his labour <5999> that he taketh <5998> under <8478> the sun

<8121> all <4557> the days <3117> of his life <2416>, which

<0834> God <0430> giveth <5414> him: for it [is] his portion

<2506>.

19 Every <3605> man <0120> also <1571> to whom <0834> God

<0430> hath given <5414> riches <6239> and wealth <5233>, and

hath given him power <7980> to eat <0398> thereof, and to take

<5375> his portion <2506>, and to rejoice <8055> in his labour

<5999>; this <2090> [is] the gift <4991> of God <0430>.

20 For he shall not much <7235> remember <2142> the days <3117>

of his life <2416>; because <3588> God <0430> answereth <6030>

[him] in the joy <8057> of his heart <3820>.

Ecclesiastes 6

1. There is an evil <7451> which <0834> I have seen <7200>

under <8478> the sun <8121>, and it [is] common <7227> among

<5921> men <0120>:

2 A man <0376> to whom <0834> God <0430> hath given <5414>

riches <6239>, wealth <5233>, and honour <3519>, so that he

wanteth <2638> nothing <0369> for his soul <5315> of all <3605>

that he desireth <0183>, yet God <0430> giveth him not power

<7980> to eat <0398> thereof, but a stranger eateth <0398> it:

this <2088> [is] vanity <1892>, and it [is] an evil <7451>

disease <2483>.

3 If <0518> a man <0376> beget <3205> an hundred <3967>

[children], and live <2421> many <7227> years <8141>, so that

the days <3117> of his years <8141> be many <7227>, and his soul

<5315> be not filled <7646> with good <2896>, and also <1571>

[that] he have <1961> no <3808> burial <6900>; I say <0559>,

[that] an untimely <5309> birth <5309> [is] better <2896> than

he.

4 For he cometh <0935> in with vanity <1892>, and departeth

<3212> in darkness <2822>, and his name <8034> shall be covered

<3680> with darkness <2822>.

5 Moreover <1571> he hath not seen <7200> the sun <8121>, nor

<3808> known <3045> [any thing]: this <2088> hath more rest

<5183> than the other <2088>.

6 Yea <0432>, though he live <2421> a thousand <0505> years

<8141> twice <6471> [told], yet hath he seen <7200> no <3808>

good <2896>: do not all <3605> go <1980> to one <0259> place

<4725>?

7. All <3605> the labour <5999> of man <0120> [is] for his

mouth <6310>, and yet <1571> the appetite <5315> is not filled

<4390>.

8 For what <4100> hath the wise <2450> more <3148> than <4480>

the fool <3684>? what <4100> hath the poor <6041>, that knoweth

<3045> to walk <1980> before <5048> the living <2416>?

9 Better <2896> [is] the sight <4758> of the eyes <5869> than

the wandering <1981> of the desire <5315>: this <2088> [is] also

<1571> vanity <1892> and vexation <7469> of spirit <7307>.

10 That which <0834> hath been <1961> is named already <3528>,

and it is known <3045> that it [is] man <0120>: neither <3808>

may <3201> he contend <1777> with him that is mightier <8623>

than he.

11. Seeing <3588> there be many <7235> things <1697> that

increase <7235> vanity <1892>, what <4100> [is] man <0120> the

better <3148>?

12 For who <4310> knoweth <3045> what <4100> [is] good <2896>

for man <0120> in [this] life <2416>, all <4557> the days <3117>

of his vain <1892> life <2416> which he spendeth <6213> as a

shadow <6738>? for who <4310> can tell <5046> a man <0120> what

<4100> shall be after <0310> him under <8478> the sun <8121>?

Ecclesiastes 7

1. A good name <8034> [is] better <2896> than precious <2896>

ointment <8081>; and the day <3117> of death <4194> than the day

<3117> of one's birth <3205>.

2 [It is] better <2896> to go <3212> to the house <1004> of

mourning <60>, than to go <3212> to the house <1004> of feasting

<4960>: for that [is] the end <5490> of all <3605> men <0120>;

and the living <2416> will lay <5414> [it] to his heart <3820>.

3 Sorrow <3708> [is] better <2896> than laughter <7814>: for by

the sadness <7455> of the countenance <6440> the heart <3820> is

made better <3190>.

