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\BibleBook{Ecclesiates or, The Preacher}

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\BibleMainTitle{Ecclesiastes }
\BibleTitleTwo{or, The Preacher }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="H1697" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" Preacher|strong="H6953", the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Vanity|strong="H1892" of|strong="H3605" vanities|strong="H1892", saith the|strong="H3605" Preacher|strong="H6953", vanity|strong="H1892" of|strong="H3605" vanities|strong="H1892"! all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{3}What|strong="H4100" profit|strong="H3504" hath man|strong="H0120" of|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" labour wherewith he|strong="H0120" laboureth under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121"? 
\verseNumber{4}[One|strong="H0776"] generation|strong="H1755" passeth away|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" [another|strong="H1755"] generation|strong="H1755" cometh, but|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0776" standeth for|strong="H0776" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121" also|strong="H0935" riseth, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121" goeth down, and|strong="H0935" hasteth to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0935" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" it|strong="H1931" ariseth. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" goeth towards the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H1864", and|strong="H1980" turneth about|strong="H5439" towards the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828": it|strong="H5921" turneth about|strong="H5439" continually|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307" returneth again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H5921" circuits. 
\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rivers run|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", yet|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" full|strong="H4392": unto the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" whither the|strong="H3605" rivers go|strong="H1980", thither they|strong="H1992" go|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H0376" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H0376" toil; none|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3201" express it|strong="H7200". The|strong="H3605" eye|strong="H5869" is|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H7646" with|strong="H4390" seeing|strong="H7200", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" ear|strong="H0241" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" hearing|strong="H0241". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" hath been|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" hath been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213": and|strong="H3605" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" new|strong="H2319" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{10}Is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3426" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H1697" whereof it|strong="H1931" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559", See|strong="H7200", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319"? It|strong="H1931" hath been|strong="H1961" already|strong="H3528" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0559" ages|strong="H5769" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" remembrance|strong="H2146" of|strong="H0369" former|strong="H7223" things|strong="H7223"; neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" there|strong="H0369" be|strong="H1961" remembrance|strong="H2146" of|strong="H0369" things|strong="H7223" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0369" shall|strong="H3808" live afterwards|strong="H0314". 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H0589", the|strong="H5921" Preacher|strong="H6953", was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" applied|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" seek|strong="H1875" and|strong="H1121" search|strong="H1875" out|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H2451" concerning|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064": this|strong="H1931" grievous occupation hath \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" to|strong="H5921" weary themselves|strong="H7451" therewith. 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4639" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H7200" behold|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2009" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H7200" pursuit of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{15}That|strong="H3808" which is|strong="H3808" crooked|strong="H5791" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" made straight; and|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" which is|strong="H3808" wanting cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" numbered|strong="H4487". 
\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H0589" communed with|strong="H5973" mine|strong="H5973" own|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3820", saying|strong="H0559", Lo|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1431" and|strong="H3389" have|strong="H1961" acquired wisdom|strong="H2451" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" over|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H3389" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" hath seen|strong="H7200" much|strong="H7235" of|strong="H6440" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H3389" knowledge|strong="H1847". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H2451" I|strong="H5414" applied|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H7307" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H2451" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H7307" madness|strong="H1947" and|strong="H2451" folly|strong="H5531": I|strong="H5414" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H5414" striving|strong="H7475" after|strong="H7475" the|strong="H5414" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3254" much|strong="H7230" wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2451" much|strong="H7230" vexation, and|strong="H2451" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" increaseth knowledge|strong="H1847" increaseth sorrow|strong="H4341". 
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\chapterNumber{2}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H1571" my|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820", Come|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1571" try|strong="H5254" thee with|strong="H1571" mirth|strong="H8057", therefore|strong="H1571" enjoy|strong="H7200" pleasure|strong="H8057". But|strong="H7200" behold|strong="H2009", this|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1931" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" of|strong="H0559" laughter|strong="H7814", Madness! and|strong="H8057" of|strong="H0559" mirth|strong="H8057", What|strong="H4100" availeth it|strong="H6213"? 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H0834" searched in|strong="H3117" my|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5704" cherish my|strong="H7200" flesh|strong="H1320" with|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196", while|strong="H5704" practising my|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820" with|strong="H3117" wisdom|strong="H2451"; and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5704" lay|strong="H1121" hold|strong="H0270" on|strong="H3117" folly|strong="H5531", till|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0120" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0120" do|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" heavens|strong="H8064" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7200" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}I made|strong="H4639" me|strong="H1004" great|strong="H1431" works|strong="H4639"; I builded me|strong="H1004" houses|strong="H1004"; I planted|strong="H5193" me|strong="H1004" vineyards|strong="H3754"; 
\verseNumber{5}I made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H3605" gardens|strong="H1593" and|strong="H6086" parks|strong="H6508", and|strong="H6086" I planted|strong="H5193" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H6086" them|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" kind of|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529"; 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H6779" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H8248" ponds|strong="H1295" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", to|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" therewith the|strong="H8248" wood|strong="H6086", where the|strong="H8248" trees|strong="H6086" are|strong="H1992" reared. 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5650" acquired|strong="H7069" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" maidens, and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" born|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"; also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1961" great possessions|strong="H4735" of|strong="H1121" herds|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" flocks|strong="H6629", above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H1571" gathered|strong="H3664" me|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1571" peculiar treasure|strong="H5459" of|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1571" provinces|strong="H4082"; I|strong="H1571" got me|strong="H1121" men-singers and|strong="H1121" women-singers, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1571" delights of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1571" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120", a|strong="H1571" wife and|strong="H1121" concubines|strong="H7705". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3389" I|strong="H2451" became|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1431", and|strong="H3389" increased|strong="H3254" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5975" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": also|strong="H0637" my|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" remained|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3389" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H5869" whatsoever|strong="H3605" mine eyes|strong="H5869" desired|strong="H7592" I|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H4513" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1992": I|strong="H0834" withheld|strong="H4513" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" from|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" joy|strong="H8057"; for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" rejoiced|strong="H8055" in|strong="H8055" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" labour, and|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" portion|strong="H2506" from|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" labour. 