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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 <01697> of the Preacher <06953>, the son <01121> of David <01732>, king <04428> in Jerusalem <03389>.

2 Vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>, saith <0559> the Preacher <06953>, vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>; all <03605> [is] vanity <01892>.

3 What <04100> profit <03504> hath a man <0120> of all <03605> his labour <05999> which he taketh <05998> under <08478> the sun <08121>?

4. [One] generation passeth <01980> away, and [another] generation <01755> cometh <0935>: but the earth <0776> abideth <05975> for ever <05769>.

5 The sun <08121> also ariseth <02224>, and the sun <08121> goeth <0935> down, and hasteth <07602> to his place <04725> where <08033> he arose <02224>.

6 The wind <07307> goeth <01980> toward <0413> the south <01864>, and turneth <05437> about unto the north <06828>; it whirleth <01980> about continually, and the wind <07307> returneth <07725> again <07725> according <05921> to his circuits <05439>.

7 All <03605> the rivers <05158> run <01980> into <0413> the sea <03220>; yet the sea <03220> [is] not full <04392>; unto the place <04725> from whence the rivers <05158> come <01980>, thither <08033> they return <07725> again <07725>.

8 All <03605> things <01697> [are] full of labour <03023>; man <0376> cannot utter <01696> [it]: the eye <05869> is not satisfied <07646> with seeing <07200>, nor <03808> the ear <0241> filled <04390> with hearing <08085>.

9. The thing that hath been <01961>, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done <06466> [is] that which shall be done <06466>: and [there is] no <0369> new <02319> [thing] under <08478> the sun <08121>.

10 Is there [any] thing <01697> whereof it may be said <0559>, See <07200>, this <02088> [is] new <02319>? it hath been <01961> already <03528> of old <05769> time, which <0834> was before <06440> us.

11 [There is] no <0369> remembrance <02146> of former <07223> [things]; neither <03808> shall there be [any] remembrance <02146> of [things] that are to come <0314> with [those] that shall come <01961> after <0314>.

12. I the Preacher <06953> was king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478> in Jerusalem <03389>.

13 And I gave <05414> my heart <03820> to seek <01875> and search <08446> out by wisdom <02451> concerning <05921> all <03605> [things] that are done <06466> under <08478> heaven <08064>: this <01931> sore <07451> travail <06045> hath God <0430> given <05414> to the sons <01121> of man <0120> to be exercised <06031> therewith.

14 I have seen <07200> all <03605> the works <04639> that are done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>; and, behold <02009>, all <03605> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

15 [That which is] crooked <05791> cannot be made straight <08626>: and that which is wanting <02642> cannot be numbered <04487>.

16 I communed <01696> with mine own heart <03820>, saying <0559>, Lo <02009>, I am come to great <01431> estate, and have gotten <03254> more wisdom <02451> than <05921> all <03605> [they] that have been <01961> before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>: yea, my heart <03820> had great <07235> experience <07200> of wisdom <02451> and knowledge <01847>.

17 And I gave <05414> my heart <03820> to know <03045> wisdom <02451>, and to know <03045> madness <01947> and folly <05531>: I perceived <03045> that this <02088> also <01571> is vexation <07475> of spirit <07307>.

18 For in much <07230> wisdom <02451> [is] much <07230> grief <03708>: and he that increaseth <03254> knowledge <01847> increaseth <03254> sorrow <04341>.

Ecclesiastes 2

1. I said <0559> in mine heart <03820>, Go <03212> to now <04994>, I will prove <05254> thee with mirth <08057>, therefore enjoy <07200> pleasure <02896>: and, behold <02009>, this <01931> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.

2 I said <0559> of laughter <07814>, [It is] mad <01984>: and of mirth <08057>, What <04100> doeth <06213> it?

3 I sought <08446> in mine heart <03820> to give <04900> myself unto wine <03196>, yet acquainting <05090> mine heart <03820> with wisdom <02451>; and to lay hold <0270> on folly <05531>, till <05704> I might see <07200> what <0335> [was] that good <02896> for the sons <01121> of men <0120>, which <0834> they should do <06213> under <08478> the heaven <08064> all <04557> the days <03117> of their life <02416>.

4 I made me great <01431> works <04639>; I builded <01129> me houses <01004>; I planted <05193> me vineyards <03754>:

5 I made <06213> me gardens <01593> and orchards <06508>, and I planted <05193> trees <06086> in them of all <03605> [kind of] fruits <06529>:

6 I made <06213> me pools <01295> of water <04325>, to water <08248> therewith the wood <03293> that bringeth <06779> forth <06779> trees <06086>:

7 I got <07069> [me] servants <05650> and maidens <08198>, and had <01961> servants born <01121> in my house <01004>; also <01571> I had <01961> great <07235> possessions <04735> of great <01241> and small cattle <04735> above all <03605> that were in Jerusalem <03389> before <06440> me:

8 I gathered <03664> me also <01571> silver <03701> and gold <02091>, and the peculiar <05459> treasure of kings <04428> and of the provinces <04082>: I gat <06213> me men singers <07891> and women singers <07891>, and the delights <08588> of the sons <01121> of men <0120>, [as] musical <07705> instruments, and that of all sorts.

9 So I was great <01431>, and increased <03254> more than all <03605> that were before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>: also <0637> my wisdom <02451> remained <05975> with me.

10 And whatsoever mine eyes <05869> desired <07592> I kept <0680> not from them, I withheld <04513> not my heart <03820> from any <03605> joy <08057>; for my heart <03820> rejoiced <08055> in all <03605> my labour <05999>: and this <02088> was my portion <02506> of all <03605> my labour <05999>.

11 Then I looked <06437> on all <03605> the works <04639> that my hands <03027> had wrought <06213>, and on the labour <05999> that I had laboured <05998> to do <06213>: and, behold <02009>, all <03605> [was] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>, and [there was] no <0369> profit <03504> under <08478> the sun <08121>.

