\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Ecclesiastes}
{\MT Ecclesiastes
\par }{\MTB or, The Preacher

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
the
Preacher,
the
son
of
David,
king
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}All
is
to
no purpose,
said
the
Preacher,
all
the ways
of
man are
to
no purpose.
\VS{3}What
is
a
man profited
by
all
his
work
which
he
does
under
the
sun?
\VS{4}One
generation
goes
and
another
comes;
but
the
earth
is
for
ever.
\VS{5}The
sun
comes
up
and
the
sun
goes down,
and
goes quickly
back
to
the
place
where
he
came
up.
\VS{6}The
wind
goes
to
the
south,
turning
back
again
to
the
north;
circling
round
for
ever.
\VS{7}All
the rivers
go
down
to
the
sea,
but
the
sea
is
not
full;
to
the
place
where
the rivers
go,
there
they
go
again.
\VS{8}All
things
are
full
of weariness;
man
may
not
give
their story:
the
eye
has
never
enough
of
its
seeing,
or
the
ear
of
its
hearing.
\VS{9}That
which
has
been,
is
that
which
is
to
be,
and
that
which
has
been
done,
is
that
which
will
be
done,
and
there
is
no
new
thing
under
the
sun.
\VS{10}Is
there
anything
of
which
men
say,
See,
this
is
new?
It
has
been
in
the
old
time
which
was
before
us.
\VS{11}There
is
no memory
of
those
who
have
gone
before,
and
of
those
who
come
after
there
will
be
no memory
for
those
who
are
still
to
come
after
them.
\VS{12}I,
the
Preacher,
was
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}And
I
gave
my
heart
to
searching
out
in
wisdom
all
things
which
are
done
under
heaven:
it
is
a hard
thing
which
God
has
put
on
the
sons
of
men
to
do.
\VS{14}I
have
seen
all
the
works
which
are
done
under
the
sun;
all
is
to
no purpose,
and desire
for
wind.
\VS{15}That which
is
bent
may
not
be made straight,
and
that which
is
not there
may
not
be
numbered.
\VS{16}I
said
to
my
heart,
See,
I
have
become
great
and
am
increased
in
wisdom
more
than
any
who
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem —
yes,
my
heart
has
seen
much
wisdom
and
knowledge.
\VS{17}And
I
gave
my
heart
to getting
knowledge
of
wisdom,
and
of
the ways
of
the
foolish.
And
I saw
that
this again
was desire
for
wind.
\VS{18}Because
in
much
wisdom
is
much grief,
and
increase
of
knowledge
is
increase
of
sorrow.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
said
in
my
heart,
I
will
give
you
joy
for
a
test;
so
take
your
pleasure —
but
it
was
to no
purpose.
\VS{2}Of laughing
I
said,
It
is foolish;
and
of
joy —
What use
is
it?
\VS{3}I
made
a
search
with
my
heart
to
give
pleasure
to
my
flesh
with
wine,
still guiding
my
heart
with
wisdom,
and
to
go
after
foolish
things,
so
that
I
might
see
what
was
good
for
the
sons
of
men
to
do
under
the
heavens
all
the
days
of
their
life.
\VS{4}I undertook
great
works,
building myself
houses
and planting vine-gardens.
\VS{5}I
made myself
gardens
and
fruit
gardens, planting
in
them fruit-trees
of
all sorts.
\VS{6}I
made
pools
to
give
water
for
the
woods
with
their young
trees.
\VS{7}I got men-servants
and women-servants,
and
they
gave birth
to
sons
and daughters
in
my
house.
I
had great wealth
of
herds
and
flocks,
more
than
all
who
were
in
Jerusalem
before
me.
\VS{8}I got
together
silver
and
gold
and
the wealth
of
kings
and
of countries.
I got makers
of
song,
male
and female;
and
the delights
of
the
sons
of
men — girls
of
all sorts
to
be
my brides.
\VS{9}And
I
became
great;
increasing
more
than
all
who
had
been
before
me
in
Jerusalem,
and
my
wisdom
was
still
with
me.
\VS{10}And
nothing
which
was
desired
by
my
eyes
did
I
keep
from
them;
I
did
not
keep
any
joy
from
my
heart,
because
my
heart
took
pleasure
in
all
my
work,
and
this
was
my
reward.
\VS{11}Then
I
saw
all
the
works
which
my
hands
had
made,
and
everything
I
had
been
working
to
do;
and
I
saw
that
all
was
to
no purpose
and desire
for
wind,
and
there
was
no
profit
under
the
sun.
\VS{12}And
I
went
again
in
search
of
wisdom
and
of
foolish ways.