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H2009" I|strong="H0589" looked|strong="H6437" on|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" had|strong="H0369" wrought|strong="H4639", and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" labour that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H6213" had|strong="H0369" cost me|strong="H0589" to|strong="H0369" do|strong="H6213" [them|strong="H3027"]; and|strong="H3027" behold|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0369" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H3027" pursuit of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307", and|strong="H3027" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" profit|strong="H3504" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" turned|strong="H6437" myself|strong="H0589" to|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H7200" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H0935" madness|strong="H1947", and|strong="H0935" folly|strong="H5531"; for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0120" [do|strong="H6213"] that|strong="H0834" cometh after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? — that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" hath already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H3528" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" wisdom|strong="H2451" excelleth folly|strong="H5531", as|strong="H0589" light|strong="H0216" excelleth darkness|strong="H2822". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" man's eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" fool|strong="H3684" walketh in|strong="H1980" darkness|strong="H2822"; but|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0589" myself|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" one|strong="H0259" event happeneth to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H2088" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H1696" my|strong="H1696" heart|strong="H3820", As|strong="H1571" it|strong="H1696" happeneth to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" fool|strong="H3684" so|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1571" it|strong="H1696" happen even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0589"; and|strong="H2088" why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3820" I|strong="H0589" then|strong="H0227" so|strong="H1571" wise|strong="H2449"? Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H1696" my|strong="H1696" heart|strong="H3820" that|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{16}For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4191" no|strong="H0369" remembrance|strong="H2146" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" more|strong="H0369" than|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fool|strong="H3684" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769"; because|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" already|strong="H3528" forgotten|strong="H7911" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" which come|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" how|strong="H0349" dieth the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" even|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" fool|strong="H3684"? 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1892" I|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" life|strong="H2416"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3605" wrought|strong="H4639" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H7307" grievous unto me|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H1892" pursuit of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0120" I|strong="H0589" hated|strong="H8130" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" labour wherewith I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" toiling|strong="H6001" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", because|strong="H8478" I|strong="H0589" should|strong="H0120" leave|strong="H3240" it|strong="H1961" unto the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0120" that|strong="H3605" shall|strong="H8478" be|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H8130". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3045" who|strong="H4310" knoweth whether|strong="H0176" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" [man|strong="H2450"] or|strong="H0176" a|strong="H1961" fool|strong="H5530"? yet|strong="H1571" shall|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" rule over|strong="H7980" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" labour at|strong="H1961" which|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" laboured, and|strong="H3045" wherein I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H5437" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" cause my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" despair|strong="H2976" of|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" labour wherewith I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H0853" laboured under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" whose|strong="H0120" labour hath been|strong="H3426" with|strong="H1571" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H0120" with|strong="H1571" knowledge|strong="H1847", and|strong="H0120" with|strong="H1571" skill|strong="H2451", and|strong="H0120" who|strong="H0120" leaveth it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" that|strong="H3588" hath not|strong="H3808" laboured therein, to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5414" portion|strong="H2506". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H0120" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7227" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H0120" man|strong="H0120" have|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" labour and|strong="H0120" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" striving|strong="H7475" of|strong="H8478" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", wherewith he|strong="H1931" hath wearied himself|strong="H1931" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121"? 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" sorrows|strong="H4341", and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" travail vexation: even|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" taketh no|strong="H3808" rest|strong="H7901". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0430" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3588" make|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" soul|strong="H5315" enjoy|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H7200" labour. This|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H7200", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.24 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{25}For|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H0398", or|strong="H4480" who|strong="H4310" be|strong="H4480" eager, more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588"? 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" giveth to|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H6440" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H0430" knowledge|strong="H1847", and|strong="H0430" joy|strong="H8057"; but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" sinner|strong="H2398" he|strong="H3588" giveth travail to|strong="H5414" gather|strong="H0622" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5414" heap|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0430" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.26 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God's sight|strong="H6440". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H0430" pursuit of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\chapterNumber{3}To|strong="H6256" everything|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8478" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H8478" season|strong="H6256", and|strong="H8064" a|strong="H8478" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" every|strong="H3605" purpose|strong="H2656" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" heavens|strong="H8064": 
\verseNumber{2}A|strong="H3205" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" born|strong="H3205", and|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3205" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"; A|strong="H3205" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H4191" plant|strong="H5193", and|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3205" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H4191" pluck up that|strong="H6256" which is|strong="H4191" planted|strong="H5193"; 
\verseNumber{3}A|strong="H1129" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" kill|strong="H2026", and|strong="H6256" a|strong="H1129" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" heal|strong="H7495"; A|strong="H1129" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" break|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555", and|strong="H6256" a|strong="H1129" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" build|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129"; 
\verseNumber{4}A|strong="H6256" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" weep|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1058" a|strong="H6256" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" laugh|strong="H7832"; A|strong="H6256" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" mourn|strong="H5594", and|strong="H1058" a|strong="H6256" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" dance|strong="H7540"; 
\verseNumber{5}A|strong="H7993" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" cast|strong="H7993" away|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H0068" a|strong="H7993" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" gather|strong="H3664" stones|strong="H0068" together; A|strong="H7993" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" embrace|strong="H2263", and|strong="H0068" a|strong="H7993" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" refrain from|strong="H0068" embracing|strong="H2263"; 
\verseNumber{6}A|strong="H1245" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" seek|strong="H1245", and|strong="H8104" a|strong="H1245" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" lose; A|strong="H1245" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" keep|strong="H8104", and|strong="H8104" a|strong="H1245" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" cast|strong="H7993" away|strong="H7993"; 
\verseNumber{7}A|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1696" rend|strong="H7167", and|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1696" sew|strong="H8609"; A|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1696" keep|strong="H2814" silence, and|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696"; 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H0157" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" love|strong="H0157", and|strong="H4421" a|strong="H0157" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" hate|strong="H8130"; A|strong="H0157" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H6256" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H4421" a|strong="H0157" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H6256" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{9}What|strong="H4100" profit|strong="H3504" hath he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" worketh from|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" wherein|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" laboureth? 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" travail that|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.10 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" to|strong="H5414" toil in|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" hath made|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" beautiful|strong="H3303" in|strong="H0430" its|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256"; also|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0834" hath set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" world in|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" findeth not|strong="H3808" out|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" beginning|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H5490" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.11 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" doeth. 