4 The heart <3820> of the wise <2450> [is] in the house <1004>

of mourning <60>; but the heart <3820> of fools <3684> [is] in

the house <1004> of mirth <8057>.

5 [It is] better <2896> to hear <8085> the rebuke <1606> of the

wise <2450>, than for a man <0376> to hear <8085> the song

<7892> of fools <3684>.

6 For as the crackling <6963> of thorns <5518> under <8478> a

pot <5518>, so <3651> [is] the laughter <7814> of the fool

<3684>: this <2088> also <1571> [is] vanity <1892>.

7. Surely <3588> oppression <6233> maketh a wise <2450> man mad

<1984>; and a gift <4979> destroyeth <6> the heart <3820>.

8 Better <2896> [is] the end <0319> of a thing <1697> than the

beginning <7225> thereof: [and] the patient <0750> in spirit

<7307> [is] better <2896> than the proud <1362> in spirit <7307>.

9 Be not hasty <0926> in thy spirit <7307> to be angry <3707>:

for anger <3708> resteth <5117> in the bosom <2436> of fools

<3684>.

10 Say <0559> not thou, What <4100> is [the cause <1961>] that

the former <7223> days <3117> were better <2896> than these

<0428>? for thou dost not enquire <7592> wisely <2451>

concerning <5921> this <2088>.

11. Wisdom <2451> [is] good <2896> with an inheritance <5159>:

and [by it there is] profit <3148> to them that see <7200> the

sun <8121>.

12 For wisdom <2451> [is] a defence <6738>, [and] money <3701>

[is] a defence <6738>: but the excellency <3504> of knowledge

<1847> [is, that] wisdom <2451> giveth life <2421> to them that

have <1167> it.

13 Consider <7200> the work <4639> of God <0430>: for who

<4310> can <3201> make [that] straight <8626>, which <0834> he

hath made crooked <5791>?

14 In the day <3117> of prosperity <2896> be joyful <2896>, but

in the day <3117> of adversity <7451> consider <7200>: God

<0430> also <1571> hath set <6213> the one <2088> over <5980>

against <5980> the other <2088>, to the end <1700> that man

<0120> should find <4672> nothing after <0310> him.

15 All <3605> [things] have I seen <7200> in the days <3117> of

my vanity <1892>: there is a just <6662> [man] that perisheth

<6> in his righteousness <6664>, and there is a wicked <7563>

[man] that prolongeth <0748> [his life] in his wickedness <7451>.

16 Be not righteous <6662> over <7235> much <7235>; neither

<0408> make thyself over <3148> wise <2449>: why <4100>

shouldest thou destroy <8074> thyself?

17 Be not over <7235> much <7235> wicked <7561>, neither <0408>

be thou foolish <5530>: why <4100> shouldest thou die <4191>

before <3808> thy time <6256>?

18 [It is] good <2896> that thou shouldest take <0270> hold

<0270> of this <2088>; yea <1571>, also <1571> from this <2088>

withdraw <3240> not thine hand <3027>: for he that feareth

<3373> God <0430> shall come <3318> forth <3318> of them all

<3605>.

19 Wisdom <2451> strengtheneth <5810> the wise <2450> more than

ten <6235> mighty <7989> [men] which <0834> are in the city

<5892>.

20 For [there is] not a just <6662> man <0120> upon earth

<0776>, that doeth <6213> good <2896>, and sinneth <2398> not.

21 Also <1571> take <5414> no <0808> heed <3820> unto all

<3605> words <1697> that are spoken <1696>; lest thou hear

<8085> thy servant <5650> curse <7043> thee:

22 For oftentimes also <1571> thine own heart <3820> knoweth

<3045> that thou thyself <0859> likewise <1571> hast cursed

<7043> others <0312>.

23. All <3605> this <2090> have I proved <5254> by wisdom

<2451>: I said <0559>, I will be wise <2449>; but it [was] far

<7350> from me.

24 That which <4100> is far <7350> off, and exceeding deep

<6013>, who <4310> can find <4672> it out?

