| 1:2 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,; vanity of vanities;, all is vanity. |
| 1:3 |
What profit hath a man of all his labour whichwherein he takethlaboureth under the sun? |
| 1:4 |
One generation passeth awaygoeth, and another generation cometh:; butand the earth abideth for ever. |
| 1:5 |
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he aroseariseth. |
| 1:6 |
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirlethturneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again according to hisits circuits. |
| 1:7 |
All the rivers run into the sea;, yet the sea is not full; unto the place fromwhither whence the rivers comego, thither they returngo again. |
| 1:8 |
All things are full of labourweariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
| 1:9 |
TheThat thingwhich that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which ishath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. |
| 1:10 |
Is there anya thing whereof itmen may be saidsay, See, this is new? it hath been already, ofin oldthe time,ages which waswere before us. |
| 1:11 |
There is no remembrance of the former thingsgenerations; neither shall there be any remembrance of thingsthe latter generations that are to come, withamong those that shall come after. |
| 1:13 |
And I gaveapplied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that areis done under heaven: thisit is a sore travail haththat God hath given to the sons of manmen to be exercised therewith. |
| 1:14 |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 1:16 |
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I amhave comegotten tome great estate, and have gotten more wisdom thanabove all they that havewere been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 1:17 |
And I gaveapplied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also iswas vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 2:1 |
I saidSAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also iswas vanity. |
| 2:3 |
I soughtsearched in mine heart how to givecheer myselfmy untoflesh with wine, mine heart yet acquaintingguiding mineme heart with wisdom;, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was that good for the sons of men, whichthat they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. |
| 2:4 |
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:; |
| 2:5 |
I made me gardens and orchardsparks, and I planted trees in them of all kindkinds of fruitsfruit: |
| 2:6 |
I made me pools of water, to water therewiththerefrom the woodforest thatwhere bringethtrees forthwere treesreared: |
| 2:7 |
I gotbought memenservants servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of greatherds and smallflocks, cattle above all that were before me in Jerusalem before me: |
| 2:8 |
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, asconcubines musicalvery instruments, and that of all sortsmany. |
| 2:10 |
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,: I withheld not my heart from any joy;, for my heart rejoiced inbecause of all my labour:; and this was my portion offrom all my labour. |
| 2:11 |
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind, and there was no profit under the sun. |
| 2:12 |
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly:; for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. |
| 2:14 |
The wise mans eyes are in his head;, butand the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. |
| 2:15 |
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happenethhappen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also iswas vanity. |
| 2:16 |
For there is no remembrance of the wise moreman, thaneven as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all bewill have been already forgotten. And how diethdoth the wise man? die even as the fool.! |
| 2:17 |
ThereforeSo I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun iswas grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 2:18 |
Yea,And I hated all my labour whichwherein I hadlaboured taken under the sun: becauseseeing that I shouldmust leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
| 2:19 |
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myselfwisdom wise under the sun. This also is also vanity. |
| 2:20 |
Therefore I wentturned about to cause my heart to despair ofconcerning all the labour whichwherein I tookhad laboured under the sun. |
| 2:21 |
For there is a man whose labour is inwith wisdom, and inwith knowledge, and inwith equityskilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. |
| 2:22 |
For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the vexationstriving of his heart, wherein he hathlaboureth laboured under the sun? |
| 2:23 |
For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh notno rest in the night. This also is also vanity. |
| 2:24 |
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it wasis from the hand of God. |
| 2:25 |
For who can eat, or who else can hastenhave hereuntoenjoyment, more than I? |
| 2:26 |
For God giveth to athe man that ispleaseth goodhim inGod hisgiveth sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that ispleaseth good before God. This also is vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 3:2 |
Aa time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
| 3:3 |
Aa time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
| 3:4 |
Aa time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| 3:5 |
Aa time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; |
| 3:6 |
Aa time to getseek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
| 3:7 |
Aa time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
| 3:8 |
Aa time to love, and a time to hate; a time offor war, and a time offor peace. |
| 3:10 |
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in ittherewith. |
| 3:11 |
He hath made every thing beautiful in hisits time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that no man cancannot find out the work that God makethhath done from the beginning even to the end. |