12. And I turned <06437> myself to behold <07200> wisdom <02451>, and madness <01947>, and folly <05531>: for what <04100> [can] the man <0120> [do] that cometh <0935> after <0310> the king <04428>? [even <0853>] that which <0834> hath been already <03528> done <06466>.

13 Then I saw <07200> that wisdom <02451> excelleth <03504> folly <05531>, as far as light <0216> excelleth <03504> darkness <02822>.

14 The wise <02450> man's eyes <05869> [are] in his head <07218>; but the fool <03684> walketh <01980> in darkness <02822>: and I myself <0589> perceived <03045> also <01571> that one <0259> event <04745> happeneth <07136> to them all <03605>.

15 Then said <0559> I in my heart <03820>, As it happeneth <04745> to the fool <03684>, so it happeneth <07136> even <01571> to me; and why <04100> was I then <0227> more <03148> wise <02449>? Then I said <01696> in my heart <03820>, that this <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.

16 For [there is] no <0369> remembrance <02146> of the wise <02450> more <05973> than <05973> of the fool <03684> for ever <05769>; seeing that which now <03528> [is] in the days <03117> to come <0935> shall all <03605> be forgotten <07911>. And how <0349> dieth <04191> the wise <02450> [man]? as the fool <03684>.

17. Therefore I hated <08130> life <02416>; because <03588> the work <04639> that is wrought <06213> under <08478> the sun <08121> [is] grievous <07451> unto me: for all <03605> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

18 Yea, I hated <08130> all <03605> my labour <05999> which I had taken <06001> under <08478> the sun <08121>: because I should leave <03241> it unto the man <0120> that shall be after <0310> me.

19 And who <04310> knoweth <03045> whether he shall be a wise <02450> [man] or <0176> a fool <05530>? yet shall he have rule <07980> over all <03605> my labour <05999> wherein I have laboured <05998>, and wherein I have shewed myself wise <02449> under <08478> the sun <08121>. This <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>.

20 Therefore I went <05437> about <05437> to cause my heart <03820> to despair <02976> of all <03605> the labour <05999> which I took under <08478> the sun <08121>.

21 For there is a man <0120> whose labour <05999> [is] in wisdom <02451>, and in knowledge <01847>, and in equity <03788>; yet to a man <0120> that hath not laboured <05998> therein shall he leave <05414> it [for] his portion <02506>. This <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892> and a great <07227> evil <07451>.

22 For what <04100> hath <01933> man <0120> of all <03605> his labour <05999>, and of the vexation <07475> of his heart <03820>, wherein he hath laboured <06001> under <08478> the sun <08121>?

23 For all <03605> his days <03117> [are] sorrows <04341>, and his travail <06045> grief <03708>; yea <01571>, his heart <03820> taketh not rest in the night <03915>. This is also <01571> vanity <01892>.

24 [There is] nothing <0369> better <02896> for a man <0120>, [than] that he should eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and [that] he should make his soul <05315> enjoy <07200> good <02896> in his labour <05999>. This <02088> also <01571> I saw <07200>, that it [was] from the hand <03027> of God <0430>.

25 For who <04310> can eat <0398>, or who <04310> else can hasten <02363> [hereunto], more <02351> than I?

26 For [God] giveth <05414> to a man <0120> that [is] good <02896> in his sight <06440> wisdom <02451>, and knowledge <01847>, and joy <08057>: but to the sinner <02398> he giveth <05414> travail <06045>, to gather <0622> and to heap <03664> up, that he may give <05414> to [him that is] good <02896> before <06440> God <0430>. This <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

Ecclesiastes 3

1. To every <03605> [thing there is] a season <02165>, and a time <06256> to every <03605> purpose <02656> under <08478> the heaven <08064>:

2 A time <06256> to be born <03205>, and a time <06256> to die <04191>; a time <06256> to plant <05193>, and a time <06256> to pluck <06131> up [that which is] planted <05193>;

3 A time <06256> to kill <02026>, and a time <06256> to heal <07495>; a time <06256> to break <06555> down, and a time <06256> to build <01129> up;

4 A time <06256> to weep <01058>, and a time <06256> to laugh <07832>; a time <06256> to mourn <05594>, and a time <06256> to dance <07540>;

5 A time <06256> to cast <07993> away stones <068>, and a time <06256> to gather <03664> stones <068> together; a time <06256> to embrace <02263>, and a time <06256> to refrain <07368> from embracing <02263>;

6 A time <06256> to get <01245>, and a time <06256> to lose <06>; a time <06256> to keep <08104>, and a time <06256> to cast <07993> away;

7 A time <06256> to rend <07167>, and a time <06256> to sew <08609>; a time <06256> to keep silence <02814>, and a time <06256> to speak <01696>;

8 A time <06256> to love <0157>, and a time <06256> to hate <08130>; a time <06256> of war <04421>, and a time <06256> of peace <07965>.

9 What <04100> profit <03504> hath he that worketh <06213> in that wherein <0834> he laboureth <06001>?

10 I have seen <07200> the travail <06045>, which <0834> God <0430> hath given <05414> to the sons <01121> of men <0120> to be exercised <06031> in it.

11. He hath made <06213> every <03605> [thing] beautiful <03303> in his time <06256>: also <01571> he hath set <05414> the world <05769> in their heart <03820>, so that no <01097> man <0120> can find <04672> out the work <04639> that God <0430> maketh <06213> from the beginning <07218> to the end <05490>.

12 I know <03045> that [there is] no <0369> good <02896> in them, but for [a man] to rejoice <08055>, and to do <06213> good <02896> in his life <02416>.

13 And also <01571> that every <03605> man <0120> should eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and enjoy <07200> the good <02896> of all <03605> his labour <05999>, it [is] the gift <04991> of God <0430>.