What
may
the
man
do
who
comes
after
the
king?
The
thing
which
he
has
done before.
\VS{13}Then
I
saw
that
wisdom
is better
than
foolish ways —
as
the
light
is better
than
the
dark.
\VS{14}The
wise man's
eyes
are
in
his
head,
but
the
foolish
man
goes
walking
in
the
dark;
but
still
I saw
that
the
same event
comes
to
them
all.
\VS{15}Then
said
I
in
my
heart:
As
it comes
to
the
foolish
man,
so
will
it
come
to
me;
so
why
have
I
been
wise overmuch?
Then
I
said
in
my
heart:
This
again
is
to no
purpose.
\VS{16}Of
the
wise
man,
as
of
the
foolish
man,
there
is
no memory
for
ever,
seeing
that
those
who
now
are
will
have
gone
from memory
in
the
days
to
come.
See
how
death
comes
to
the
wise
as
to
the
foolish!
\VS{17}So
I
was
hating
life,
because
everything
under
the
sun
was
evil
to
me:
all
is
to
no purpose
and desire
for
wind.
\VS{18}Hate
had
I
for
all
my
work which
I
had
done,
because
the
man
who
comes
after
me
will
have
its fruits.
\VS{19}And
who
is
to
say
if
that
man
will
be
wise
or
foolish?
But
he
will
have power
over
all
my
work
which
I
have
done
and
in
which
I
have
been
wise
under
the
sun.
This
again
is
to
no
purpose.
\VS{20}So
my
mind
was
turned
to grief
for
all
the
trouble
I
had
taken
and
all
my
wisdom
under
the
sun.
\VS{21}Because
there
is
a
man
whose
work
has
been
done
with
wisdom,
with
knowledge,
and
with
an expert
hand;
but
one
who
has
done
nothing
for
it
will
have
it
for
his heritage.
This again
is
to
no
purpose
and
a
great
evil.
\VS{22}What
does
a
man get
for
all
his
work,
and
for
the weight
of care
with
which
he
has
done
his
work
under
the
sun?
\VS{23}All
his
days
are
sorrow,
and
his work
is
full
of grief.
Even
in
the
night
his
heart
has
no
rest.
This again
is
to
no
purpose.
\VS{24}There
is
nothing
better
for
a
man
than taking meat
and
drink,
and
having delight
in
his
work.
This again
I
saw
was
from
the
hand
of
God.
\VS{25}Who
may take
food
or
have pleasure
without
him?
\VS{26}To
the
man
with whom
he
is
pleased,
God
gives
wisdom
and
knowledge
and
joy;
but
to
the
sinner
he
gives
the
work
of getting goods
together
and storing
up wealth,
to
give
to
him
in whom
God
has
pleasure.
This
again
is
to
no
purpose
and desire
for
wind.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
everything
there
is
a fixed
time,
and
a
time
for
every business
under
the sun.
\VS{2}A
time
for
birth
and
a
time
for
death;
a
time
for planting
and
a
time
for uprooting;
\VS{3}A
time
to put
to death
and
a
time
to make well;
a
time
for pulling
down
and
a
time
for
building
up;
\VS{4}A
time
for
weeping
and
a
time
for laughing;
a
time
for sorrow
and
a
time
for dancing;
\VS{5}A
time
to take
stones
away
and
a
time
to get
stones together;
a
time
for kissing
and
a
time
to
keep
from kissing;
\VS{6}A
time
for
search
and
a
time
for loss;
a
time
to
keep
and
a
time
to
give
away;
\VS{7}A
time
for undoing
and
a
time
for stitching;
a
time
for
keeping quiet
and
a
time
for
talk;
\VS{8}A
time
for
love
and
a
time
for
hate;
a
time
for
war
and
a
time
for
peace.
\VS{9}What
profit
has
the worker
in
the work
which
he
does?
\VS{10}I
saw
the
work
which
God
has
put
on
the
sons
of
man.
\VS{11}He
has
made
everything
right
in
its
time;
but
he
has
made
their
hearts
without knowledge,
so
that
man
is unable
to
see
the
works
of
God,
from
the
first
to
the
last.
\VS{12}I am
certain
that
there
is
nothing
better
for
a
man
than
to
be
glad,
and
to
do
good
while
life
is
in
him.
\VS{13}And
for
every
man
to
take
food
and
drink,
and
have joy
in
all
his
work,
is
a
reward
from
God.
\VS{14}I
am
certain
that
whatever
God
does
will
be
for
ever.
No
addition
may
be
made
to
it,
nothing
may
be
taken
from
it;
and
God
has
done
it
so
that
man
may
be
in
fear
before
him.