\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H8055" but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0369" rejoice|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0369" do|strong="H6213" well|strong="H2896" in|strong="H8055" their|strong="H3588" life|strong="H2416"; 
\verseNumber{13}yea also|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0120" should|strong="H0120" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0430" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0430" enjoy|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" labour, it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" gift|strong="H4991" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" whatever|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.14 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" doeth, it|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769"; there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", nor|strong="H0369" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1639" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H1931"; and|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.14 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" doeth [it|strong="H1931"], that|strong="H0834" [men|strong="H3605"] should|strong="H3588" fear|strong="H3372" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{15}That|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" long|strong="H4100" ago, and|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" hath already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" bringeth back again|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" past. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H4941" moreover|strong="H5750" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121", that|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H8478" judgment|strong="H4941", wickedness|strong="H7562" was|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H4941" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H8478" righteousness|strong="H6664", wickedness|strong="H7562" was|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.17 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" judge|strong="H8199" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3605" purpose|strong="H3820" and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{18}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820", It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0430" thus with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120", that|strong="H7200" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" may|strong="H0430" prove them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H0120" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" but|strong="H7200" beasts|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H2088" befalleth the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" befalleth beasts|strong="H0929"; even|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" thing|strong="H2088" befalleth them|strong="H4480": as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" dieth, so|strong="H3651" dieth the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0259", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" all|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" breath|strong="H7307"; and|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0120" hath no|strong="H0369" pre-eminence above|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" beast|strong="H0929": for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980" unto one|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725": all|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" dust|strong="H6083", and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" dust|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{21}Who|strong="H4310" knoweth the|strong="H3045" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120"? Doth it|strong="H1931" go|strong="H5927" upwards|strong="H4605"? and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3045" beasts|strong="H0929", doth it|strong="H1931" go|strong="H5927" downwards to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3045" earth|strong="H0776"? 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" should|strong="H4100" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" own|strong="H1961" works|strong="H4639"; for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" his|strong="H0834" portion|strong="H2506"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H4310" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310"? 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H0589" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oppressions|strong="H6217" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121": and|strong="H3027" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" tears|strong="H1832" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H6231", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" comforter|strong="H5162"; and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" oppressors|strong="H6231" was|strong="H0369" power|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" comforter|strong="H5162". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0589" praised the|strong="H0853" dead|strong="H4191" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" already|strong="H3528" dead|strong="H4191" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" yet alive|strong="H2416"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H7200" more|strong="H3808" fortunate than|strong="H3808" both|strong="H8147" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" hath not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961", who|strong="H0834" hath not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" labour, and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" success of|strong="H0376" work|strong="H4639", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" man's jealousy|strong="H7068" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" neighbour. This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H0376" pursuit of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" fool|strong="H3684" foldeth his|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" together, and|strong="H3027" eateth his|strong="H3027" own flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{6}Better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H7307" a|strong="H7307" handful with|strong="H3709" quietness, than|strong="H2896" both hands|strong="H3709" full|strong="H4393" with|strong="H3709" labour and|strong="H5999" pursuit of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H2896" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0589" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H7200" vanity|strong="H1892" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0259" [alone|strong="H0259"] and|strong="H1121" without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H2088" second|strong="H8145"; also|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1931" hath neither|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" nor|strong="H3808" brother|strong="H0251": yet|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" labour, neither|strong="H3808" is|strong="H0369" his|strong="H3605" eye|strong="H5869" satisfied|strong="H7646" with|strong="H7646" riches|strong="H6239", and|strong="H1121" [he|strong="H1931" saith not|strong="H3808"], For|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H4310" then|strong="H2088" am|strong="H0589" I|strong="H0589" labouring, and|strong="H1121" depriving|strong="H2637" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" good|strong="H2896"? This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0369" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" grievous occupation. 
\verseNumber{9}Two|strong="H8147" are|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" one|strong="H0259"; because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" reward|strong="H7939" for|strong="H0259" their|strong="H1992" labour. 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307", the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" will|strong="H0369" lift|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" his|strong="H0518" fellow; but|strong="H3588" woe|strong="H0337" to|strong="H0369" him|strong="H0853" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" alone|strong="H0259" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" falleth, and|strong="H6965" who|strong="H0369" hath not|strong="H0369" another|strong="H0259" to|strong="H0369" lift|strong="H6965" him|strong="H0853" up|strong="H6965"! 
\verseNumber{11}Again, if|strong="H0518" two|strong="H8147" lie|strong="H7901" together|strong="H0259", then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1571" warmth; but|strong="H0518" how|strong="H0349" can|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0259" alone|strong="H0259" be|strong="H1571" warm|strong="H2552"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H5975" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H0518" [man|strong="H0259"] overpower|strong="H8630" the|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0259", the|strong="H0518" two|strong="H8147" shall|strong="H3808" withstand|strong="H5975" him|strong="H5975"; and|strong="H5975" a|strong="H0518" threefold cord|strong="H2339" is|strong="H0259" not|strong="H3808" quickly|strong="H4120" broken|strong="H5423". 
\verseNumber{13}Better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" poor|strong="H4542" but|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2450" youth|strong="H3206" than|strong="H3808" an old|strong="H2205" and|strong="H4428" foolish|strong="H3684" king|strong="H4428", who|strong="H0834" knoweth no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5750" admonished. 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" prison-house he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3205" reign|strong="H4438", although|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" born|strong="H3205" poor|strong="H7326" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" that|strong="H0834" walk|strong="H1980" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" child|strong="H3206", the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145", that|strong="H0834" should|strong="H1980" stand|strong="H5975" up|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" stead|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{16}[There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369"] no|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" stood before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440"; those|strong="H3605" however|strong="H1571" that|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" after|strong="H7093" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H8055" him|strong="H6440". Surely|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0369" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" striving|strong="H7475" after|strong="H7093" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Keep thy foot when|strong="H3588" thou goest to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" house of|strong="H0776" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.1 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" draw|strong="H3318" near|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" hear, rather|strong="H3588" than|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" sacrifice of|strong="H0776" fools: for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" know not|strong="H0408" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H0408" evil. 
\verseNumber{2}Be|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3588" rash with|strong="H0935" thy mouth, and|strong="H0935" let not|strong="H3588" thy heart be|strong="H1697" hasty to|strong="H0935" utter anything|strong="H1697" before \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2 }Elohim}God: for|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2 Elohim}God is|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" heavens, and|strong="H0935" thou upon|strong="H0935" earth; therefore|strong="H3588" let thy words|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" few. 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" dream cometh through|strong="H3684" the|strong="H0853" multitude of|strong="H0430" business, and|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3588" fool's voice through|strong="H3684" a|strong="H3588" multitude of|strong="H0430" words. 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H0834" thou vowest a|strong="H0834" vow|strong="H5087" unto \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.4 }Elohim}God|strong="H3808", defer not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0834" pay|strong="H7999" it|strong="H0834"; for|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" hath no|strong="H3808" pleasure in|strong="H3808" fools: pay|strong="H7999" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" thou hast vowed|strong="H5087". 