25 I applied <5437> mine heart <3820> to know <3045>, and to

search <8446>, and to seek <1245> out wisdom <2451>, and the

reason <2808> [of things], and to know <3045> the wickedness

<7562> of folly <3689>, even of foolishness <5531> [and] madness

<1947>:

26 And I find <4672> more bitter <4751> than death <4194> the

woman <0802>, whose heart <3820> [is] snares <4685> and nets

<2764>, [and] her hands <3027> [as] bands <0612>: whoso pleaseth

God <0430> shall escape <4422> from her; but the sinner <2398>

shall be taken <3920> by her.

27 Behold <7200>, this <2088> have I found <4672>, saith <0559>

the preacher <6953>, [counting] one <0259> by one <0259>, to

find <4672> out the account <2808>:

28 Which <0834> yet <5750> my soul <5315> seeketh <1245>, but I

find <4672> not: one <0259> man <0120> among a thousand <0505>

have I found <4672>; but a woman <0802> among all <3605> those

<0428> have I not found <4672>.

29 Lo <7200>, this <2088> only <0905> have I found <4672>, that

God <0430> hath made <6213> man <0120> upright <3477>; but they

have sought <1245> out many <7227> inventions <2810>.

Ecclesiastes 8

1. Who <4310> [is] as the wise <2450> [man <0376>]? and who

<4310> knoweth <3045> the interpretation <6592> of a thing

<1697>? a man's <0120> wisdom <2451> maketh his face <6440> to

shine <0215>, and the boldness <5797> of his face <6440> shall

be changed <8132>.

2 I [counsel thee] to keep <8104> the king's <4428> commandment

<6310>, and [that] in regard of the oath <7621> of God <0430>.

3 Be not hasty <0926> to go <3212> out of his sight <6440>:

stand <5975> not in an evil <7451> thing <1697>; for he doeth

<6213> whatsoever pleaseth <2654> him.

4 Where <0834> the word <1697> of a king <4428> [is, there is]

power <7983>: and who <4310> may say <0559> unto him, What

<4100> doest <6213> thou?

5 Whoso keepeth <8104> the commandment <4687> shall feel <3045>

no <3808> evil <7451> thing <1697>: and a wise <2450> man's

heart <3820> discerneth <3045> both time <6256> and judgment

<4941>.

6. Because <3588> to every <3605> purpose <2656> there is time

<6256> and judgment <4941>, therefore the misery <7451> of man

<0120> [is] great <7227> upon him.

7 For he knoweth <3045> not that which <4100> shall be: for who

can tell <5046> him when it shall be?

8 [There is] no <0369> man <0120> that hath power <7989> over

the spirit <7307> to retain <3607> the spirit <7307>; neither

<0369> [hath he] power <7983> in the day <3117> of death <4194>:

and [there is] no <0369> discharge <4917> in [that] war <4421>;

neither <3808> shall wickedness <7562> deliver <4422> those that

are given <1167> to it.

9. All <3605> this <2088> have I seen <7200>, and applied

<5414> my heart <3820> unto every <3605> work <4639> that is

done <6466> under <8478> the sun <8121>: [there is] a time

<6256> wherein <0834> one man <0120> ruleth <7980> over another

to his own hurt <7451>.

10 And so <3651> I saw <7200> the wicked <7563> buried <6912>,

who had come <0935> and gone <1980> from the place <4725> of the

holy <6918>, and they were forgotten <7911> in the city <5892>

where <0834> they had so <3651> done <6466>: this <2088> [is]

also <1571> vanity <1892>.

11 Because <0834> sentence <6599> against an evil <7451> work

<4639> is not executed <6213> speedily <4120>, therefore the

heart <3820> of the sons <1121> of men <0120> is fully <4390>

set in them to do <6213> evil <7451>.

12 Though a sinner <2398> do <6213> evil <7451> an hundred

<3967> times, and his [days] be prolonged <0748>, yet <3588>

surely <3588> I know <3045> that it shall be well <2896> with

them that fear <3373> God <0430>, which <0834> fear <3372>

before <6440> him:

13 But it shall not be well <2896> with the wicked <7563>,

neither <3808> shall he prolong <0748> [his] days <3117>, [which

are] as a shadow <6738>; because <0834> he feareth <3373> not

before <6440> God <0430>.