\VS{15}Whatever
is
has
been
before,
and
what
is
to
be
is
now;
because
God makes
search
for
the
things
which
are past.
\VS{16}And
again,
I
saw
under
the
sun,
in
the
place
of
the judges,
that
evil
was
there;
and
in
the
place
of
righteousness,
that
evil
was
there.
\VS{17}I
said
in
my
heart,
God
will
be
judge
of
the
good
and
of
the bad;
because
a
time
for
every
purpose
and
for
every
work
has
been fixed
by
him.
\VS{18}I
said
in
my
heart,
It
is
because
of
the
sons
of
men,
so
that
God
may put
them
to
the test
and
that
they
may
see
themselves
as
beasts.
\VS{19}Because
the
fate
of
the
sons
of
men
and
the
fate
of
the
beasts
is
the
same.
As
is
the
death
of
one
so
is
the
death
of
the
other,
and
all
have
one
spirit.
Man
is
not higher
than
the
beasts;
because
all
is
to
no
purpose.
\VS{20}All
go
to
one
place,
all
are
of
the
dust,
and
all
will
be
turned
to
dust
again.
\VS{21}Who
is
certain
that
the
spirit
of
the
sons
of
men
goes
up
to
heaven,
or
that
the
spirit
of
the
beasts
goes
down
to
the
earth?
\VS{22}So
I
saw
that
there
is
nothing
better
than
for
a
man
to
have
joy
in
his
work —
because
that
is
his
reward.
Who
will
make
him
see
what
will
come
after
him?

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
again
I
saw
all
the cruel
things
which
are
done
under
the
sun;
there
was
the weeping
of
those
who
have evil
done
to
them,
and
they
had
no
comforter:
and
from
the
hands
of
the evil-doers
there
went
out
power,
but
they
had
no
comforter.
\VS{2}So
my praise
was
for
the
dead
who
have
gone
to
their
death,
more
than
for
the
living
who
still
have
life.
\VS{3}Yes, happier
than
the dead
or
the living
seemed
he
who
has
not ever
been,
who
has
not
seen
the
evil
which
is
done
under
the
sun.
\VS{4}And
I
saw
that
the cause
of
all
the
work
and
of
everything
which
is
done
well
was man's
envy
of
his neighbour.
This again
is
to
no
purpose
and
a
desire
for
wind.
\VS{5}The
foolish
man, folding
his
hands, takes
the
flesh
of
his
body
for
food.
\VS{6}One
hand
full
of rest
is
better
than two
hands
full
of
trouble
and desire
for
wind.
\VS{7}Then
I
came
back,
and
I
saw
an example
of what
is
to no purpose
under
the
sun.
\VS{8}It
is
one
who
is
by
himself,
without
a
second,
and
without
son
or
brother;
but
there
is
no
end
to
all
his
work,
and
he
has
never
enough
of
wealth.
For
whom,
then,
am
I working
and keeping
myself
from pleasure?
This
again
is
to
no
purpose,
and
a bitter
work.
\VS{9}Two
are
better
than
one,
because
they
have
a
good
reward
for
their
work.
\VS{10}And
if
one
has
a
fall,
the
other
will
give
him
a hand;
but unhappy
is
the
man
who
is
by
himself,
because
he
has
no helper.
\VS{11}So again,
if
two
are sleeping
together
they
are
warm,
but
how
may
one
be
warm
by himself?
\VS{12}And
two
attacked
by
one would
be safe,
and
three cords twisted
together
are
not
quickly
broken.
\VS{13}A
young
man
who
is
poor
and
wise
is
better
than
a
king
who
is
old
and
foolish
and
will
not
be guided
by
the
wisdom
of others.
\VS{14}Because
out
of
a
prison
the young
man
comes
to
be
king,
though
by
birth
he
was
only
a
poor
man
in
the
kingdom.
\VS{15}I
saw
all
the
living
under
the
sun round
the
young
man
who
was
to
be ruler
in
place
of
the king.
\VS{16}There
was
no
end
of
all
the
people,
of
all
those
whose
head
he
was,
but
they
who
come
later
will
have
no delight
in
him.
This
again
is
to
no
purpose
and desire
for
wind.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Put
your feet
down
with
care
when
you
go
to
the house
of
God,
for
it
is
better
to
give ear
than
to
make
the burned
offerings
of
the foolish, whose knowledge
is only
of
doing evil.
\VS{2}Be
not unwise
with
your mouth,
and let
not
your heart
be quick
to
say
anything before God,
because God
is
in heaven
and
you
are
on
the earth —
so let
not
the
number
of
your
words
be
great.