14 I know <03045> that, whatsoever God <0430> doeth <06213>, it shall be for ever <05769>: nothing <0369> can be put <03254> to it, nor <0369> any thing taken <01639> from it: and God <0430> doeth <06213> [it], that [men <0582>] should fear <03372> before <06440> him.

15 That which hath been <01961> is now <03528>; and that which <0834> is to be hath already <03528> been <01961>; and God <0430> requireth <01245> that which is past <07291>.

16. And moreover <05750> I saw <07200> under <08478> the sun <08121> the place <04725> of judgment <04941>, [that] wickedness <07562> [was] there <08033>; and the place <04725> of righteousness <06664>, [that] iniquity <07562> [was] there <08033>.

17 I said <0559> in mine heart <03820>, God <0430> shall judge <08199> the righteous <06662> and the wicked <07563>: for [there <08033> is] a time <06256> there <08033> for every <03605> purpose <02656> and for every <03605> work <04639>.

18 I said <0559> in mine heart <03820> concerning <05921> the estate <01700> of the sons <01121> of men <0120>, that God <0430> might manifest <01305> them, and that they might see <07200> that they themselves <01992> are beasts <0929>.

19 For that which befalleth <04745> the sons <01121> of men <0120> befalleth <04745> beasts <0929>; even one <02088> thing befalleth <04745> them: as the one <02088> dieth <04194>, so <03651> dieth <04194> the other <02088>; yea, they have all <03605> one <0259> breath <07307>; so that a man <0120> hath no <0369> preeminence <04195> above <04480> a beast <0929>: for all <03605> [is] vanity <01892>.

20 All <03605> go <01980> unto one <0259> place <04725>; all <03605> are of the dust <06083>, and all <03605> turn <07725> to dust <06083> again <07725>.

21 Who <04310> knoweth <03045> the spirit <07307> of man that goeth <05927> upward <04605>, and the spirit <07307> of the beast <0929> that goeth <03381> downward <04295> to the earth <0776>?

22 Wherefore <04100> I perceive <07200> that [there is] nothing <0369> better <02896>, than that a man <0120> should rejoice <08055> in his own works <04639>; for that [is] his portion <02506>: for who <04310> shall bring <0935> him to see <07200> what <04100> shall be after <0310> him?

Ecclesiastes 4

1. So I returned <07725>, and considered <07200> all <03605> the oppressions <06217> that are done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>: and behold <02009> the tears <01832> of [such as were] oppressed <06231>, and they had no <0369> comforter <05162>; and on the side <03027> of their oppressors <06231> [there was] power <03581>; but they had no <0369> comforter.

2 Wherefore I praised <07623> the dead <04191> which are already <03528> dead <04191> more <04480> than <04480> the living <02416> which <0834> are yet <05728> alive <02416>.

3 Yea, better <02896> [is he] than both <08147> they, which <0834> hath not yet <05728> been <01961>, who <0834> hath not seen <07200> the evil <07451> work <04639> that is done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>.

4. Again, I considered <07200> all <03605> travail <05999>, and every <03605> right <03788> work <04639>, that for this <01931> a man <0376> is envied <07068> of his neighbour <07453>. This <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

5 The fool <03684> foldeth <02263> his hands <03027> together, and eateth <0398> his own flesh <01320>.

6 Better <02896> [is] an handful [with] quietness <05183>, than both the hands <02651> full <04393> [with] travail <05999> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

7. Then I returned <07725>, and I saw <07200> vanity <01892> under <08478> the sun <08121>.

8 There is one <0259> [alone], and [there is] not a second <08145>; yea <01571>, he hath neither child <01121> nor brother <0251>: yet [is there] no <0369> end <07093> of all <03605> his labour <05999>; neither <03808> is his eye <05869> satisfied <07646> with riches <06239>; neither [saith he], For whom <04310> do I labour <06001>, and bereave <02637> my soul <05315> of good <02896>? This <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>, yea, it [is] a sore <07451> travail <06045>.

9 Two <08147> [are] better <02896> than one <0259>; because <0834> they have <03426> a good <02896> reward <07999> for their labour <05999>.

10 For if <0518> they fall <05307>, the one <0259> will lift <06965> up his fellow <02270>: but woe <0337> to him [that is] alone <0259> when he falleth <05307>; for [he hath] not another <08145> to help <06965> him up.

11 Again <01571>, if two <08147> lie <07901> together, then they have heat <02552>: but how <0349> can one <0259> be warm <03179> [alone]?

12 And if one <0259> prevail <08630> against him, two <08147> shall withstand <05975> him; and a threefold <08027> cord <02339> is not quickly <04120> broken <05423>.

13. Better <02896> [is] a poor <04542> and a wise <02450> child <03206> than an old <02205> and foolish <03684> king <04428>, who <0834> will <03045> no <03808> more <05750> be admonished <02094>.

14 For out of prison he cometh <03318> to reign <04427>; whereas <03588> also <01571> [he that is] born <03205> in his kingdom <04438> becometh poor <07326>.

15 I considered <07200> all <03605> the living <02416> which walk <01980> under <08478> the sun <08121>, with the second <08145> child <03206> that shall stand <05975> up in his stead <08478>.

16 [There is] no <0369> end <07093> of all <03605> the people <05971>, [even] of all <03605> that have been <01961> before <06440> them: they also <01571> that come <0314> after <0314> shall not rejoice <08055> in him. Surely <03588> this <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07475> of spirit <07307>.

Ecclesiastes 5

1. Keep <08104> thy foot <07272> when <0834> thou goest <03212> to the house <01004> of God <0430>, and be more <07138> ready <07138> to hear <08085>, than to give <05414> the sacrifice <02077> of fools <03684>: for they consider <03045> not that they do <06213> evil <07451>.

2 Be not rash <0926> with thy mouth <06310>, and let not thine heart <03820> be hasty <04116> to utter <03318> [any] thing <01697> before <06440> God <0430>: for God <0430> [is] in heaven <08064>, and thou upon earth <0776>: therefore let thy words <01697> be few <04592>.