14. There is a vanity <1892> which <0834> is done <6466> upon

the earth <0776>; that there be just <6662> [men], unto whom it

happeneth <5060> according to the work <4639> of the wicked

<7563>; again, there be wicked <7563> [men], to whom <0413> it

happeneth <5060> according to the work <4639> of the righteous

<6662>: I said <0559> that this <2088> also <1571> [is] vanity

<1892>.

15 Then I commended <7623> mirth <8057>, because <0834> a man

<0120> hath no <0369> better <2896> thing under <8478> the sun

<8121>, than to eat <0398>, and to drink <8354>, and to be merry

<8055>: for that shall abide <3867> with him of his labour

<5999> the days <3117> of his life <2416>, which <0834> God

<0430> giveth <5414> him under <8478> the sun <8121>.

16 When <0834> I applied <5414> mine heart <3820> to know

<3045> wisdom <2451>, and to see <7200> the business <6045> that

is done <6466> upon the earth <0776>: (for also <1571> [there is

that] neither day <3117> nor night <3915> seeth <7200> sleep

<8142> with his eyes <5869>:)

17 Then I beheld <7200> all <3605> the work <4639> of God

<0430>, that a man <0120> cannot find <4672> out the work <4639>

that is done <6466> under <8478> the sun <8121>: because <0834>

though <0834> a man <0120> labour <5998> to seek <1245> [it] out,

yet he shall not find <4672> [it]; yea <1571> further <3254>;

though <0518> a wise <2450> [man] think <0559> to know <3045>

[it], yet shall he not be able <3201> to find <4672> [it].

Ecclesiastes 9

1. For all <3605> this <2088> I considered <5414> in my heart

<3820> even to declare <0952> all <3605> this <2088>, that the

righteous <6662>, and the wise <2450>, and their works <5652>,

[are] in the hand <3027> of God <0430>: no <0369> man <0120>

knoweth <3045> either <1571> love <0160> or hatred <8135> [by]

all <3605> [that is] before <6440> them.

2 All <3605> [things come] alike <0834> to all <3605>: [there

is] one <0259> event <4745> to the righteous <6662>, and to the

wicked <7563>; to the good <2896> and to the clean <2889>, and

to the unclean <2931>; to him that sacrificeth <2076>, and to

him that sacrificeth <2076> not: as [is] the good <2896>, so

[is] the sinner <2398>; [and] he that sweareth <7650>, as [he]

that feareth <3373> an oath <7621>.

3 This <2088> [is] an evil <7451> among all <3605> [things]

that are done <6466> under <8478> the sun <8121>, that [there

is] one <0259> event <4745> unto all <3605>: yea <1571>, also

<1571> the heart <3820> of the sons <1121> of men <0120> is full

<4390> of evil <7451>, and madness <1947> [is] in their heart

<3824> while they live <2416>, and after <0310> that [they go]

to the dead <4191>.

4. For to him that is joined <0977> to all <3605> the living

<2416> there is hope <0986>: for a living <2416> dog <3611> is

better <2896> than <4480> a dead <4191> lion <0738>.

5 For the living <2416> know <3045> that they shall die <4191>:

but the dead <4191> know <3045> not any <3972> thing, neither

<0369> have they any more <5750> a reward <7999>; for the memory

<2143> of them is forgotten <7911>.

6 Also <1571> their love <0160>, and their hatred <8135>, and

their envy <7068>, is now <3528> perished <6>; neither <0369>

have they any more <5750> a portion <2506> for ever <5769> in

any <3605> [thing] that is done <6466> under <8478> the sun

<8121>.

7 Go <3212> thy way, eat <0398> thy bread <3899> with joy

<8057>, and drink <8354> thy wine <3196> with a merry <2896>

heart <3820>; for God <0430> now <3528> accepteth <7521> thy

works <4639>.

8 Let thy garments <0899> be always white <3836>; and let thy

head <7218> lack <2637> no <0408> ointment <8081>.

9 Live <2416> joyfully <2416> with the wife <0802> whom <0834>

thou lovest <0157> all <3605> the days <3117> of the life <2416>

of thy vanity <1892>, which <0834> he hath given <5414> thee

under <8478> the sun <8121>, all <3605> the days <3117> of thy

vanity <1892>: for that [is] thy portion <2506> in [this] life

<2416>, and in thy labour <5999> which thou takest <6001> under

<8478> the sun <8121>.