\verseNumber{5}Better|strong="H3027" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" thou shouldest not|strong="H0408" vow|strong="H3027", than|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" thou shouldest vow|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0430" not|strong="H0408" pay|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{6}Suffer not|strong="H3588" thy mouth to|strong="H0430" cause|strong="H1697" thy flesh to|strong="H0430" sin; neither say|strong="H1697" thou before|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" angel, that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0430" an|strong="H3588" inadvertence. Wherefore should|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.6 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1697" wroth at|strong="H0430" thy voice, and|strong="H0430" destroy the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" thy hands? 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" multitude of|strong="H5921" dreams are|strong="H4941" vanities; so|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5921" many words: but|strong="H3588" fear \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.7 }Elohim}God. 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H1931" thou seest the|strong="H3605" oppression of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" poor, and|strong="H0776" violent perverting of|strong="H4428" judgment and|strong="H0776" justice in|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" province, marvel not|strong="H0776" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" matter; for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" higher than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" high is|strong="H1931" watching, and|strong="H0776" there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0776" higher than|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{9}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H1571" earth is|strong="H2088" every way|strong="H2088" profitable: the|strong="H1571" king [himself|strong="H3808"] is|strong="H2088" dependent upon the|strong="H1571" field. 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" loveth silver shall|strong="H4100" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H5869" satisfied with|strong="H0398" silver, nor|strong="H0518" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" loveth abundance|strong="H7235" with|strong="H0398" increase|strong="H7235". This|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4100" vanity. 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H0518" goods increase|strong="H7235", they|strong="H0518" are|strong="H0369" increased|strong="H7235" that|strong="H0518" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H0398" what profit is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H5647" owner thereof, except|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5647" beholding [of|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0398"] with|strong="H0398" his|strong="H0518" eyes? 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H7200" sleep of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" labourer is|strong="H3426" sweet, whether|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3426" have|strong="H3426" eaten little or|strong="H7200" much; but|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" fulness of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" rich|strong="H6239" doth not suffer him|strong="H7200" to|strong="H8104" sleep. 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3205" grievous evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0369" seen under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3205" sun: riches|strong="H6239" kept for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3205" owners thereof to|strong="H0369" their|strong="H0369" hurt; 
\verseNumber{14}or|strong="H3808" those|strong="H0834" riches perish by|strong="H3027" some|strong="H3027" evil circumstance, and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" begotten a|strong="H5375" son, there|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3651" came|strong="H0935" forth from|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" mother's womb, naked shall|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3651" go|strong="H0935" away|strong="H3605" again as|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3651" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" shall|strong="H1571" take|strong="H0935" nothing|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" his|strong="H3605" labour, which|strong="H7307" he|strong="H3651" may|strong="H1571" carry|strong="H0935" away|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" hand. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0398" this|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1571" grievous evil, that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" points as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" came so|strong="H1571" doth he|strong="H3117" go away|strong="H3605", and|strong="H0398" what|strong="H1571" profit hath he|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3117" having laboured for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" wind? 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" also|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" eateth in|strong="H0430" darkness, and|strong="H0430" hath much|strong="H0834" vexation, and|strong="H0430" sickness, and|strong="H0430" irritation. 
\verseNumber{18}Behold what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen good and|strong="H0430" comely: [it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834"] to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5414" drink, and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5414" enjoy good in|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" labour wherewith [man|strong="H0120"] laboureth under|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" sun, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" life which|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414": for|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" portion|strong="H2506". 
\verseNumber{19}Every|strong="H3117" man also|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3117" whom \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.19 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath given riches and|strong="H0430" wealth|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0430" power to|strong="H3117" eat thereof, and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3117" take|strong="H2142" his|strong="H3588" portion and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3117" rejoice|strong="H8057" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3588" labour: that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3588" gift of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.19 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{20}For he will not much remember the days of his life, because \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.20 }Elohim}God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart. 
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\chapterNumber{6}There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H0834" an|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H0120" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" frequent among|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0120": 
\verseNumber{2}one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0369" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.2 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" giveth riches|strong="H6239", wealth|strong="H6239", and|strong="H0430" honour, and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" wanteth nothing|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" desireth, yet|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.2 \+w Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" giveth him|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" power to|strong="H0369" eat|strong="H0398" thereof, but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" stranger|strong="H5237" eateth it|strong="H5414": this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" vanity|strong="H1892", and|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3588" sore evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" beget|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" [sons|strong="H3205"], and|strong="H3967" live|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1961" years|strong="H8141" be|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227", but|strong="H0518" his|strong="H1961" soul|strong="H5315" be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H7646" with|strong="H7646" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H3967" also|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" burial|strong="H6900", I|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559" an|strong="H1961" untimely birth|strong="H3205" is|strong="H1571" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0518". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" cometh in|strong="H0935" vanity|strong="H1892", and|strong="H0935" departeth in|strong="H0935" darkness|strong="H2822", and|strong="H0935" its|strong="H0935" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H8034" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H0935" darkness|strong="H2822"; 
\verseNumber{5}moreover|strong="H1571" it|strong="H3045" hath not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" nor|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121": this|strong="H2088" hath rest rather|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{6}Yea, though he|strong="H3808" live|strong="H2421" twice|strong="H6471" a|strong="H7200" thousand|strong="H0505" years|strong="H8141", yet|strong="H3808" hath he|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896": do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725"? 
\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" labour of|strong="H6310" man|strong="H0120" is|strong="H1571" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H0120" yet|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" appetite|strong="H5315" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H4390". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" advantage|strong="H3148" hath the|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H2450" above|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" fool|strong="H3684"? what|strong="H4100" hath the|strong="H3588" poor|strong="H6041", that|strong="H3588" knoweth to|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416"? 
\verseNumber{9}Better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H1571" seeing of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H1571" eyes|strong="H5869" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H1571" wandering of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H1571" desire|strong="H5315": this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892" and|strong="H1980" pursuit of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H1571" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{10}That|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" hath already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H1961" named|strong="H8034"; and|strong="H0120" what|strong="H4100" man|strong="H0120" is|strong="H0834", is|strong="H0834" known|strong="H3045", and|strong="H0120" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" contend with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" mightier than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H4100" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" increase|strong="H7235" vanity|strong="H1892": what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" man|strong="H0120" advantaged? 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" knoweth what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" in|strong="H3117" life|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H0834" vain|strong="H1892" life|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spendeth as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" shadow|strong="H6738"? for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" man|strong="H0120" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121"? 