\VS{3}As
a dream comes
from
much business,
so
the voice
of
a
foolish
man comes
with words
in
great number.
\VS{4}When
you take an oath
before
God, put
it quickly into effect,
because
he
has
no pleasure
in
the foolish; keep
the oath
you
have taken.
\VS{5}It
is
better
not
to
take
an oath
than
to
take
an oath
and
not keep
it.
\VS{6}Let
not
your mouth
make
your flesh do evil.
And
say
not
before
the angel,
It
was
an error.
So
that
God
may
not
be angry
with
your
words
and put
an end
to
the
work
of
your hands.
\VS{7}Because
much talk comes
from dreams
and
things
of
no
purpose.
But
let
the fear
of God
be
in
you.
\VS{8}If
you see
the poor under
a cruel yoke,
and law
and right being violently overturned
in
a
country,
be
not surprised,
because
one
authority
is keeping watch
on another
and
there
are higher
than
they.
\VS{9}It
is good generally
for
a country
where
the land
is worked
to
have
a king.
\VS{10}He
who
has
a love
for silver
never
has
enough silver,
or
he
who
has love
for wealth,
enough profit.
This again
is
to
no purpose.
\VS{11}When goods
are
increased,
the
number
of
those
who take
of
them
is
increased;
and what profit
has
the owner
but
to
see
them?
\VS{12}The sleep
of
a working
man
is sweet,
if
he
has little food
or much;
but
to
him
who
is full, sleep
will not come.
\VS{13}There
is
a great
evil
which
I
have seen
under
the sun —
wealth kept
by
the owner
to
be
his downfall.
\VS{14}And
I saw
the destruction
of
his
wealth
by
an evil chance;
and
when
he
became
the father
of
a son
he
had
nothing
in
his
hand.
\VS{15}As
he
came
from
his mother
at birth,
so
does
he
go again;
he
gets
from
his
work
no reward
which
he
may
take
away
in
his hand.
\VS{16}And
this again
is
a great evil,
that
in
all points
as
he came
so
will
he go;
and
what profit
has
he
in working
for
the wind?
\VS{17}All
his
days
are
in
the dark,
and
he
has
much
sorrow,
pain, disease,
and
trouble.
\VS{18}This
is
what
I
have seen:
it
is good
and fair
for
a
man
to
take meat
and drink
and
to
have
joy
in
all
his
work
under
the sun,
all
the days
of
his life
which
God
has
given
him;
that
is
his
reward.
\VS{19}Every man
to whom
God
has given money
and
wealth
and
the power
to
have
pleasure
in
it
and
to do
his part
and
have
joy
in
his work:
this
is given
by
God.
\VS{20}He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
is
an
evil
which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
and
it
is hard
on
men;
\VS{2}A
man
to
whom
God
gives money,
wealth,
and honour
so
that
he
has
all
his
desires
but
God
does
not
give
him
the power
to
have joy
of
it,
and
a strange
man
takes
it.
This
is
to
no
purpose
and
an
evil
disease.
\VS{3}If
a
man
has
a
hundred
children,
and
his
life
is
long
so
that
the
days
of
his
years
are
great
in
number,
but
his
soul
takes
no pleasure
in
good,
and
he
is
not honoured
at
his
death;
I
say
that
a
birth
before
its
time
is
better
than
he.
\VS{4}In wind
it
came
and
to
the
dark
it
will
go,
and
with
the
dark
will
its
name
be
covered.
\VS{5}Yes,
it
saw
not
the
sun,
and
it
had
no
knowledge;
it
is better
with
this
than
with
the
other.
\VS{6}And though
he
goes
on
living
a
thousand
years
twice
over
and
does
not
see
good,
are
not
the
two
going
to
the
same
place?
\VS{7}All
the
work
of
man
is
for
his
mouth,
and
still
he
has
a
desire
for food.
\VS{8}What
have
the
wise
more
than
the
foolish?
and
what
has
the
poor
man
by
walking wisely
before
the
living?
\VS{9}What
the
eyes
see
is
better
than
the wandering
of
desire.
This
is
to no
purpose
and
a
desire
for
wind.
\VS{10}That
which
is,
has
been
named
before,
and
of
what
man
is
there
is
knowledge.
He
has
no power
against
one stronger
than
he.
\VS{11}There
are
words without
number
for increasing
what
is
to no
purpose,
but
what
is
man profited
by
them?
\VS{12}Who
is able
to say
what
is
good
for
man
in
life
all
the
days
of
his foolish
life
which
he goes
through
like
a
shade?
who
will say
what
is
to
be
after
him
under
the
sun?

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
good
name
is
better
than
oil
of
great price,
and
the
day
of
death
than
the
day
of
birth.