| 3:12 |
I know that there is nonothing goodbetter infor them, butthan for a man to rejoice, and to do good inso hislong lifeas they live. |
| 3:13 |
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good ofin all his labour, it is the gift of God. |
| 3:14 |
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doethhath done it, that men should fear before him. |
| 3:15 |
That which is hath been is nowalready; and that which is to be hath already been;: and God requirethseeketh again that which is pastpassed away. |
| 3:16 |
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgmentjudgement, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that iniquitywickedness was there. |
| 3:18 |
I said in mine heart, concerningIt theis estatebecause of the sons of men, that God mightmay manifestprove them, and that they mightmay see that they themselves are but as beasts. |
| 3:19 |
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; soand that a man hath no preeminence above athe beastbeasts: for all is vanity. |
| 3:21 |
Who knoweth the spirit of man thatwhether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast thatwhether it goeth downward to the earth? |
| 3:22 |
Wherefore I perceivesaw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him? |
| 4:1 |
SoThen I returned, and consideredsaw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power;, but they had no comforter. |
| 4:2 |
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.; |
| 4:3 |
Yeayea, better isthan hethem than both they,did I esteem him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
| 4:4 |
Again,Then I consideredsaw all travail,labour and every rightskilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is also vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 4:6 |
Better is an handful with quietness, than bothtwo thehandfuls hands full with travaillabour and vexationstriving ofafter spiritwind. |
| 4:7 |
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. |
| 4:8 |
There is one that is alone, and therehe ishath not a second; yea, he hath neither childson nor brother:; yet is there no end of all his labour;, neither isare his eyeeyes satisfied with riches;. neitherFor whom then, saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereavedeprive my soul of good? This also is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. |
| 4:10 |
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth;, forand he hath not another to helplift him up. |
| 4:11 |
Again, if two lie together, then they have heatwarmth: but how can one be warm alone? |
| 4:12 |
And if onea man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
| 4:13 |
Better is a poor and a wise childyouth than an old and foolish king, who willknoweth nonot morehow beto admonishedreceive admonition any more. |
| 4:14 |
For out of prison he comethcame forth to reignbe king; whereasyea, alsoeven he that is born in his kingdom becomethhe was born poor. |
| 4:15 |
I consideredsaw all the living which walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, child that shallstood stand up in his stead. |
| 4:16 |
There iswas no end of all the people, even of all thatthem haveover beenwhom beforehe themwas: yet they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 5:1 |
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,; andfor beto moredraw readynigh to hear, is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they considerknow not that they do evil. |
| 5:2 |
Be not rash with thy mouthmonth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God:; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. |
| 5:3 |
For a dream cometh throughwith thea multitude of business; and a fools voice iswith knowna by multitude of words. |
| 5:4 |
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowedvowest. |
| 5:7 |
For inthus it cometh to pass through the multitude of dreams and vanities and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. |
| 5:8 |
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent pervertingtaking away of judgmentjudgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for heone that is higher than the highesthigh regardeth; and there be higher than they. |
| 5:10 |
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is also vanity. |
| 5:11 |
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what goodadvantage is there to the ownersowner thereof, saving the beholding of them with theirhis eyes? |
| 5:12 |
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundancefulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. |
| 5:13 |
There is a soregrievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept forby the ownersowner thereof to theirhis hurt.: |
| 5:14 |
Butand those riches perish by evil travail:adventure; and if he begettethhath begotten a son, and there is nothing in his hand. |
| 5:15 |
As he came forth of his mothers womb, naked shall he returngo toagain go as he came, and shall take nothing offor his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. |
| 5:16 |
And this also is a soregrievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hathhe labouredlaboureth for the wind? |
| 5:17 |
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hathis muchsore sorrowvexed and wrathhath withsickness hisand sicknesswrath. |
| 5:18 |
Behold, that which I have seen: itto isbe good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good ofin all his labour, thatwherein he takethlaboureth under the sun, all the days of his life, which God givethhath given him: for itthis is his portion. |
| 6:1 |
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is commonheavy amongupon men: |
| 6:2 |
Aa man to whom God hathgiveth given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wantethlacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it:; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. |