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\chapterNumber{7}A|strong="H3205" [good|strong="H2896"] name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3117" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" precious ointment|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3205" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" death|strong="H4194" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3205" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" one's birth|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" go to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" mourning|strong="H0060" than|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" go to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" feasting|strong="H4960": in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H5490" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0120", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" taketh it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{3}Vexation is|strong="H3820" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" laughter|strong="H7814"; for|strong="H3588" by|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sadness|strong="H7455" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" countenance|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H3820" made|strong="H3190" better|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1004" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" wise|strong="H2450" is|strong="H3820" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" mourning|strong="H0060", but|strong="H3820" the|strong="H1004" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1004" fools|strong="H3684" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" mirth|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{5}It|strong="H2896" is|strong="H0376" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H0376" a|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" rebuke|strong="H1606" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2450", than|strong="H2896" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" song|strong="H7892" of|strong="H0376" fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" crackling|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" thorns under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3588" pot|strong="H5518", so|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" laughter|strong="H7814" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" fool|strong="H3684". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{7}Surely|strong="H3588" oppression|strong="H6233" maketh a|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H2450" mad, and|strong="H3820" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4979" destroyeth the|strong="H0853" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{8}Better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" end|strong="H0319" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7307" thing|strong="H1697" than|strong="H2896" its beginning|strong="H7225"; better|strong="H2896" is|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7307" patient|strong="H0750" spirit|strong="H7307" than|strong="H2896" a|strong="H7307" proud spirit|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{9}Be|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" hasty in|strong="H5117" thy spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H7307" be|strong="H0408" vexed|strong="H3707"; for|strong="H3588" vexation|strong="H3707" resteth in|strong="H5117" the|strong="H3588" bosom|strong="H2436" of|strong="H7307" fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{10}Say|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808", How|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" former|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428"? for|strong="H3588" thou dost not|strong="H3808" inquire|strong="H7592" wisely|strong="H2451" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{11}Wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2451" as|strong="H5159" good|strong="H2896" as|strong="H5159" an|strong="H7200" inheritance|strong="H5159", and|strong="H7200" profitable to|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="H3588" wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2451" a|strong="H3588" defence [as|strong="H3588"] money|strong="H3701" is|strong="H2451" a|strong="H3588" defence; but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" excellency of|strong="H1167" knowledge|strong="H1847" is|strong="H2451", [that|strong="H3588"] wisdom|strong="H2451" maketh them|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" possess|strong="H1167" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3701" live|strong="H2421". 
\verseNumber{13}Consider|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" can|strong="H4310" make|strong="H7200" straight what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hath made|strong="H4639" crooked|strong="H5791"? 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" prosperity|strong="H2896" enjoy|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" adversity consider|strong="H7200": \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.14 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath also|strong="H1571" set|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H2088" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H2088", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3117" man|strong="H0120" should|strong="H0120" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" nothing|strong="H3808" [of|strong="H0430" what|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961"] after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" [this|strong="H3117"] have|strong="H3426" I|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" vanity|strong="H1892": there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H7200" righteous|strong="H6662" [man|strong="H7563"] that|strong="H3605" perisheth by|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" righteousness|strong="H6664", and|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7563" [man|strong="H7563"] that|strong="H3605" prolongeth [his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117"] by|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" wickedness|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{16}Be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H0408" righteous|strong="H6662" overmuch; neither|strong="H0408" make|strong="H8074" thyself overwise: why|strong="H4100" shouldest thou destroy|strong="H8074" thyself? 
\verseNumber{17}Be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" overmuch wicked|strong="H7561", neither|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" thou foolish|strong="H5530": why|strong="H4100" shouldest thou die|strong="H4191" before|strong="H3808" thy time|strong="H6256"? 
\verseNumber{18}It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H0834" thou shouldest take|strong="H0270" hold|strong="H0270" of|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088"; yea|strong="H3588", also|strong="H1571" from|strong="H3318" that|strong="H0834" withdraw not|strong="H0408" thy hand|strong="H3027": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" feareth \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.18 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" cometh forth|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{19}Wisdom|strong="H2451" strengtheneth the|strong="H0834" wise|strong="H2450" more than ten|strong="H6235" mighty|strong="H5810" [men|strong="H2450"] that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{20}Surely|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" man|strong="H0120" upon earth|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" doeth good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H0776" sinneth not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{21}Also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" unto all|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696", lest thou hear|strong="H8085" thy servant|strong="H5650" curse|strong="H7043" thee. 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" thine own heart|strong="H3820" knoweth that|strong="H0834" oftentimes thou thyself likewise|strong="H1571" hast cursed|strong="H7043" others|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0559" tried|strong="H5254" by|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451": I|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2449"; but|strong="H0559" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{24}Whatever|strong="H4100" hath been|strong="H1961", is|strong="H4310" far|strong="H7350" off|strong="H7350", and|strong="H1961" exceeding deep|strong="H6013": who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" find|strong="H4672" it|strong="H1961" out|strong="H4100"? 
\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H0589" turned|strong="H5437", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H2451" my|strong="H1245" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H3820" know|strong="H3045", and|strong="H2451" to|strong="H3820" search|strong="H1245", and|strong="H2451" to|strong="H3820" seek|strong="H1245" out|strong="H3045" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H2451" reason, and|strong="H2451" to|strong="H3820" know|strong="H3045" wickedness|strong="H7562" to|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" folly|strong="H5531", and|strong="H2451" foolishness|strong="H3689" to|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" madness|strong="H1947"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0589" found|strong="H4672" more|strong="H4480" bitter|strong="H4751" than|strong="H4480" death|strong="H4194" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H0834" nets|strong="H2764" and|strong="H0430" snares, [and|strong="H0430"] whose|strong="H0834" hands|strong="H3027" are|strong="H0834" bands: whoso pleaseth \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.26 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" shall|strong="H0802" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H4480" her|strong="H0802"; but|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" sinner|strong="H2398" shall|strong="H0802" be|strong="H3820" caught|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" her|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{27}See|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" which|strong="H2088" I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H4672" found|strong="H4672", saith the|strong="H0559" Preacher|strong="H6953", [searching] one|strong="H0259" by|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H0559" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" reason; 
\verseNumber{28}which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" yet|strong="H5750" seeketh, and|strong="H0802" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672": one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0120" among|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" thousand|strong="H0505" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672", but|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" woman|strong="H0802" among|strong="H4672" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{29}Only|strong="H0905" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672": that|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.29 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0120" upright|strong="H3477", but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" out|strong="H7200" many|strong="H7227" devices|strong="H2810". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2450"? and|strong="H0120" who|strong="H4310" knoweth the|strong="H6440" explanation of|strong="H1697" things|strong="H1697"? A|strong="H3045" man's wisdom|strong="H2451" maketh his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" shine|strong="H0215", and|strong="H0120" the|strong="H6440" boldness of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" is|strong="H4310" changed|strong="H8132". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0589" [say|strong="H6310"], Keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" king's commandment|strong="H6310", and|strong="H0430" [that|strong="H0430"] on|strong="H5921" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" oath|strong="H7621" of|strong="H4428" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.2 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{3}Be|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" hasty to|strong="H6440" go out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440"; persist|strong="H5975" not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H1697" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" doeth whatever|strong="H0834" pleaseth him|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{4}because|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H0834" power; and|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" may|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559" unto him|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" doest thou? 