10 Whatsoever thy hand <3027> findeth <4672> to do <6213>, do

<6213> [it] with thy might <3581>; for [there is] no <0369> work

<4639>, nor device <2808>, nor knowledge <1847>, nor wisdom

<2451>, in the grave <7585>, whither thou goest <1980>.

11. I returned <7725>, and saw <7200> under <8478> the sun

<8121>, that the race <4793> [is] not to the swift <7031>, nor

<3808> the battle <4421> to the strong <1368>, neither <3808>

yet <1571> bread <3899> to the wise <2450>, nor <3808> yet

<1571> riches <6239> to men of understanding <0995>, nor <3808>

yet <1571> favour <2580> to men of skill <3045>; but time <6256>

and chance <6294> happeneth <7136> to them all <3605>.

12 For man <0120> also <1571> knoweth <3045> not his time

<6256>: as the fishes <1709> that are taken <0270> in an evil

<7451> net <4686>, and as the birds <6833> that are caught

<0270> in the snare <6341>; so <1992> [are] the sons <1121> of

men <0120> snared <3369> in an evil <7451> time <6256>, when it

falleth <5307> suddenly <6597> upon them.

13. This <2090> wisdom <2451> have I seen <7200> also <1571>

under <8478> the sun <8121>, and it [seemed] great <1419> unto

me:

14 [There was] a little <6996> city <5892>, and few <4592> men

<0582> within it; and there came <0935> a great <1419> king

<4428> against <0413> it, and besieged <5437> it, and built

<1129> great <1419> bulwarks <4685> against <5921> it:

15 Now there was found <4672> in it a poor <4542> wise <2450>

man <0376>, and he by his wisdom <2451> delivered <4422> the

city <5892>; yet no <3808> man <0376> remembered <2142> that

same <1931> poor <4542> man <0376>.

16 Then said <0559> I, Wisdom <2451> [is] better <2896> than

strength <1369>: nevertheless the poor <4542> man's wisdom

<2451> [is] despised <0959>, and his words <1697> are not heard

<8085>.

17 The words <1697> of wise <2450> [men are] heard <8085> in

quiet <5183> more than the cry <2201> of him that ruleth <4910>

among fools <3684>.

18 Wisdom <2451> [is] better <2896> than weapons <3627> of war

<7128>: but one <0259> sinner <2398> destroyeth <6> much <7235>

good <2896>.

Ecclesiastes 10

1. Dead <4194> flies <2070> cause the ointment <8081> of the

apothecary <7543> to send <5042> forth a stinking <0887> savour

<7381>: [so doth] a little <4592> folly <5531> him that is in

reputation <3368> for wisdom <2451> [and] honour <3519>.

2 A wise <2450> man's heart <3820> [is] at his right <3225>

hand <3225>; but a fool's <3684> heart <3820> at his left <8040>.

3 Yea <1571> also <1571>, when he that is a fool <5530> walketh

<1980> by the way <1870>, his wisdom <3820> faileth <2638> [him],

and he saith <0559> to every <3605> one [that] he [is] a fool

<5530>.

4. If the spirit <7307> of the ruler <4910> rise <5927> up

against <5921> thee, leave <3241> not thy place <4725>; for

yielding <4832> pacifieth <3240> great <1419> offences <2399>.

5 There is an evil <7451> [which] I have seen <7200> under

<8478> the sun <8121>, as an error <7684> [which] proceedeth

<3318> from the ruler <7989>:

6 Folly <5529> is set <5414> in great <7227> dignity <4791>,

and the rich <6223> sit <3427> in low <8216> place.

7 I have seen <7200> servants <5650> upon horses <5483>, and

princes <8269> walking <1980> as servants <5650> upon the earth

<0776>.

8 He that diggeth <2658> a pit <1475> shall fall <5307> into it;

and whoso breaketh <6555> an hedge <1447>, a serpent <5175>

shall bite <5391> him.