| 6:3 |
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, andbut his soul be not filled with good, and alsomoreover that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.: |
| 6:4 |
Forfor heit cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and histhe name shallthereof beis covered with darkness.; |
| 6:5 |
Moreovermoreover heit hath not seen the sun, nor known anyit; thing: this hath more rest rather than the other.: |
| 6:6 |
Yeayea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet hathenjoy he seen no good: do not all go to one place? |
| 6:8 |
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living? |
| 6:9 |
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is also vanity and vexationa ofstriving spiritafter wind. |
| 6:10 |
ThatWhatsoever which hath been, isthe namedname alreadythereof was given long ago, and it is known that it is man: neither maycan he contend with him that is mightier than he. |
| 6:12 |
For who knoweth what is good for man in thishis life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? |
| 7:1 |
A goodGood name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of ones birth. |
| 7:3 |
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made betterglad. |
| 7:7 |
Surely oppressionextortion maketh a wise man madfoolish; and a gift destroyeth the heartunderstanding. |
| 7:10 |
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquireinquire wisely concerning this. |
| 7:11 |
Wisdom is as good withas an inheritance: andyea, bymore itexcellent there is profitit tofor them that see the sun. |
| 7:12 |
For wisdom is a defence, andeven as money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom givethpreserveth the life toof themhim that havehath it. |
| 7:14 |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, butand in the day of adversity consider: God also hath seteven made the one overside againstby side with the other, to the end that man should not find nothingout any thing that shall be after him. |
| 7:15 |
All thingsthis have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a justrighteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickednessevil doing. |
| 7:16 |
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? |
| 7:18 |
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from thisthat withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. |
| 7:19 |
Wisdom strengthenethis a strength to the wise man more than ten mightyrulers men which are in thea city. |
| 7:20 |
ForSurely there is not a justrighteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. |
| 7:21 |
Also take nonot heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: |
| 7:22 |
Forfor oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. |
| 7:23 |
All this have I proved byin wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. |
| 7:24 |
That which is is far off, and exceeding deep,; who can find it out? |
| 7:25 |
I appliedturned mineabout, and my heart was set to know, and to search out, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know thethat wickedness ofis folly, evenand ofthat foolishness andis madness: |
| 7:26 |
And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. |
| 7:27 |
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher,Preacher; countinglaying one bything oneto another, to find out the account: |
| 7:28 |
Whichwhich yet my soul still seeketh, but I findhave not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. |
| 7:29 |
LoBehold, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. |
| 8:1 |
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? aA mans wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldnesshardness of his face shallis be changed. |
| 8:2 |
I counsel thee, toKeep keep the kings commandmentcommand, and that in regard of the oath of God. |
| 8:3 |
Be not hasty to go out of his sight:presence; standpersist not in an evil thing;: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. |
| 8:4 |
WhereBecause the kings word ofhath a king is, there is power:; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? |
| 8:5 |
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feelknow no evil thing:; and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and judgment.judgement: |
| 8:6 |
Becausefor to every purpose there is a time and judgment,judgement; thereforebecause the misery of man is great upon him.: |
| 8:7 |
Forfor he knoweth not that which shall be:; for who can tell him whenhow it shall be? |
| 8:8 |
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power inover the day of death:; and there is no discharge in that war;: neither shall wickedness deliver thosehim that areis given to it. |
| 8:9 |
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man rulethhath power over another to his own hurt. |
| 8:10 |
And sowithal I saw the wicked buried, whoand hadthey comecame to the grave; and gonethey fromthat thehad placedone ofright went away from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this also is also vanity. |
| 8:12 |
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and prolong his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: |
| 8:13 |
Butbut it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. |
| 8:14 |
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be justrighteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. |
| 8:15 |
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him ofin his labour all the days of his life, which God givethhath given him under the sun. |
| 8:17 |
Thenthen I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because thoughhowever much a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther;moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. |
| 9:1 |
For all this I consideredlaid into my heart, even to declareexplore all this,; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: nowhether manit knowethbe either love or hatred, byman knoweth it not; all that is before them. |