\verseNumber{5}Whoso keepeth the|strong="H3045" commandment|strong="H4687" shall|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H4941" a|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2450" man's heart|strong="H3820" knoweth time|strong="H6256" and|strong="H4941" manner|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" purpose|strong="H2656" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" time|strong="H6256" and|strong="H4941" manner|strong="H4941". For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" misery of|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0120" is|strong="H3426" great|strong="H7227" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{7}for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" knoweth not|strong="H0369" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0834" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" it|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961"? 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0120" who|strong="H0369" hath control over|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H0369" retain|strong="H4422" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307"; and|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" hath control over|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" death|strong="H4194"; and|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" discharge|strong="H4917" in|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" war|strong="H4421", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" wickedness|strong="H7562" deliver|strong="H4422" those|strong="H0853" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" given to|strong="H0369" it|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200", and|strong="H0120" applied|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" unto every|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121": there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" ruleth man|strong="H0120" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" hurt. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0834" wicked|strong="H7563" buried|strong="H6912" and|strong="H1980" going|strong="H1980" away|strong="H1980"; and|strong="H1980" such|strong="H2088" as|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" acted|strong="H6213" rightly went|strong="H1980" from|strong="H0935" [the|strong="H0834"] holy|strong="H6918" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H1980" were|strong="H0834" forgotten|strong="H7911" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". This|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0834" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{11}Because|strong="H5921" sentence|strong="H6599" against|strong="H5921" an|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" work|strong="H4639" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" executed|strong="H7451" speedily|strong="H4120", therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" is|strong="H0369" fully|strong="H4390" set|strong="H4390" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{12}Though|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" sinner|strong="H2398" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" a|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" times|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3967" prolong|strong="H0748" his|strong="H0834" [days], yet|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" well|strong="H1571" with|strong="H3045" them|strong="H6440" that|strong="H0834" fear|strong="H3372" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.12 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" fear|strong="H3372" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"; 
\verseNumber{13}but|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" well|strong="H2896" with|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" wicked|strong="H7563", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" prolong|strong="H0748" [his|strong="H0834"] days|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" shadow|strong="H6738", because|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" feareth not|strong="H3808" before|strong="H6440" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" vanity|strong="H1892" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776"; that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H0834" righteous|strong="H6662" [men|strong="H7563"] unto whom|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" happeneth according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" wicked|strong="H7563"; and|strong="H0776" there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H0834" wicked|strong="H7563" [men|strong="H7563"] to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" happeneth according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" righteous|strong="H6662". I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H0834" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0589" commended mirth|strong="H8057", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121" than|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0369" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0369" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H0430" merry|strong="H8055"; for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3117" abide with|strong="H0430" him|strong="H5414" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" labour the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5414" life|strong="H3117", which|strong="H0834" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.15 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" applied|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" business that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" done|strong="H6213" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" (for|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H0834" neither|strong="H0369" day|strong="H3117" nor|strong="H0369" night|strong="H3915" seeth sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" eyes|strong="H5869"), 
\verseNumber{17}then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" [is|strong="H0834"] the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.17 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", [and|strong="H0430"] that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0120" cannot|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121": because|strong="H3588" however|strong="H0518" man|strong="H0120" may|strong="H0430" labour to|strong="H0559" seek|strong="H1245" [it|strong="H0518"] out|strong="H3045", yet|strong="H3588" doth he|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" [it|strong="H0518"]; and|strong="H0430" even|strong="H1571", if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H2450" [man|strong="H0120"] think|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0559" know|strong="H3045" [it|strong="H0518"], he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0559" find|strong="H4672" [it|strong="H0518"] out|strong="H3045". 
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\chapterNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" I|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="H0430" [indeed|strong="H3588"] to|strong="H0413" investigate|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450", and|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" works, are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.1 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430"; man|strong="H0120" knoweth neither|strong="H0369" love|strong="H0160" nor|strong="H0369" hatred|strong="H8135": all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" [come] alike|strong="H0259" to|strong="H0369" all|strong="H3605": one|strong="H0259" event to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H2398" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563", to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896", and|strong="H2398" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" clean|strong="H2889", and|strong="H2398" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2931", to|strong="H0369" him|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" sacrificeth and|strong="H2398" to|strong="H0369" him|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" sacrificeth not|strong="H0369": as|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896", so|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" sinner|strong="H2398"; he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" sweareth, as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" feareth an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7621". 
\verseNumber{3}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", that|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" thing|strong="H2088" befalleth all|strong="H3605": yea|strong="H3588", also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" is|strong="H0834" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1121" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H1121" madness|strong="H1947" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" while|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" live|strong="H2416"; and|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834", [they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" go] to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" joined to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H0834" hope|strong="H0986"; for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416" dog|strong="H3611" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" a|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" lion|strong="H0738". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"; but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" not|strong="H0369" anything|strong="H3972", neither|strong="H0369" have|strong="H0369" they|strong="H3588" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3588" reward|strong="H7939", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" memory|strong="H2143" of|strong="H4191" them|strong="H3045" is|strong="H0369" forgotten|strong="H7911". 
\verseNumber{6}Their|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0160" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3605" hatred|strong="H8135", and|strong="H5769" their|strong="H3605" envy|strong="H7068" is|strong="H0369" already|strong="H3528" perished|strong="H0006"; neither|strong="H0369" have|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750" for|strong="H8478" ever|strong="H5769" a|strong="H0834" portion|strong="H2506" in|strong="H5750" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" done|strong="H6213" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{7}Go, eat|strong="H0398" thy bread|strong="H3899" with|strong="H0854" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H0430" drink|strong="H8354" thy wine|strong="H3196" with|strong="H0854" a|strong="H3588" merry heart|strong="H3820"; for|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" hath already|strong="H3528" accepted|strong="H7521" thy works|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{8}Let|strong="H0408" thy garments|strong="H0899" be|strong="H1961" always|strong="H6256" white|strong="H3836", and|strong="H7218" let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" thy head|strong="H7218" lack|strong="H2637" oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{9}Enjoy|strong="H7200" life|strong="H3117" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" thou lovest all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" thy vanity|strong="H1892", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hath given|strong="H5414" thee under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" thy vanity|strong="H1892"; for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" thy portion|strong="H2506" in|strong="H3117" life|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" thy labour wherein|strong="H0834" thou art labouring under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{10}Whatever|strong="H0834" thy hand|strong="H3027" findeth to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213", do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1980" thy might|strong="H3581"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" work|strong="H4639", nor|strong="H0369" device, nor|strong="H0369" knowledge|strong="H1847", nor|strong="H0369" wisdom|strong="H2451", in|strong="H1980" Sheol|strong="H7585", whither thou goest. 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H7200" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" race|strong="H4793" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" swift|strong="H7031", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H1368", neither|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450", nor|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" riches|strong="H6239" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" intelligent|strong="H0995", nor|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" favour to|strong="H7725" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H8478" knowledge|strong="H3045"; but|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" and|strong="H7725" chance|strong="H6294" happeneth to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" also|strong="H1571" knoweth not|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256": as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" fishes that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" taken|strong="H0270" in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" net, and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" birds|strong="H6833" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" taken|strong="H0270" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" snare|strong="H3369", like|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0120" snared|strong="H3369" in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" time|strong="H6256", when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" falleth suddenly|strong="H6597" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{13}This|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" I|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" as|strong="H1571" wisdom|strong="H2451" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H1419" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" great|strong="H1419" unto me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{14}There was|strong="H0376" a|strong="H1129" little|strong="H4592" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" few|strong="H4592" men|strong="H0376" within|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" there came|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1129" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" encompassed it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" built|strong="H1129" great|strong="H1419" bulwarks against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921": 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H0376" there|strong="H4672" was|strong="H1931" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0376" it|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4672" poor|strong="H4542" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H0376", who|strong="H0376" by|strong="H3808" his|strong="H0376" wisdom|strong="H2451" delivered|strong="H4422" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" remembered|strong="H2142" that|strong="H1931" poor|strong="H4542" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H8085" said|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0589", Wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H0369" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" strength|strong="H1369"; but|strong="H0369" the|strong="H0559" poor|strong="H4542" man's wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H0369" despised|strong="H0959", and|strong="H1697" his|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" not|strong="H0369" heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2450" are|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" quiet more than the|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H2201" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" ruleth among|strong="H4910" fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{18}Wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H2451" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" war|strong="H7128"; but one|strong="H0259" sinner|strong="H2398" destroyeth much|strong="H7235" good|strong="H2896". 