\VS{2}It
is
better
to go
to
the
house
of weeping,
than
to go
to
the
house
of
feasting;
because
that
is
the
end
of
every
man,
and
the
living
will
take
it
to
their
hearts.
\VS{3}Sorrow
is
better
than joy;
when
the
face
is
sad
the
mind gets
better.
\VS{4}The
hearts
of
the
wise
are
in
the
house
of weeping;
but
the
hearts
of
the
foolish
are
in
the
house
of
joy.
\VS{5}It
is
better
to take note
of
the protest
of
the
wise,
than
for
a
man
to
give ear
to
the
song
of
the
foolish.
\VS{6}Like
the cracking
of thorns
under
a
pot,
so
is
the laugh
of
a
foolish
man;
and
this again
is
to no
purpose.
\VS{7}The
wise
are troubled
by
the ways
of
the cruel,
and
the giving
of money
is
the
destruction
of
the
heart.
\VS{8}The
end
of
a
thing
is
better
than its start,
and
a gentle
spirit
is
better
than pride.
\VS{9}Be
not quick
to
let
your
spirit
be
angry;
because
wrath
is
in
the
heart
of
the
foolish.
\VS{10}Say
not,
Why
were
the
days
which
have
gone
by
better
than
these?
Such
a
question
comes
not
from
wisdom.
\VS{11}Wisdom
together
with
a
heritage
is
good,
and
a profit
to
those who
see
the
sun.
\VS{12}Wisdom keeps
a
man
from danger
even
as
money
does;
but
the value
of
knowledge
is
that
wisdom gives
life
to
its
owner.
\VS{13}Give thought
to
the
work
of
God.
Who
will
make straight
what
he
has
made
bent?
\VS{14}In
the
day
of
wealth
have
joy,
but
in
the
day
of
evil
take thought:
God
has put
the
one
against
the
other,
so
that
man
may
not
be certain
what
will
be
after
him.
\VS{15}These two
have
I
seen
in
my
life which
is
to
no purpose:
a good
man coming
to
his end
in
his
righteousness,
and
an
evil
man
whose
days
are
long
in
his evil-doing.
\VS{16}Be
not given overmuch
to righteousness
and
be
not over-wise.
Why
let destruction
come
on
you?
\VS{17}Be
not
evil overmuch,
and
be
not
foolish.
Why
come
to
your end
before
your
time?
\VS{18}It
is
good
to
take
this
in
your
hand
and
not
to keep
your
hand
from
that;
he
who
has
the
fear
of
God
will
be
free
of
the
two.
\VS{19}Wisdom makes
a
wise
man stronger than
ten
rulers
in
a
town.
\VS{20}There
is
no
man
on
earth
of
such righteousness
that
he
does
good
and
is free
from
sin all
his
days.
\VS{21}Do
not
give ear
to
all
the
words
which
men
say,
for fear
of
hearing
the
curses
of
your
servant.
\VS{22}Your
heart
has
knowledge
how frequently
others
have
been
cursed
by
you.
\VS{23}All
this
I
have
put
to
the
test
by
wisdom;
I
said,
I
will
be
wise,
but
it
was
far
from
me.
\VS{24}Far
off
is true existence,
and very
deep;
who
may
have knowledge
of
it?
\VS{25}I gave
my
mind
to
knowledge
and
to
searching
for
wisdom
and
the reason
of things,
and
to
the discovery
that sin
is
foolish,
and
that
to
be
foolish
is
to
be without one's senses.
\VS{26}And
I saw
a
thing
more
bitter
than
death,
even
the
woman
whose
heart
is full
of tricks
and
nets,
and
whose
hands
are
as bands.
He
with
whom
God
is
pleased
will
get free
from
her,
but
the
sinner
will
be
taken
by
her.
\VS{27}Look!
this
I
have
seen,
said
the
Preacher, taking
one
thing after
another
to get
the true account,
\VS{28}For
which
my
soul
is
still
searching,
but
I
have
it
not;
one
man
among
a
thousand
have
I seen;
but
a
woman
among
all
these
I
have
not seen.
\VS{29}This
only
have
I
seen,
that
God
made
men
upright,
but
they
have
been
searching
out all sorts
of inventions.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Who
is
like
the
wise
man?
and
to
whom
is
the sense
of
anything clear?
A man's
wisdom
makes
his
face shining,
and
his hard
face
will
be
changed.
\VS{2}I
say
to
you,
Keep
the king's law,
from
respect
for
the
oath
of
God.
\VS{3}Be
not quick
to go
from
before
him.
Be
not
fixed
in
an
evil design,
because
he
does
whatever
is pleasing
to
him.