9 Whoso removeth <5265> stones <68> shall be hurt <6087>

therewith; [and] he that cleaveth <1234> wood <6086> shall be

endangered <5533> thereby.

10 If <0518> the iron <1270> be blunt <6949>, and he do not

whet <7043> the edge <6440>, then must he put <1396> to more

strength <2428>: but wisdom <2451> [is] profitable <3504> to

direct <3787>.

11 Surely <0518> the serpent <5175> will bite <5391> without

<3808> enchantment <3908>; and a babbler is no <0369> better

<3504>.

12. The words <1697> of a wise <2450> man's mouth <6310> [are]

gracious <2580>; but the lips <8193> of a fool <3684> will

swallow <1104> up himself.

13 The beginning <8462> of the words <1697> of his mouth <6310>

[is] foolishness <5531>: and the end <0319> of his talk <6310>

[is] mischievous <7451> madness <1948>.

14 A fool <5536> also is full <7235> of words <1697>: a man

<0120> cannot tell <5046> what <4100> shall be; and what <4100>

shall be after <0310> him, who <4310> can tell <5046> him?

15 The labour <5999> of the foolish <3684> wearieth <3021>

every one of them, because <0834> he knoweth <3045> not how

<0834> to go <3212> to the city <5892>.

16. Woe <0337> to thee, O land <0776>, when thy king <4428>

[is] a child <5288>, and thy princes <8269> eat <0398> in the

morning <1242>!

17 Blessed <0835> [art] thou, O land <0776>, when thy king

<4428> [is] the son <1121> of nobles <2715>, and thy princes

<8269> eat <0398> in due season <6256>, for strength <1369>, and

not for drunkenness <8358>!

18 By much slothfulness <6103> the building <4746> decayeth

<4355>; and through idleness <8220> of the hands <3027> the

house <1004> droppeth <1811> through <1811>.

19 A feast <3899> is made <6213> for laughter <7814>, and wine

<3196> maketh merry <8055>: but money <3701> answereth <6030>

all <3605> [things].

20 Curse <7043> not the king <4428>, no <0408> not in thy

thought <4093>; and curse <7043> not the rich <6223> in thy

bedchamber: for a bird <5775> of the air <8064> shall carry

<3212> the voice <6963>, and that which hath <1167> wings <3671>

shall tell <5046> the matter <1697>.

Ecclesiastes 11

1. Cast <7971> thy bread <3899> upon the waters <4325>: for

thou shalt find <4672> it after many <7230> days <3117>.

2 Give <5414> a portion <2506> to seven <7651>, and also <1571>

to eight <8083>; for thou knowest <3045> not what <4100> evil

<7451> shall be upon the earth <0776>.

3 If <0518> the clouds <5645> be full <4390> of rain <1653>,

they empty <7324> [themselves] upon the earth <0776>: and if the

tree <6086> fall <5307> toward the south <1864>, or toward the

north <6828>, in the place <4725> where the tree <6086> falleth

<5307>, there <8033> it shall be.

4 He that observeth <8104> the wind <7307> shall not sow <2232>;

and he that regardeth <7200> the clouds <5645> shall not reap

<7114>.

5 As thou knowest <3045> not what <4100> [is] the way <1870> of

the spirit <7307>, [nor] how the bones <6106> [do grow] in the

womb <0990> of her that is with child <4392>: even <3602> so

thou knowest <3045> not the works <4639> of God <0430> who

<0834> maketh <6213> all <3605>.

6 In the morning <1242> sow <2232> thy seed <2233>, and in the

evening <6153> withhold <3240> not thine hand <3027>: for thou

knowest <3045> not whether <0335> shall prosper <3787>, either

this <2088> or <0176> that, or whether <0518> they both <8147>

[shall be] alike <0259> good <2896>.

7. Truly the light <0216> [is] sweet <4966>, and a pleasant

<2896> [thing it is] for the eyes <5869> to behold <7200> the

sun <8121>:

8 But if a man <0120> live <2421> many <7235> years <8141>,

[and] rejoice <8055> in them all <3605>; yet let him remember

<2142> the days <3117> of darkness <2822>; for they shall be

many <7235>. All <3605> that cometh <0935> [is] vanity <1892>.