3 For a dream <02472> cometh <0935> through the multitude <07230> of business <06045>; and a fool's <03684> voice <06963> [is known] by multitude <07230> of words <01697>.

4. When <0834> thou vowest <05087> a vow <05088> unto God <0430>, defer <0309> not to pay <07999> it; for [he hath] no <0369> pleasure <02656> in fools <03684>: pay <07999> that which <0834> thou hast vowed <05087>.

5 Better <02896> [is it] that thou shouldest not vow <05087>, than that thou shouldest vow <05087> and not pay <07999>.

6 Suffer <05414> not thy mouth <06310> to cause thy flesh <01320> to sin <02398>; neither <0408> say <0559> thou before <06440> the angel <04397>, that it [was] an error <07684>: wherefore <04100> should God <0430> be angry <07107> at <05921> thy voice <06963>, and destroy <02254> the work <04639> of thine hands <03027>?

7 For in the multitude <07230> of dreams <02472> and many <07230> words <01697> [there are] also [divers] vanities <01892>: but fear <03372> thou God <0430>.

8 If <0518> thou seest <07200> the oppression <06233> of the poor <07326>, and violent <01499> perverting of judgment <04941> and justice <06664> in a province <04082>, marvel <08539> not at <05921> the matter <02659>: for [he that is] higher <01364> than <05921> the highest <01364> regardeth <08104>; and [there be] higher <01364> than <05921> they.

9. Moreover the profit <03504> of the earth <0776> is for all <03605>: the king <04428> [himself] is served <05647> by the field <07704>.

10 He that loveth <0157> silver <03701> shall not be satisfied <07646> with silver <03701>; nor he that loveth <0157> abundance <01995> with increase <08393>: this <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>.

11 When goods <02896> increase <07235>, they are increased <07231> that eat <0398> them: and what <04100> good <03788> [is there] to the owners <01167> thereof, saving <0518> the beholding <07200> [of them] with their eyes <05869>?

12 The sleep <08142> of a labouring <05647> man [is] sweet <04966>, whether <0518> he eat <0398> little <04592> or much <07235>: but the abundance <07647> of the rich <06223> will not suffer <03240> him to sleep <03462>.

13 There is a sore <02470> evil <07451> [which] I have seen <07200> under <08478> the sun <08121>, [namely], riches <06239> kept <08104> for the owners <01167> thereof to their hurt <07451>.

14 But those <01931> riches <06239> perish <06> by evil <07451> travail <06045>: and he begetteth <03205> a son <01121>, and [there is] nothing in his hand <03027>.

15 As he came <03318> forth <03318> of his mother's <0517> womb <0990>, naked <06174> shall he return <07725> to go <03212> as he came <0935>, and shall take <05375> nothing of his labour <05999>, which he may carry <03212> away in his hand <03027>.

16 And this <02090> also <01571> [is] a sore <02470> evil <07451>, [that] in all <03605> points <05980> as he came <0935>, so <03651> shall he go <03212>: and what <04100> profit <03504> hath he that hath laboured <05998> for the wind <07307>?

17 All <03605> his days <03117> also <01571> he eateth <0398> in darkness <02822>, and [he hath] much <07235> sorrow <03708> and wrath <07110> with his sickness <02483>.

18. Behold <02009> [that] which <0834> I have seen <07200>: [it is] good <02896> and comely <03303> [for one] to eat <0398> and to drink <08354>, and to enjoy <07200> the good <02896> of all <03605> his labour <05999> that he taketh <05998> under <08478> the sun <08121> all <04557> the days <03117> of his life <02416>, which <0834> God <0430> giveth <05414> him: for it [is] his portion <02506>.

19 Every <03605> man <0120> also <01571> to whom <0834> God <0430> hath given <05414> riches <06239> and wealth <05233>, and hath given him power <07980> to eat <0398> thereof, and to take <05375> his portion <02506>, and to rejoice <08055> in his labour <05999>; this <02090> [is] the gift <04991> of God <0430>.

20 For he shall not much <07235> remember <02142> the days <03117> of his life <02416>; because <03588> God <0430> answereth <06030> [him] in the joy <08057> of his heart <03820>.

Ecclesiastes 6

1. There is an evil <07451> which <0834> I have seen <07200> under <08478> the sun <08121>, and it [is] common <07227> among <05921> men <0120>:

2 A man <0376> to whom <0834> God <0430> hath given <05414> riches <06239>, wealth <05233>, and honour <03519>, so that he wanteth <02638> nothing <0369> for his soul <05315> of all <03605> that he desireth <0183>, yet God <0430> giveth him not power <07980> to eat <0398> thereof, but a stranger eateth <0398> it: this <02088> [is] vanity <01892>, and it [is] an evil <07451> disease <02483>.

3 If <0518> a man <0376> beget <03205> an hundred <03967> [children], and live <02421> many <07227> years <08141>, so that the days <03117> of his years <08141> be many <07227>, and his soul <05315> be not filled <07646> with good <02896>, and also <01571> [that] he have <01961> no <03808> burial <06900>; I say <0559>, [that] an untimely <05309> birth <05309> [is] better <02896> than he.

4 For he cometh <0935> in with vanity <01892>, and departeth <03212> in darkness <02822>, and his name <08034> shall be covered <03680> with darkness <02822>.

5 Moreover <01571> he hath not seen <07200> the sun <08121>, nor <03808> known <03045> [any thing]: this <02088> hath more rest <05183> than the other <02088>.

6 Yea <0432>, though he live <02421> a thousand <0505> years <08141> twice <06471> [told], yet hath he seen <07200> no <03808> good <02896>: do not all <03605> go <01980> to one <0259> place <04725>?