\VS{4}The
word
of
a
king
has
authority;
and
who
may
say
to
him,
What
is
this
you
are
doing?
\VS{5}Whoever
keeps
the law
will come
to
no
evil:
and
a
wise man's
heart
has
knowledge
of
time
and
of
decision.
\VS{6}For
every
purpose
there
is
a
time
and
a
decision,
because
the
sorrow
of
man
is
great
in
him.
\VS{7}No
one
is
certain
what
is
to
be,
and
who
is able
to say
to
him
when
it
will
be?
\VS{8}No
man
has
authority
over
the
wind,
to keep
the
wind;
or
is
ruler
over
the
day
of
his
death.
In
war
no man's
time
is free,
and
evil
will
not keep
the sinner safe.
\VS{9}All
this
have
I
seen,
and
have
given
my
heart
to
all
the
work
which
is
done
under
the
sun:
there
is
a
time
when
man
has power
over
man
for
his
destruction.
\VS{10}And
then
I
saw
evil
men
put
to rest, taken
even
from
the
holy
place;
and
they
went
about
and
were praised
in
the
town
because
of
what
they
had
done.
This again
is
to no
purpose.
\VS{11}Because punishment
for
an
evil
work
comes
not
quickly,
the
minds
of
the
sons
of
men
are
fully
given
to
doing
evil.
\VS{12}Though
a
sinner
does
evil
a
hundred
times
and
his life
is
long,
I
am
certain
that
it
will
be
well
for
those
who
go
in
fear
of
God
and
are
in
fear
before
him.
\VS{13}But
it
will
not
be
well
for
the evil-doer;
he
will
not make
his
days
long
like
a
shade,
because
he
has
no
fear
before
God.
\VS{14}There
is
a
thing
which
is
to no
purpose
done
on
the
earth:
that
there
are good
men
to
whom
is given
the
same punishment
as
those
who
are
evil,
and
there
are
evil
men
who
get
the reward
of
the good.
I
say
that
this again
is
to no
purpose.
\VS{15}So
I
gave
praise
to
joy,
because
there
is
nothing
better
for
a
man
to
do
under
the
sun
than
to
take meat
and
drink
and
be
happy;
for
that
will
be
with
him
in
his
work
all
the
days
of
his
life
which
God
gives
him
under
the
sun.
\VS{16}When
I
gave
my
mind
to
the
knowledge
of
wisdom
and
to
seeing
the business
which
is
done
on
the
earth (and
there
are
those
whose
eyes
see
not
sleep
by
day
or
by
night),
\VS{17}Then
I
saw
all
the
work
of
God,
and
that
man
may
not get
knowledge
of
the
work
which
is
done
under
the
sun;
because,
if
a
man gives
hard
work
to
the
search
he
will
not get
knowledge,
and
even
if
the
wise
man
seems
to
be coming
to
the end
of
his
search,
still
he
will
be
without
knowledge.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}All
this
I
took
to
heart,
and
my
heart saw
it
all:
that
the upright
and
the
wise
and
their works
are
in
the
hand
of
God;
and
men
may
not
be
certain
if
it
will
be
love
or
hate;
all
is
to
no
purpose
before
them.
\VS{2}Because
to
all
there
is
one event,
to
the upright
man
and
to
the
evil,
to
the
clean
and
to
the
unclean,
to
him
who makes
an
offering
and
to
him
who makes
no
offering;
as
is
the
good
so
is
the
sinner;
he
who
takes
an
oath
is
as
he
who
has
fear
of
it.
\VS{3}This
is
evil
in
all
things
which
are
done
under
the
sun:
that
there
is
one
fate
for
all,
and
the
hearts
of
the
sons
of
men
are
full
of
evil;
while
they
have
life
their
hearts
are foolish,
and
after
that —
to
the
dead.
\VS{4}For
him
who
is joined
to
all
the
living
there
is
hope;
a
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
\VS{5}The
living
are conscious
that
death
will come
to
them,
but
the
dead
are
not conscious
of
anything,
and
they
no
longer
have
a
reward,
because
there
is
no
memory
of
them.
\VS{6}Their
love
and
their
hate
and
their
envy
are
now ended;
and
they
have
no
longer
a
part
for
ever
in
anything
which
is
done
under
the
sun.
\VS{7}Come,
take
your
bread
with
joy,
and
your
wine
with
a glad
heart.
God
has
taken
pleasure
in
your
works.
\VS{8}Let
your
clothing
be
white
at
all
times,
and
let
not
your
head
be
without
oil.
\VS{9}Have joy
with
the
woman
of
your
love
all
the
days
of
your foolish
life
which
he
gives
you
under
the
sun.