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\chapterNumber{10}Dead|strong="H4194" flies|strong="H2070" cause the|strong="H4194" ointment|strong="H8081" of|strong="H4194" the|strong="H4194" apothecary to|strong="H0887" stink|strong="H0887" [and|strong="H8081"] ferment; [so|strong="H4592"] a|strong="H4592" little|strong="H4592" folly|strong="H5531" is|strong="H2451" weightier|strong="H3368" than wisdom|strong="H2451" [and|strong="H8081"] honour. 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3820" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H3820" a wise|strong="H2450" [man|strong="H2450"] is|strong="H3820" at his right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225"; but|strong="H3225" a fool's heart|strong="H3820" at his left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{3}Yea also|strong="H1571", when|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1571" fool|strong="H5530" walketh by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", his|strong="H3605" sense|strong="H3820" faileth [him|strong="H3605"], and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" saith to|strong="H0559" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" [that|strong="H3605"] he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1571" fool|strong="H5530". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H4910" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" thee, leave|strong="H3240" not|strong="H0408" thy place|strong="H4725"; for|strong="H3588" quietness pacifieth great|strong="H1419" offences. 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" an|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3426" seen|strong="H7200" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121", as|strong="H8478" an|strong="H7200" error|strong="H7684" [that|strong="H7200"] proceedeth from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" ruler|strong="H7989": 
\verseNumber{6}folly|strong="H5529" is|strong="H3427" set|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" great|strong="H7227" dignities, but|strong="H7227" the|strong="H5414" rich|strong="H6223" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5414" low|strong="H8216" place|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H0776" seen|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5650" upon|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H1980" princes|strong="H8269" walking|strong="H1980" as|strong="H0776" servants|strong="H5650" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{8}He that|strong="H5307" diggeth a|strong="H5307" pit|strong="H1475" falleth into|strong="H5307" it|strong="H2658"; and|strong="H5307" whoso breaketh down|strong="H5307" a|strong="H5307" hedge, a|strong="H5307" serpent|strong="H5175" biteth him|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{9}Whoso removeth stones|strong="H0068" is|strong="H0068" hurt therewith; he|strong="H0068" that cleaveth wood|strong="H6086" is|strong="H0068" endangered|strong="H5533" thereby. 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H6440" iron|strong="H1270" be|strong="H3808" blunt, and|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" do|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" whet the|strong="H6440" edge|strong="H6440", then|strong="H1396" must|strong="H0518" he|strong="H1931" apply more|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H2428"; but|strong="H0518" wisdom|strong="H2451" is|strong="H1931" profitable to|strong="H6440" give success|strong="H3787". 
\verseNumber{11}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0518" serpent|strong="H5175" bite before|strong="H3808" enchantment, then|strong="H3956" the|strong="H0518" charmer hath no|strong="H3808" advantage|strong="H3504". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1697" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1697" wise|strong="H2450" man's mouth|strong="H6310" are|strong="H1697" gracious|strong="H2580"; but|strong="H1104" the|strong="H1697" lips|strong="H8193" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1697" fool|strong="H3684" swallow|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" himself. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H1697" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H6310" mouth|strong="H6310" is|strong="H1697" folly|strong="H5531"; and|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" end|strong="H0319" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H6310" talk|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" mischievous madness|strong="H1948". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0120" the|strong="H0834" fool|strong="H5530" multiplieth words|strong="H1697": [yet|strong="H3808"] man|strong="H0120" knoweth not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H0120" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310", who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0310"? 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0834" labour of|strong="H3045" fools|strong="H3684" wearieth them|strong="H0413", because|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" go to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{16}Woe|strong="H0337" to|strong="H0776" thee, O land|strong="H0776", when|strong="H0776" thy king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" child|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0776" thy princes|strong="H8269" eat|strong="H0398" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0398" morning|strong="H1242"! 
\verseNumber{17}Happy|strong="H0835" art thou, O land|strong="H0776", when|strong="H6256" thy king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" nobles|strong="H2715", and|strong="H1121" thy princes|strong="H8269" eat|strong="H0398" in|strong="H0776" [due] season|strong="H6256", for|strong="H0776" strength|strong="H1369", and|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" for|strong="H0776" drunkenness|strong="H8358"! 
\verseNumber{18}By|strong="H3027" much|strong="H3027" sloth fulness the|strong="H3027" framework falleth in|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3027" through|strong="H3027" idleness of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" house|strong="H1004" drippeth. 
\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H3605" feast is|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" laughter|strong="H7814", and|strong="H3701" wine|strong="H3196" maketh life|strong="H2416" merry|strong="H8055"; but|strong="H6030" money|strong="H3701" answereth everything|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{20}Curse|strong="H7043" not|strong="H0408" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", no|strong="H0408", not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H4428" thy thought|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H4428" curse|strong="H7043" not|strong="H0408" the|strong="H0853" rich|strong="H6223" in|strong="H4428" thy bedchamber|strong="H4093": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" bird|strong="H5775" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" air will|strong="H4428" carry the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1697" hath wings|strong="H3671" will|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697". 