7. All <03605> the labour <05999> of man <0120> [is] for his mouth <06310>, and yet <01571> the appetite <05315> is not filled <04390>.

8 For what <04100> hath the wise <02450> more <03148> than <04480> the fool <03684>? what <04100> hath the poor <06041>, that knoweth <03045> to walk <01980> before <05048> the living <02416>?

9 Better <02896> [is] the sight <04758> of the eyes <05869> than the wandering <01981> of the desire <05315>: this <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.

10 That which <0834> hath been <01961> is named already <03528>, and it is known <03045> that it [is] man <0120>: neither <03808> may <03201> he contend <01777> with him that is mightier <08623> than he.

11. Seeing <03588> there be many <07235> things <01697> that increase <07235> vanity <01892>, what <04100> [is] man <0120> the better <03148>?

12 For who <04310> knoweth <03045> what <04100> [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> as a shadow <06738>? for who <04310> can tell <05046> a man <0120> what <04100> shall be after <0310> him under <08478> the sun <08121>?

Ecclesiastes 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>.

2 [It is] better <02896> to go <03212> to the house <01004> of mourning <060>, than to go <03212> to the house <01004> of feasting <04960>: for that [is] the end <05490> of all <03605> men <0120>; and the living <02416> will lay <05414> [it] to his heart <03820>.

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>.

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>.

5 [It is] better <02896> to hear <08085> the rebuke <01606> of the wise <02450>, than for a man <0376> to hear <08085> the song <07892> of fools <03684>.

6 For as the crackling <06963> of thorns <05518> under <08478> a pot <05518>, so <03651> [is] the laughter <07814> of the fool <03684>: this <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.

7. Surely <03588> oppression <06233> maketh a wise <02450> man mad <01984>; and a gift <04979> destroyeth <06> the heart <03820>.

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>.

9 Be not hasty <0926> in thy spirit <07307> to be angry <03707>: for anger <03708> resteth <05117> in the bosom <02436> of fools <03684>.

10 Say <0559> not thou, What <04100> is [the cause <01961>] that the former <07223> days <03117> were better <02896> than these <0428>? for thou dost not enquire <07592> wisely <02451> concerning <05921> this <02088>.

11. Wisdom <02451> [is] good <02896> with an inheritance <05159>: and [by it there is] profit <03148> to them that see <07200> the sun <08121>.

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> to them that have <01167> it.

13 Consider <07200> the work <04639> of God <0430>: for who <04310> can <03201> make [that] straight <08626>, which <0834> he hath made crooked <05791>?

14 In the day <03117> of prosperity <02896> be joyful <02896>, but in the day <03117> of adversity <07451> consider <07200>: God <0430> also <01571> hath set <06213> the one <02088> over <05980> against <05980> the other <02088>, to the end <01700> that man <0120> should find <04672> nothing after <0310> him.

15 All <03605> [things] have I seen <07200> in the days <03117> of my vanity <01892>: there is a just <06662> [man] that perisheth <06> in his righteousness <06664>, and there is a wicked <07563> [man] that prolongeth <0748> [his life] in his wickedness <07451>.

16 Be not righteous <06662> over <07235> much <07235>; neither <0408> make thyself over <03148> wise <02449>: why <04100> shouldest thou destroy <08074> thyself?

17 Be not over <07235> much <07235> wicked <07561>, neither <0408> be thou foolish <05530>: why <04100> shouldest thou die <04191> before <03808> thy time <06256>?

18 [It is] good <02896> that thou shouldest take <0270> hold <0270> of this <02088>; yea <01571>, also <01571> from this <02088> withdraw <03240> not thine hand <03027>: for he that feareth <03373> God <0430> shall come <03318> forth <03318> of them all <03605>.

19 Wisdom <02451> strengtheneth <05810> the wise <02450> more than ten <06235> mighty <07989> [men] which <0834> are in the city <05892>.

20 For [there is] not a just <06662> man <0120> upon earth <0776>, that doeth <06213> good <02896>, and sinneth <02398> not.

21 Also <01571> take <05414> no <0808> heed <03820> unto all <03605> words <01697> that are spoken <01696>; lest thou hear <08085> thy servant <05650> curse <07043> thee:

22 For oftentimes also <01571> thine own heart <03820> knoweth <03045> that thou thyself <0859> likewise <01571> hast cursed <07043> others <0312>.

23. All <03605> this <02090> have I proved <05254> by wisdom <02451>: I said <0559>, I will be wise <02449>; but it [was] far <07350> from me.

24 That which <04100> is far <07350> off, and exceeding deep <06013>, who <04310> can find <04672> it out?

25 I applied <05437> mine heart <03820> to know <03045>, and to search <08446>, and to seek <01245> out wisdom <02451>, and the reason <02808> [of things], and to know <03045> the wickedness <07562> of folly <03689>, even of foolishness <05531> [and] madness <01947>:

26 And I find <04672> 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 God <0430> shall escape <04422> from her; but the sinner <02398> shall be taken <03920> by her.

27 Behold <07200>, this <02088> have I found <04672>, saith <0559> the preacher <06953>, [counting] one <0259> by one <0259>, to find <04672> out the account <02808>:

28 Which <0834> yet <05750> my soul <05315> seeketh <01245>, but I find <04672> not: one <0259> man <0120> among a thousand <0505> have I found <04672>; but a woman <0802> among all <03605> those <0428> have I not found <04672>.

29 Lo <07200>, this <02088> only <0905> have I found <04672>, that God <0430> hath made <06213> man <0120> upright <03477>; but they have sought <01245> out many <07227> inventions <02810>.

Ecclesiastes 8

1. Who <04310> [is] as the wise <02450> [man <0376>]? and who <04310> knoweth <03045> the interpretation <06592> of a thing <01697>? a man's <0120> wisdom <02451> maketh his face <06440> to shine <0215>, and the boldness <05797> of his face <06440> shall be changed <08132>.