Because
that
is
your
part
in
life
and
in
your
work
which
you
do
under
the
sun.
\VS{10}Whatever
comes
to
your
hand
to
do
with
all
your
power,
do
it
because
there
is
no
work,
or thought,
or
knowledge,
or
wisdom
in
the
place
of
the dead
to
which
you
are
going.
\VS{11}And
again
I
saw
under
the
sun
that
the reward goes
not
to
him
who
is quick,
or
the fruits
of
war
to
the
strong;
and
there
is
no
bread
for
the
wise,
or
wealth
for
men
of learning,
or respect
for
those
who
have
knowledge;
but
time
and
chance
come
to
all.
\VS{12}Even
man
has
no
knowledge
of
his
time;
like fishes
taken
in
an
evil net,
or
like
birds
taken
by deceit,
are
the
sons
of
men
taken
in
an
evil
time
when
it
comes
suddenly
on
them.
\VS{13}This again
I
have
seen
under
the
sun
as
wisdom
and
it
seemed
great
to
me.
\VS{14}There
was
a
little
town
and
the number
of
its
men
was
small,
and there
came
a
great
king
against
it
and
made
an
attack
on
it,
building
works
of war
round
about
it.
\VS{15}Now
there
was
in
the
town
a
poor,
wise
man,
and
he,
by
his
wisdom, kept
the
town safe.
But
no
one
had
any memory
of
that
same
poor
man.
\VS{16}Then
I
said,
Wisdom
is
better
than
strength,
but
the
poor man's
wisdom
is
not respected,
and
his
words
are
not
given
a
hearing.
\VS{17}The
words
of
the
wise
which come quietly
to
the ear
are noted more than
the
cry
of
a
ruler
among
the
foolish.
\VS{18}Wisdom
is
better
than
instruments
of
war, but
one
sinner
is
the
destruction
of
much
good.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Dead
flies make
the
oil
of
the
perfumer give
out an evil smell; more valued
is
a
little
wisdom than
the great
glory
of
the
foolish.
\VS{2}The
heart
of
the
wise
man goes
in
the
right direction;
but
the
heart
of a
foolish
man
in
the wrong.
\VS{3}And
when
the
foolish
man
is
walking
in
the
way,
he
has
no
sense
and lets
everyone see
that
he
is
foolish.
\VS{4}If
the
wrath
of
the
ruler
is
against
you, keep
in
your
place;
in
him
who keeps quiet
even
great
sins
may
be overlooked.
\VS{5}There
is
an
evil which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
like
an
error which
comes
by chance
from
a
ruler:
\VS{6}The foolish
are
placed
in
high positions,
but
men
of wealth
are
kept
low.
\VS{7}I
have
seen
servants
on
horses,
and
rulers
walking
on
the
earth
as
servants.
\VS{8}He who makes
a hole for others
will
himself
go
into
it,
and for
him who makes
a hole
through
a
wall
the bite
of
a
snake
will be
a punishment.
\VS{9}He who gets
out
stones
from
the earth
will
be damaged
by them,
and
in
the cutting
of
wood there
is danger.
\VS{10}If
the
iron
has
no
edge,
and
he
does
not
make
it sharp,
then
he
has
to put
out
more
strength;
but
wisdom
makes
things go well.
\VS{11}If
a
snake gives
a bite
before
the
word
of power
is said,
then
there
is
no
longer
any use
in
the
word
of power.
\VS{12}The
words
of
a
wise man's
mouth
are sweet
to
all,
but
the
lips
of
a
foolish
man
are
his destruction.
\VS{13}The
first
words
of
his
mouth
are
foolish,
and
the
end
of
his
talk
is
evil
crime.
\VS{14}The
foolish
are full
of
words;
man
has
no
knowledge
of
what
will
be;
and
who
is able
to
say
what
will
be
after
him?
\VS{15}The
work
of
the
foolish
will
be
a weariness
to
him,
because
he
has
no
knowledge
of
the way
to
the
town.
\VS{16}Unhappy
is
the
land whose
king
is
a
boy,
and whose
rulers
are feasting
in
the
morning.
\VS{17}Happy
is
the
land
whose
ruler
is
of noble
birth,
and
whose
chiefs take
food
at
the right
time,
for
strength
and
not
for feasting.
\VS{18}When no work
is
done
the roof goes
in,
and
when
the
hands
do nothing water comes
into
the
house.
\VS{19}A feast
is
for laughing,
and
wine
makes
glad
the heart;
but
by
the
one
and
the
other
money
is wasted.