| 9:2 |
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. |
| 9:3 |
This is an evil amongin all things that areis done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. |
| 9:4 |
For to him that is joined towith all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. |
| 9:6 |
AlsoAs well their love, andas their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. |
| 9:7 |
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God nowhath acceptethalready accepted thy works. |
| 9:8 |
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack no ointment. |
| 9:9 |
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour whichwherein thou takestlabourest under the sun. |
| 9:11 |
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but timefame and chance happeneth to them all. |
| 9:12 |
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare;, even so, are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. |
| 9:13 |
ThisI wisdom have Ialso seen alsowisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me: |
| 9:17 |
The words of the wise menspoken in quiet are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. |
| 10:1 |
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecaryperfumer to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly himoutweigh that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. |
| 10:3 |
Yea also, when hethe that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdomunderstanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. |
| 10:4 |
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifiethallayeth great offences. |
| 10:5 |
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: |
| 10:6 |
Follyfolly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. |
| 10:8 |
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh anthrough hedgea fence, a serpent shall bite him. |
| 10:9 |
Whoso removethheweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shallis be endangered thereby. |
| 10:10 |
If the iron be blunt, and heone do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. |
| 10:11 |
SurelyIf the serpent will bite withoutbefore enchantment;it andbe acharmed, babblerthen is there no betteradvantage in the charmer. |
| 10:14 |
A fool also ismultiplieth full of words: ayet man cannotknoweth tellnot what shall be; and whatthat which shall be after him, who can tell him? |
| 10:15 |
The labour of thefools foolish wearieth every one of them, becausefor he knoweth not how to go to the city. |
| 10:17 |
BlessedHappy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! |
| 10:18 |
By much slothfulness the buildingroof decayethsinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth throughleaketh. |
| 10:19 |
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merryglad the life: butand money answereth all things. |
| 10:20 |
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. |
| 11:2 |
Give a portion to seven, andyea, alsoeven tounto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
| 11:3 |
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if thea tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it shall be. |
| 11:5 |
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spiritwind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child:; even so thou knowest not the workswork of God who makethdoeth all. |
| 11:6 |
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whetherwhich shall prosper, eitherwhether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. |
| 11:7 |
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:. |
| 11:8 |
ButYea, if a man live many years, andlet him rejoice in them all; yetbut let him remember the days of darkness;, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. |
| 11:9 |
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmentjudgement. |
| 11:10 |
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhoodyouth and youththe prime of life are vanity. |
| 12:1 |
Remember nowalso thy Creator in the days of thy youth, whileor ever the evil days come not, norand the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; |
| 12:2 |
Whileor ever the sun, orand the light, orand the moon, orand the stars, be not darkened, norand the clouds return after the rain: |
| 12:3 |
Inin the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, |
| 12:4 |
Andand the doorsdoor shall be shut in the streets,street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and heone shall rise up at the voice of thea bird, and all the daughters of musickmusic shall be brought low; |
| 12:5 |
Alsoyea, when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fearsterrors shall be in the way,; and the almond tree shall flourishblossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desirethe caper berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: |
| 12:6 |
Oror ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.; |
| 12:7 |
Thenand shall the dust return to the earth as it was:, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. |
| 12:8 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacherPreacher; all is vanity. |
| 12:9 |
And moreoverfurther, because the preacherPreacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heedpondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. |
| 12:10 |
The preacherPreacher sought to find out acceptable words:, and that which was written was uprightuprightly, even words of truth. |
| 12:11 |
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened byare the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. |
| 12:12 |
And furtherfurthermore, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. |
| 12:13 |
LetThis usis hear the conclusionend of the wholematter; matterall hath been heard: Fearfear God, and keep his commandments:; for this is the whole duty of man. |
| 12:14 |
For God shall bring every work into judgmentjudgement, with every secrethidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. |