9 Rejoice <8055>, O young <0970> man, in thy youth <3208>; and

let thy heart <3820> cheer <3190> thee in the days <3117> of thy

youth <0979>, and walk <1980> in the ways <1870> of thine heart

<3820>, and in the sight <4758> of thine eyes <5869>: but know

<3045> thou, that for all <3605> these <0428> [things] God

<0430> will bring <0935> thee into judgment <4941>.

10 Therefore remove <5493> sorrow <3708> from thy heart <3820>,

and put <5674> away <5493> evil <7451> from thy flesh <1320>:

for childhood <3208> and youth <7839> [are] vanity <1892>.

Ecclesiastes 12

1. Remember <2142> now thy Creator <1254> in the days <3117> of

thy youth <0979>, while <5704> the evil <7451> days <3117> come

<0935> not, nor the years <8141> draw nigh <5060>, when <0834>

thou shalt say <0559>, I have no <0369> pleasure <2656> in them;

2 While <5704> the sun <8121>, or the light <0216>, or the moon

<3394>, or the stars <3556>, be not darkened <2821>, nor the

clouds <5645> return <7725> after <0310> the rain <1653>:

3 In the day <3117> when the keepers <8104> of the house <1004>

shall tremble <2111>, and the strong <2428> men <0582> shall bow

<5791> themselves, and the grinders <2912> cease <0988> because

<3588> they are few <4592>, and those that look <7200> out of

the windows <0699> be darkened <2821>,

4 And the doors <1817> shall be shut <5462> in the streets

<7784>, when the sound <6963> of the grinding <2913> is low

<8217>, and he shall rise <6965> up at the voice <6963> of the

bird <6833>, and all <3605> the daughters <1121> of musick

<7892> shall be brought <7817> low <7817>;

5 Also <1571> [when] they shall be afraid <3372> of [that which

is] high <1364>, and fears <2849> [shall be] in the way <1870>,

and the almond <8247> tree shall flourish <5006>, and the

grasshopper <2284> shall be a burden <5445>, and desire <35>

shall fail <6565>: because <3588> man <0120> goeth <1980> to his

long <5769> home <1004>, and the mourners <5594> go <5437> about

<5437> the streets <7784>:

6 Or <5704> ever the silver <3701> cord <2256> be loosed <7368>,

or the golden <2091> bowl <1543> be broken <7533>, or the

pitcher <3537> be broken <7665> at <5921> the fountain <4002>,

or the wheel <1534> broken <7533> at <0413> the cistern <0953>.

7 Then shall the dust <6083> return <7725> to the earth <0776>

as it was: and the spirit <7307> shall return <7725> unto God

<0430> who <0834> gave <5414> it.

8. Vanity <1892> of vanities <1892>, saith <0559> the preacher

<6953>; all <3605> [is] vanity <1892>.

9 And moreover <3148>, because the preacher <6953> was wise

<2450>, he still <5750> taught <3925> the people <5971>

knowledge <1847>; yea, he gave good heed <0238>, and sought

<2713> out, [and] set in order <8626> many <7235> proverbs

<4912>.

10 The preacher <6953> sought <1245> to find <4672> out

acceptable <2656> words <1697>: and [that which was] written

<3789> [was] upright <3476>, [even] words <1697> of truth <0571>.

11 The words <1697> of the wise <2450> [are] as goads <1861>,

and as nails <4930> fastened <5193> [by] the masters <1167> of

assemblies <0627>, [which] are given <5414> from one <0259>

shepherd <7462>.

12 And further <3148>, by these <1992>, my son <1121>, be

admonished <2094>: of making <6213> many <7235> books <5612>

[there is] no <0369> end <7093>; and much <7235> study <3854>

[is] a weariness <3024> of the flesh <1320>.

13. Let us hear <8085> the conclusion <5490> of the whole

<3605> matter <1697>: Fear <3372> God <0430>, and keep <8104>

his commandments <4687>: for this <2088> [is] the whole <3605>

[duty] of man <0120>.

14 For God <0430> shall bring <0935> every <3605> work <4639>

into judgment <4941>, with every <3605> secret <5956> thing,

whether <0518> [it be] good <2896>, or whether <0518> [it be]

evil <7451>.