| 1:3 |
What profit hath man of all his labourlabor wherein he labourethlaboreth under the sun? |
| 1:4 |
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; andbut the earth abideth for ever. |
| 1:5 |
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to hisits place where heit ariseth. |
| 1:10 |
Is there a thing whereof menit saymay be said, See, this is new? it hath been alreadylong ago, in the ages which were before us. |
| 1:15 |
That which is crooked cannot be made straight:; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
| 1:16 |
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem:; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 1:18 |
For in much wisdom is much grief:; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
| 2:1 |
I SAIDsaid in minemy heart, GoCome to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. |
| 2:2 |
I said of laughter, It is mad:; and of mirth, What doeth it? |
| 2:3 |
I searched in minemy heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, minemy heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. |
| 2:5 |
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:; |
| 2:6 |
I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:; |
| 2:7 |
I bought menservantsmen servants and maidensmaid servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:; |
| 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, concubinesmusical veryinstruments, manyand that of all sorts. |
| 2:10 |
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:; I withheld not my heart from any joy,; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labourlabor; and this was my portion from all my labourlabor. |
| 2:11 |
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labourlabor that I had labouredlabored to do:; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after 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 alreadydone donelong ago. |
| 2:15 |
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I said in my heart, that this also wasis vanity. |
| 2:16 |
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been alreadylong forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool! |
| 2:17 |
So I hated life;, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me:; for all is vanity and a striving after wind. |
| 2:18 |
And I hated all my labourlabor wherein I labouredlabored under the sun:, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
| 2:19 |
And who knoweth whether he shallwill be a wise man or a fool? yet shallwill he have rule over all my labourlabor wherein I have labouredlabored, and wherein I have shewedshowed wisdommyself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. |
| 2:20 |
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labourlabor wherein I had labouredlabored under the sun. |
| 2:21 |
For there is a man whose labourlabor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labouredlabored 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 labourlabor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he labourethlaboreth under the sun? |
| 2:24 |
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labourlabor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. |
| 2:26 |
For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
| 3:1 |
ToFor everyeverything thing there is a season, and a time tofor every purpose under the heaven: |
| 3:9 |
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he labourethlaboreth? |
| 3:11 |
He hath made everyeverything thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set theeternity world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. |
| 3:13 |
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labourlabor, 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 anyanything thing taken from it:; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him. |
| 3:15 |
That which is hath been alreadylong ago; and that which is to be hath alreadylong ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away. |
| 3:16 |
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgementjustice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. |
| 3:17 |
I said in minemy heart, God shallwill judge the righteous and the wicked:; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. |
| 3:18 |
I said in minemy heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts. |
| 3:21 |
Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth? |
| 4:1 |
Then I returned and saw 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 whichthat arehave alreadybeen long dead more than the living whichthat are yet alive; |
| 4:3 |
yea, better than them both did I esteem him whichthat hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
| 4:4 |
Then I saw all labourlabor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbourneighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
| 4:6 |
Better is ana handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labourlabor and striving after wind. |
| 4:8 |
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labourlabor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labourlabor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. |
| 4:9 |
Two are better than one;, because they have a good reward for their labourlabor. |
| 4:10 |
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up. |
| 4:11 |
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth:; but how can one be warm alone? |
| 4:15 |
I saw all the living whichthat walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead. |
| 5:2 |
Be not rash with thy monthmouth, and let not thinethy heart be hasty to utter anyanything thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. |
| 5:3 |
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business;, and a fools voice with a multitude of words. |
| 5:6 |
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thinethy hands? |
| 5:7 |
For thusin it cometh to pass through the multitude of dreams andthere are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God. |
| 5:8 |
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgementjustice and justicerighteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there beare 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 vanity. |
| 5:11 |
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them:; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, savingsave the beholding of them with his eyes? |
| 5:12 |
The sleep of a labouringlaboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much:; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. |
| 5:13 |
There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt: |
| 5:15 |
As he came forth offrom his mothers womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labourlabor, which he may carry away in his hand. |
| 5:16 |
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he labourethlaboreth for the wind? |
| 5:17 |
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath. |
| 5:18 |
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labourlabor, wherein he labourethlaboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion. |
| 5:19 |
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; labor—this is the gift of God. |
| 6:2 |
a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honourhonor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but aan strangeralien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. |
| 6:3 |
If a man beget ana hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years beare many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he: |
| 6:6 |
yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good:, do not all go to one place? |
| 6:7 |
All the labourlabor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. |
| 6:8 |
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living? |
| 6:10 |
Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago,; and it is known thatwhat itman is; man: neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he. |