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\chapterNumber{11}Cast|strong="H7971" thy bread|strong="H3899" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" waters|strong="H4325"; for|strong="H3588" thou shalt find|strong="H4672" it|strong="H5921" after|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7230" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2}Give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" portion|strong="H2506" to|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651", and|strong="H0776" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1961" eight|strong="H8083"; for|strong="H3588" thou knowest not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" evil|strong="H7451" shall|strong="H0776" be|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H5921" clouds|strong="H5645" be|strong="H0776" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H0776" rain|strong="H1653", they|strong="H0518" empty themselves|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0776" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H0518" tree|strong="H6086" fall|strong="H5307" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" south|strong="H1864", or|strong="H0518" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" north|strong="H6828", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" tree|strong="H6086" falleth, there|strong="H8033" it|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" be|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" observeth the|strong="H7200" wind|strong="H7307" will|strong="H7307" not|strong="H3808" sow|strong="H2232"; and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" regardeth the|strong="H7200" clouds|strong="H5645" will|strong="H7307" not|strong="H3808" reap|strong="H7114". 
\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H0834" thou knowest not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307", how|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" [grow] in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" womb|strong="H0990" of|strong="H0430" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" with|strong="H3045" child, even|strong="H3808" so|strong="H6213" thou knowest not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.5 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" maketh all|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H0176" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" sow|strong="H2232" thy seed|strong="H2233", and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H0176" the|strong="H0853" evening|strong="H6153" withhold|strong="H0259" not|strong="H0369" thy hand|strong="H3027"; for|strong="H3588" thou knowest not|strong="H0369" which|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H2233" prosper, whether|strong="H0518" this|strong="H2088" or|strong="H0176" that|strong="H3588", or|strong="H0176" whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3588" both|strong="H8147" shall|strong="H2233" be|strong="H0408" alike|strong="H0259" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{7}Now the|strong="H0853" light|strong="H0216" is|strong="H0216" sweet|strong="H4966", and|strong="H5869" pleasant|strong="H4966" is|strong="H0216" it|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" eyes|strong="H5869" to|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121"; 
\verseNumber{8}but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0120" live|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7235" years|strong="H8141", [and|strong="H0935"] rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H8141" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605", yet|strong="H3588" let|strong="H8055" him|strong="H0853" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" darkness|strong="H2822"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235": all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" cometh is|strong="H3117" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{9}Rejoice|strong="H8055", young|strong="H0970" man|strong="H0970", in|strong="H5921" thy youth|strong="H0979"; and|strong="H1980" let|strong="H8055" thy heart|strong="H3820" cheer|strong="H3190" thee in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" thy youth|strong="H0979", and|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0430" thy heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0430" thine eyes|strong="H5869"; but|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" [things|strong="H0428"] \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.9 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" bring|strong="H0935" thee into|strong="H0935" judgment|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5674" remove|strong="H5493" discontent from|strong="H5493" thy heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="H3820" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" evil|strong="H7451" from|strong="H5493" thy flesh|strong="H1320"; for|strong="H3588" childhood|strong="H3208" and|strong="H3820" youth|strong="H3208" are|strong="H1320" vanity|strong="H1892". 
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\chapterNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" remember|strong="H2142" thy Creator in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" thy youth|strong="H0979", before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" days|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" years|strong="H8141" draw|strong="H5060" nigh, of|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" thou shalt say|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" pleasure|strong="H2656" in|strong="H8141" them|strong="H0853"; 
\verseNumber{2}before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" light|strong="H0216", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" moon|strong="H3394", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" stars|strong="H3556", be|strong="H3808" darkened|strong="H2821", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" clouds|strong="H5645" return|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0834" rain|strong="H1653"; 
\verseNumber{3}in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" keepers|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" tremble|strong="H2111", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" strong|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" bow themselves, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" grinders cease because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" few|strong="H4592", and|strong="H1004" those|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" look|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" windows|strong="H0699" are|strong="H3117" darkened|strong="H2821", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" doors|strong="H1817" are|strong="H1323" shut|strong="H5462" toward the|strong="H3605" street|strong="H7784"; when|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" grinding|strong="H2913" is|strong="H3605" subdued, and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" bird|strong="H6833", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" song|strong="H7892" are|strong="H1323" brought|strong="H6965" low|strong="H8217"; 
\verseNumber{5}they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1870" also|strong="H1571" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" high|strong="H1364", and|strong="H1980" terrors|strong="H2849" are|strong="H1870" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" almond|strong="H8247" is|strong="H1571" despised|strong="H5006", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" grasshopper|strong="H2284" is|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3588" burden|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" caper-berry is|strong="H1571" without effect; (for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" goeth to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3588" age-long home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" mourners|strong="H5594" go|strong="H1980" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H7784";) 
\verseNumber{6}— before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" silver|strong="H3701" cord|strong="H2256" be|strong="H3808" loosed, or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0834" golden|strong="H2091" bowl|strong="H1543" be|strong="H3808" broken|strong="H7665", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0834" pitcher|strong="H3537" be|strong="H3808" shattered|strong="H7665" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" fountain, or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0834" wheel|strong="H1534" be|strong="H3808" broken|strong="H7665" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" cistern|strong="H0953"; 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" dust|strong="H6083" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" earth|strong="H0776" as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" spirit|strong="H7307" return|strong="H7725" unto \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.7 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}Vanity|strong="H1892" of|strong="H3605" vanities|strong="H1892", saith the|strong="H3605" Preacher|strong="H6953": all|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0853" moreover|strong="H5750", because the|strong="H0853" Preacher|strong="H6953" was|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450", he|strong="H0853" still|strong="H5750" taught|strong="H3925" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" knowledge|strong="H1847"; and|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" pondered|strong="H2713", and|strong="H0853" sought out|strong="H2713", [and|strong="H0853"] set in|strong="H5750" order many|strong="H7235" proverbs|strong="H4912". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H1697" Preacher|strong="H6953" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1697" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1245" acceptable words|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" which|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" is|strong="H1697" upright|strong="H3476", words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" truth|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5414" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H2450" are|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" goads, and|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" collections|strong="H0627" [of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5414"] as|strong="H1697" nails fastened|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1697": they are|strong="H1697" given|strong="H5414" from|strong="H1697" one|strong="H0259" shepherd|strong="H7462". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" besides, my|strong="H1320" son|strong="H1121", be|strong="H1121" warned|strong="H2094" by|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992": of|strong="H1121" making|strong="H0369" many|strong="H7235" books|strong="H5612" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" end|strong="H7093", and|strong="H1121" much|strong="H7235" study|strong="H3854" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0369" weariness of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{13}Let us|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H5490" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697": Fear|strong="H3372" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.13 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" man|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" \BibleFootnote{° \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.14 \+w }Elohim|strong="H0430"\+w*}God|strong="H0430" shall|strong="H4639" bring|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" into|strong="H0935" judgment|strong="H4941", with|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" secret|strong="H5956" thing|strong="H3588", whether|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H0430" good|strong="H2896" or|strong="H0518" whether|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H0430" evil|strong="H7451". 
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