\VS{20}Say
not
a
curse
against
the
king,
even
in
your
thoughts;
and
even secretly
say
not
a
curse
against
the
man
of wealth;
because
a
bird
of
the air
will take
the
voice,
and
that
which
has
wings
will
give
news
of
it.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Put
out
your
bread
on
the
face
of
the
waters;
for
after
a
long
time
it
will
come back
to
you
again.
\VS{2}Give
a
part
to
seven
or
even
to
eight,
because
you
have
no
knowledge
of
the
evil
which
will
be
on
the
earth.
\VS{3}If
the
clouds
are
full
of
rain,
they send
it
down
on
the
earth;
and
if
a
tree
comes
down
to
the
south,
or
the
north,
in whatever
place
it
comes
down,
there
it
will
be.
\VS{4}He
who
is
watching
the
wind
will
not get
the
seed
planted,
and
he
who
is
looking
at
the
clouds
will
not get
in
the grain.
\VS{5}As
you
have
no
knowledge
of
the
way
of
the
wind,
or
of
the growth
of
the
bones
in
the
body
of
her
who
is
with child,
even
so
you
have
no
knowledge
of
the
works
of
God
who
has
made
all.
\VS{6}In
the
morning
put
your
seed
into
the earth,
and till
the
evening
let
not
your
hand
be
at rest;
because
you
are
not
certain
which
will
do
well,
this
or
that —
or
if
the
two
will
be equally
good.
\VS{7}Truly
the
light
is
sweet,
and
it
is
good
for
the
eyes
to
see
the
sun.
\VS{8}But
even
if
a man's
life
is
long
and
he
has
joy
in
all
his
years,
let
him
keep
in
mind
the
dark
days,
because
they
will
be great
in
number.
Whatever
may
come
is
to
no purpose.
\VS{9}Have
joy,
O
young
man,
while
you
are
young;
and
let
your
heart
be
glad
in
the
days
of
your strength,
and
go
in
the
ways
of
your
heart,
and
in
the desire
of
your
eyes;
but
be
certain
that
for
all
these
things
God
will
be
your
judge.
\VS{10}So
put
away
trouble
from
your
heart,
and sorrow
from
your
flesh;
because
the early years
and
the best years
are
to no
purpose.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
your
mind
be turned
to
your Maker
in
the
days
of
your strength,
while
the
evil
days
come
not,
and
the
years
are
far
away
when
you
will
say,
I
have
no
pleasure
in
them;
\VS{2}While
the
sun,
or
the
light,
or
the
moon,
or
the
stars,
are
not
dark,
and
the
clouds
come
not
back
after
the
rain;
\VS{3}In
the
day
when
the
keepers
of
the
house
are shaking
for fear,
and
the
strong
men
are
bent
down,
and
the women
who
were crushing
the grain
are
at rest
because
their number
is
small,
and
those
looking
out
of
the
windows
are unable
to
see;
\VS{4}When
the
doors
are
shut
in
the
street,
and
the
sound
of
the crushing
is
low,
and
the
voice
of
the
bird
is soft,
and
the
daughters
of
music
will
be
made
low;
\VS{5}And
he
is
in
fear
of
that
which
is
high,
and danger
is
in
the
road,
and
the
tree
is white
with flower,
and
the least
thing
is
a weight,
and desire
is
at
an end,
because
man
goes
to
his
last resting-place,
and
those
who
are sorrowing
are
in
the
streets;
\VS{6}Before ever
the
silver
cord
is cut,
or
the vessel
of
gold
is
broken,
or
the pot
is
broken
at
the fountain,
or
the
wheel
broken
at
the water-hole;
\VS{7}And
the
dust goes
back
to
the
earth
as
it
was,
and
the
spirit goes
back
to
God
who
gave
it.
\VS{8}All
things are
to
no purpose,
says
the
Preacher,
all
is
to
no purpose.
\VS{9}And because
the
Preacher
was
wise
he
still
gave
the
people
knowledge; searching
out, testing,
and putting
in order
a great
number
of
wise sayings.
\VS{10}The
Preacher
made
search
for
words
which
were pleasing,
but
his
writing
was
in
words
upright
and
true.
\VS{11}The
words
of
the
wise
are pointed,
and
sayings grouped
together
are
like nails fixed
with
a hammer; they
are
given
by
one guide.
\VS{12}And further,
my
son, take note
of
this:
of
the
making
of
books
there
is
no
end,
and
much learning
is
a weariness
to
the
flesh.
\VS{13}This
is
the last
word.
All
has
been
said.
Have
fear
of
God
and
keep
his laws;
because
this
is right
for
every
man.
\VS{14}God
will
be
judge
of
every
work,
with
every
secret
thing,
good
or
evil.
\par }