| 6:11 |
Seeing there beare many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| 7:1 |
A Goodgood name is better than precious ointmentoil; and the day of death, than the day of ones birth. |
| 7:2 |
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. |
| 7:3 |
Sorrow is better than laughter:; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad. |
| 7:7 |
Surely extortion maketh athe wise man foolish; and a giftbribe destroyeth the understanding. |
| 7:8 |
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof:; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. |
| 7:9 |
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry:; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. |
| 7:11 |
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance:; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun. |
| 7:12 |
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence:; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it. |
| 7:14 |
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider:; yea, God hath even made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anyanything thing that shall be after him. |
| 7:15 |
All this have I seen in themy days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil doing. |
| 7:16 |
Be not righteous over muchovermuch; neither make thyself over wiseoverwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? |
| 7:17 |
Be not overovermuch much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? |
| 7:18 |
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thinethy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth offrom them all. |
| 7:19 |
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers whichthat are in a city. |
| 7:21 |
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken;, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:; |
| 7:24 |
That which is, is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out? |
| 7:25 |
I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness:. |
| 7:26 |
And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and herwhose hands asare 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;, laying one thing to another, to find out the account:; |
| 7:29 |
Behold, this only have I found,: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. |
| 8:4 |
BecauseFor the kings word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? |
| 8:5 |
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise mans heart discerneth time and judgementjudgment: |
| 8:6 |
for to every purpose there is a time and judgementjudgment; because the misery of man is great upon him: |
| 8:8 |
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it. |
| 8:10 |
AndSo withal I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity. |
| 8:12 |
Though a sinner do evil ana hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, whichthat fear before him: |
| 8:14 |
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth;, that there beare righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there beare 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 merryjoyful: for that shall abide with him in his labourlabor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun. |
| 8:16 |
When I applied minemy heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:, |
| 8:17 |
then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labourlabor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. |
| 9:1 |
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this;: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all 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. |
| 9:4 |
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope:; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. |
| 9:5 |
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thinganything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. |
| 9:6 |
As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is nowperished perishedlong ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anyanything thing that is done under the sun. |
| 9:8 |
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack ointmentoil. |
| 9:9 |
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thethy life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thethy days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labourlabor wherein thou labourestlaborest under the sun. |
| 9:10 |
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the graveSheol, whither thou goest. |
| 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 favourfavor to men of skill; but fametime 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. |
| 9:14 |
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:. |
| 9:17 |
The words of the wise spokenheard in quiet are heardbetter more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. |
| 9:18 |
Wisdom is better than weapons of war:; but one sinner destroyeth much good. |
| 10:1 |
Dead flies cause the ointmentoil of the perfumer to send forth aan stinkingevil savour:odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honourhonor. |
| 10:4 |
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yieldinggentleness allayeth great offences. |
| 10:6 |
folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. |
| 10:7 |
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking aslike servants upon the earth. |
| 10:8 |
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fencewall, a serpent shall bite him. |
| 10:11 |
If the serpent bite before it beis charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. |
| 10:13 |
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness:; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. |
| 10:15 |
The labourlabor of fools wearieth every one of them,; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. |
| 10:19 |
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life:; and money answereth all things. |
| 10:20 |
CurseRevile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curserevile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the airheavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. |
| 11:1 |
Cast thy bread upon the waters:; for thou shalt find it after many days. |
| 11:3 |
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth:; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. |
| 11:6 |
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thinethy hand:; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. |
| 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 thinethy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgementjudgment. |
| 11:10 |
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh:; for youth and the primedawn of life are vanity. |
| 12:1 |
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, orbefore ever the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; |
| 12:2 |
orbefore ever the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, beare darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:; |
| 12:3 |
in 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 shall be darkened, |
| 12:4 |
and the doordoors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; |
| 12:5 |
yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and thedesire caper berry shall fail:; because man goeth to his longeverlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: |
| 12:6 |
orbefore ever the silver cord beis loosed, or the golden bowl beis broken, or the pitcher beis broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;, |
| 12:7 |
and the dust returnreturneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returnreturneth unto God who gave it. |
| 12:11 |
The words of the wise are as goads,; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. |
| 12:13 |
This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fearFear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. |
| 12:14 |
For God shallwill bring every work into judgementjudgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. |