2 I [counsel thee] to keep <08104> the king's <04428> commandment <06310>, and [that] in regard of the oath <07621> of God <0430>.

3 Be not hasty <0926> to go <03212> out of his sight <06440>: stand <05975> not in an evil <07451> thing <01697>; for he doeth <06213> whatsoever pleaseth <02654> him.

4 Where <0834> the word <01697> of a king <04428> [is, there is] power <07983>: and who <04310> may say <0559> unto him, What <04100> doest <06213> thou?

5 Whoso keepeth <08104> the commandment <04687> shall feel <03045> no <03808> evil <07451> thing <01697>: and a wise <02450> man's heart <03820> discerneth <03045> both time <06256> and judgment <04941>.

6. Because <03588> to every <03605> purpose <02656> there is time <06256> and judgment <04941>, therefore the misery <07451> of man <0120> [is] great <07227> upon him.

7 For he knoweth <03045> not that which <04100> shall be: for who can tell <05046> him when it shall be?

8 [There is] no <0369> man <0120> that hath power <07989> over the spirit <07307> to retain <03607> the spirit <07307>; neither <0369> [hath he] power <07983> in the day <03117> of death <04194>: and [there is] no <0369> discharge <04917> in [that] war <04421>; neither <03808> shall wickedness <07562> deliver <04422> those that are given <01167> to it.

9. All <03605> this <02088> have I seen <07200>, and applied <05414> my heart <03820> unto every <03605> work <04639> that is done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>: [there is] a time <06256> wherein <0834> one man <0120> ruleth <07980> over another to his own hurt <07451>.

10 And so <03651> I saw <07200> the wicked <07563> buried <06912>, who had come <0935> and gone <01980> from the place <04725> of the holy <06918>, and they were forgotten <07911> in the city <05892> where <0834> they had so <03651> done <06466>: this <02088> [is] also <01571> vanity <01892>.

11 Because <0834> sentence <06599> against an evil <07451> work <04639> is not executed <06213> speedily <04120>, therefore the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> is fully <04390> set in them to do <06213> evil <07451>.

12 Though a sinner <02398> do <06213> evil <07451> an hundred <03967> times, and his [days] be prolonged <0748>, yet <03588> surely <03588> I know <03045> that it shall be well <02896> with them that fear <03373> God <0430>, which <0834> fear <03372> before <06440> him:

13 But it shall not be well <02896> with the wicked <07563>, neither <03808> shall he prolong <0748> [his] days <03117>, [which are] as a shadow <06738>; because <0834> he feareth <03373> not before <06440> God <0430>.

14. There is a vanity <01892> which <0834> is done <06466> upon the earth <0776>; that there be just <06662> [men], unto whom it happeneth <05060> according to the work <04639> of the wicked <07563>; again, there be wicked <07563> [men], to whom <0413> it happeneth <05060> according to the work <04639> of the righteous <06662>: I said <0559> that this <02088> also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>.

15 Then I commended <07623> mirth <08057>, because <0834> a man <0120> hath no <0369> better <02896> thing under <08478> the sun <08121>, than to eat <0398>, and to drink <08354>, and to be merry <08055>: for that shall abide <03867> with him of his labour <05999> the days <03117> of his life <02416>, which <0834> God <0430> giveth <05414> him under <08478> the sun <08121>.

16 When <0834> I applied <05414> mine heart <03820> to know <03045> wisdom <02451>, and to see <07200> the business <06045> that is done <06466> upon the earth <0776>: (for also <01571> [there is that] neither day <03117> nor night <03915> seeth <07200> sleep <08142> with his eyes <05869>:)

17 Then I beheld <07200> all <03605> the work <04639> of God <0430>, that a man <0120> cannot find <04672> out the work <04639> that is done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>: because <0834> though <0834> a man <0120> labour <05998> to seek <01245> [it] out, yet he shall not find <04672> [it]; yea <01571> further <03254>; though <0518> a wise <02450> [man] think <0559> to know <03045> [it], yet shall he not be able <03201> to find <04672> [it].

Ecclesiastes 9

1. For all <03605> this <02088> I considered <05414> in my heart <03820> even to declare <0952> all <03605> this <02088>, that the righteous <06662>, and the wise <02450>, and their works <05652>, [are] in the hand <03027> of God <0430>: no <0369> man <0120> knoweth <03045> either <01571> love <0160> or hatred <08135> [by] all <03605> [that is] before <06440> them.

2 All <03605> [things come] alike <0834> to all <03605>: [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>, and to him that sacrificeth <02076> not: as [is] the good <02896>, so [is] the sinner <02398>; [and] he that sweareth <07650>, as [he] that feareth <03373> an oath <07621>.

3 This <02088> [is] an evil <07451> among all <03605> [things] that are done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>, that [there is] one <0259> event <04745> unto all <03605>: yea <01571>, also <01571> the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> is full <04390> 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>.

4. For to him that is joined <0977> to all <03605> the living <02416> there is hope <0986>: for a living <02416> dog <03611> is better <02896> than <04480> a dead <04191> lion <0738>.

5 For the living <02416> know <03045> that they shall die <04191>: but the dead <04191> know <03045> not any <03972> thing, neither <0369> have they any more <05750> a reward <07999>; for the memory <02143> of them is forgotten <07911>.

6 Also <01571> their love <0160>, and their hatred <08135>, and their envy <07068>, is now <03528> perished <06>; neither <0369> have they any more <05750> a portion <02506> for ever <05769> in any <03605> [thing] that is done <06466> under <08478> the sun <08121>.

7 Go <03212> thy way, eat <0398> thy bread <03899> with joy <08057>, and drink <08354> thy wine <03196> with a merry <02896> heart <03820>; for God <0430> now <03528> accepteth <07521> thy works <04639>.

8 Let thy garments <0899> be always white <03836>; and let thy head <07218> lack <02637> no <0408> ointment <08081>.

9 Live <02416> joyfully <02416> with the wife <0802> whom <0834> thou lovest <0157> all <03605> the days <03117> of the life <02416> of thy vanity <01892>, which <0834> he hath given <05414> thee under <08478> the sun <08121>, all <03605> 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 <08478> the sun <08121>.

10 Whatsoever thy hand <03027> findeth <04672> to do <06213>, do <06213> [it] with thy might <03581>; for [there is] no <0369> work <04639>, nor device <02808>, nor knowledge <01847>, nor wisdom <02451>, in the grave <07585>, whither thou goest <01980>.

11. I returned <07725>, and saw <07200> under <08478> the sun <08121>, that the race <04793> [is] not to the swift <07031>, nor <03808> the battle <04421> to the strong <01368>, neither <03808> yet <01571> bread <03899> to the wise <02450>, nor <03808> yet <01571> riches <06239> to men of understanding <0995>, nor <03808> yet <01571> favour <02580> to men of skill <03045>; but time <06256> and chance <06294> happeneth <07136> to them all <03605>.

12 For man <0120> also <01571> knoweth <03045> not his time <06256>: as the fishes <01709> that are taken <0270> in an evil <07451> net <04686>, and as the birds <06833> that are caught <0270> in the snare <06341>; so <01992> [are] the sons <01121> of men <0120> snared <03369> in an evil <07451> time <06256>, when it falleth <05307> suddenly <06597> upon them.

13. This <02090> wisdom <02451> have I seen <07200> also <01571> under <08478> the sun <08121>, and it [seemed] great <01419> unto me:

14 [There was] a little <06996> city <05892>, and few <04592> men <0582> within it; and there came <0935> a great <01419> king <04428> against <0413> it, and besieged <05437> it, and built <01129> great <01419> bulwarks <04685> against <05921> it:

15 Now there was found <04672> in it a poor <04542> wise <02450> man <0376>, and he by his wisdom <02451> delivered <04422> the city <05892>; yet no <03808> man <0376> remembered <02142> that same <01931> poor <04542> man <0376>.

16 Then said <0559> I, Wisdom <02451> [is] better <02896> than strength <01369>: nevertheless the poor <04542> man's wisdom <02451> [is] despised <0959>, and his words <01697> are not heard <08085>.

17 The words <01697> of wise <02450> [men are] heard <08085> in quiet <05183> more than the cry <02201> of him that ruleth <04910> among fools <03684>.

18 Wisdom <02451> [is] better <02896> than weapons <03627> of war <07128>: but one <0259> sinner <02398> destroyeth <06> much <07235> good <02896>.

Ecclesiastes 10

1. Dead <04194> flies <02070> cause the ointment <08081> of the apothecary <07543> to send <05042> forth a stinking <0887> savour <07381>: [so doth] a little <04592> folly <05531> him that is in reputation <03368> for wisdom <02451> [and] honour <03519>.

2 A wise <02450> man's heart <03820> [is] at his right <03225> hand <03225>; but a fool's <03684> heart <03820> at his left <08040>.

3 Yea <01571> also <01571>, when he that is a fool <05530> walketh <01980> by the way <01870>, his wisdom <03820> faileth <02638> [him], and he saith <0559> to every <03605> one [that] he [is] a fool <05530>.

4. If the spirit <07307> of the ruler <04910> rise <05927> up against <05921> thee, leave <03241> not thy place <04725>; for yielding <04832> pacifieth <03240> great <01419> offences <02399>.

5 There is an evil <07451> [which] I have seen <07200> under <08478> the sun <08121>, as an error <07684> [which] proceedeth <03318> from the ruler <07989>:

6 Folly <05529> is set <05414> in great <07227> dignity <04791>, and the rich <06223> sit <03427> in low <08216> place.

7 I have seen <07200> servants <05650> upon horses <05483>, and princes <08269> walking <01980> as servants <05650> upon the earth <0776>.

8 He that diggeth <02658> a pit <01475> shall fall <05307> into it; and whoso breaketh <06555> an hedge <01447>, a serpent <05175> shall bite <05391> him.

9 Whoso removeth <05265> stones <068> shall be hurt <06087> therewith; [and] he that cleaveth <01234> wood <06086> shall be endangered <05533> thereby.

10 If <0518> the iron <01270> be blunt <06949>, and he do not whet <07043> the edge <06440>, then must he put <01396> to more strength <02428>: but wisdom <02451> [is] profitable <03504> to direct <03787>.

11 Surely <0518> the serpent <05175> will bite <05391> without <03808> enchantment <03908>; and a babbler is no <0369> better <03504>.

12. The words <01697> of a wise <02450> man's mouth <06310> [are] gracious <02580>; but the lips <08193> of a fool <03684> will swallow <01104> up himself.

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>.

14 A fool <05536> also is full <07235> of words <01697>: a man <0120> cannot tell <05046> what <04100> shall be; and what <04100> shall be after <0310> him, who <04310> can tell <05046> him?

15 The labour <05999> of the foolish <03684> wearieth <03021> every one of them, because <0834> he knoweth <03045> not how <0834> to go <03212> to the city <05892>.

16. Woe <0337> to thee, O land <0776>, when thy king <04428> [is] a child <05288>, and thy princes <08269> eat <0398> in the morning <01242>!

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> in due season <06256>, for strength <01369>, and not for drunkenness <08358>!

18 By much slothfulness <06103> the building <04746> decayeth <04355>; and through idleness <08220> of the hands <03027> the house <01004> droppeth <01811> through <01811>.

19 A feast <03899> is made <06213> for laughter <07814>, and wine <03196> maketh merry <08055>: but money <03701> answereth <06030> all <03605> [things].

20 Curse <07043> not the king <04428>, no <0408> not in thy thought <04093>; and curse <07043> not the rich <06223> in thy bedchamber: for a bird <05775> of the air <08064> shall carry <03212> the voice <06963>, and that which hath <01167> wings <03671> shall tell <05046> the matter <01697>.

Ecclesiastes 11

1. Cast <07971> thy bread <03899> upon the waters <04325>: for thou shalt find <04672> it after many <07230> days <03117>.

2 Give <05414> a portion <02506> to seven <07651>, and also <01571> to eight <08083>; for thou knowest <03045> not what <04100> evil <07451> shall be upon the earth <0776>.

3 If <0518> the clouds <05645> be full <04390> of rain <01653>, they empty <07324> [themselves] upon the earth <0776>: and if the tree <06086> fall <05307> toward the south <01864>, or toward the north <06828>, in the place <04725> where the tree <06086> falleth <05307>, there <08033> it shall be.

4 He that observeth <08104> the wind <07307> shall not sow <02232>; and he that regardeth <07200> the clouds <05645> shall not reap <07114>.

5 As thou knowest <03045> not what <04100> [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 <03602> so thou knowest <03045> not the works <04639> of God <0430> who <0834> maketh <06213> all <03605>.

6 In the morning <01242> sow <02232> thy seed <02233>, and in the evening <06153> withhold <03240> not thine hand <03027>: for thou knowest <03045> not whether <0335> shall prosper <03787>, either this <02088> or <0176> that, or whether <0518> they both <08147> [shall be] alike <0259> good <02896>.

7. Truly the light <0216> [is] sweet <04966>, and a pleasant <02896> [thing it is] for the eyes <05869> to behold <07200> the sun <08121>:

8 But if a man <0120> live <02421> many <07235> years <08141>, [and] rejoice <08055> in them all <03605>; yet let him remember <02142> the days <03117> of darkness <02822>; for they shall be many <07235>. All <03605> that cometh <0935> [is] vanity <01892>.

9 Rejoice <08055>, O young <0970> man, in thy youth <03208>; and let thy heart <03820> cheer <03190> thee in the days <03117> of thy youth <0979>, and walk <01980> in the ways <01870> of thine heart <03820>, and in the sight <04758> of thine eyes <05869>: but know <03045> thou, that for all <03605> these <0428> [things] God <0430> will bring <0935> thee into judgment <04941>.

10 Therefore remove <05493> sorrow <03708> from thy heart <03820>, and put <05674> away <05493> evil <07451> from thy flesh <01320>: for childhood <03208> and youth <07839> [are] vanity <01892>.

Ecclesiastes 12

1. Remember <02142> now thy Creator <01254> in the days <03117> of thy youth <0979>, while <05704> the evil <07451> days <03117> come <0935> not, nor the years <08141> draw nigh <05060>, when <0834> thou shalt say <0559>, I have no <0369> pleasure <02656> in them;

2 While <05704> the sun <08121>, or the light <0216>, or the moon <03394>, or the stars <03556>, be not darkened <02821>, nor the clouds <05645> return <07725> after <0310> the rain <01653>:

3 In the day <03117> when the keepers <08104> of the house <01004> shall tremble <02111>, and the strong <02428> men <0582> shall bow <05791> themselves, and the grinders <02912> cease <0988> because <03588> they are few <04592>, and those that look <07200> out of the windows <0699> be darkened <02821>,

4 And the doors <01817> shall be shut <05462> in the streets <07784>, when the sound <06963> of the grinding <02913> is low <08217>, and he shall rise <06965> up at the voice <06963> of the bird <06833>, and all <03605> the daughters <01121> of musick <07892> shall be brought <07817> low <07817>;

5 Also <01571> [when] they shall be afraid <03372> of [that which is] high <01364>, and fears <02849> [shall be] in the way <01870>, and the almond <08247> tree shall flourish <05006>, and the grasshopper <02284> shall be a burden <05445>, and desire <035> shall fail <06565>: because <03588> man <0120> goeth <01980> to his long <05769> home <01004>, and the mourners <05594> go <05437> about <05437> the streets <07784>:

6 Or <05704> ever the silver <03701> cord <02256> be loosed <07368>, or the golden <02091> bowl <01543> be broken <07533>, or the pitcher <03537> be broken <07665> at <05921> the fountain <04002>, or the wheel <01534> broken <07533> at <0413> the cistern <0953>.

7 Then shall the dust <06083> return <07725> to the earth <0776> as it was: and the spirit <07307> shall return <07725> unto God <0430> who <0834> gave <05414> it.

8. Vanity <01892> of vanities <01892>, saith <0559> the preacher <06953>; all <03605> [is] vanity <01892>.

9 And moreover <03148>, because the preacher <06953> was wise <02450>, he still <05750> taught <03925> the people <05971> knowledge <01847>; yea, he gave good heed <0238>, and sought <02713> out, [and] set in order <08626> many <07235> proverbs <04912>.

10 The preacher <06953> sought <01245> to find <04672> out acceptable <02656> words <01697>: and [that which was] written <03789> [was] upright <03476>, [even] words <01697> of truth <0571>.

11 The words <01697> of the wise <02450> [are] as goads <01861>, and as nails <04930> fastened <05193> [by] the masters <01167> of assemblies <0627>, [which] are given <05414> from one <0259> shepherd <07462>.

12 And further <03148>, by these <01992>, my son <01121>, be admonished <02094>: of making <06213> many <07235> books <05612> [there is] no <0369> end <07093>; and much <07235> study <03854> [is] a weariness <03024> of the flesh <01320>.

13. Let us hear <08085> the conclusion <05490> of the whole <03605> matter <01697>: Fear <03372> God <0430>, and keep <08104> his commandments <04687>: for this <02088> [is] the whole <03605> [duty] of man <0120>.

14 For God <0430> shall bring <0935> every <03605> work <04639> into judgment <04941>, with every <03605> secret <05956> thing, whether <0518> [it be] good <02896>, or whether <0518> [it be] evil <07451>.