\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}Vanity
of
vanities, saith
the
Preacher,
vanity
of
vanities!
all
is
vanity.
\VS{3}What
profit hath
man
of
all
his labour wherewith
he laboureth
under
the
sun?
\VS{4}[One]
generation passeth
away,
and [another]
generation cometh,
but
the
earth standeth
for
ever.
\VS{5}The
sun
also riseth,
and
the
sun goeth down,
and hasteth
to
its
place
where
it ariseth.
\VS{6}The
wind goeth towards
the
south,
and turneth
about towards
the
north:
it turneth
about
continually,
and
the
wind returneth
again
to
its circuits.
\VS{7}All
the rivers
run
into
the
sea,
yet
the
sea
is
not
full: unto
the
place whither
the rivers
go, thither
they
go
again.
\VS{8}All
things
are
full
of toil;
none
can express
it.
The
eye
is
not
satisfied
with
seeing,
nor
the
ear
filled
with
hearing.
\VS{9}That
which hath
been
is
that
which
shall
be;
and
that
which hath
been
done
is
that
which
will
be
done:
and
there
is
nothing
new
under
the
sun.
\VS{10}Is
there
a
thing whereof
it
may
be
said,
See,
this
is
new?
It hath
been
already
in
the
ages
which
were
before
us.
\VS{11}There
is
no
remembrance
of
former
things;
neither
shall
there
be
remembrance
of
things
that
are
to
come
with
those
who
shall live
afterwards.
\VS{12}I,
the
Preacher,
was
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}And
I
applied
my
heart
to
seek
and
search
out
by
wisdom
concerning
all
that
is
done
under
the
heavens:
this grievous occupation hath
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
given
to
the
children
of
men
to weary
themselves therewith.
\VS{14}I
have
seen
all
the
works
that
are
done
under
the
sun,
and
behold,
all
is
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
\VS{15}That which
is
crooked
cannot
be made straight;
and
that which
is wanting
cannot
be
numbered.
\VS{16}I communed
with
mine
own
heart,
saying,
Lo,
I
have
become
great
and
have acquired
wisdom
more
than
all
they
that
have
been
before
me
over
Jerusalem;
and
my
heart hath
seen
much
of
wisdom
and
knowledge.
\VS{17}And
I
applied
my
heart
to
the
knowledge
of
wisdom,
and
to
the
knowledge
of
madness
and
folly:
I
perceived
that
this
also
is
a
striving
after
the
wind.
\VS{18}For
in
much
wisdom
is
much vexation,
and
he
that increaseth
knowledge increaseth
sorrow.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
said
in
my
heart,
Come
now,
I
will
try thee
with
mirth,
therefore
enjoy
pleasure.
But
behold,
this
also
is
vanity.
\VS{2}I
said
of
laughter, Madness!
and
of
mirth,
What availeth
it?
\VS{3}I searched
in
my
heart
how
to cherish
my
flesh
with
wine,
while practising
my
heart
with
wisdom;
and
how
to
lay
hold
on
folly,
till
I
should
see
what
was
that
good
for
the
children
of
men
which
they
should
do
under
the
heavens
all
the
days
of
their
life.
\VS{4}I
made
me
great
works; I builded
me
houses; I
planted
me
vineyards;
\VS{5}I
made
me
gardens
and
parks,
and I
planted
trees
in
them
of
every kind
of
fruit;
\VS{6}I
made
me
ponds
of
water,
to
water therewith
the
wood, where
the
trees
are reared.
\VS{7}I
acquired
servants
and maidens,
and
had
servants
born
in
my
house;
also
I
had great
possessions
of
herds
and
flocks,
above
all
that
had
been
in
Jerusalem
before
me.
\VS{8}I
gathered
me
also
silver
and
gold,
and
the peculiar
treasure
of
kings
and
of
the
provinces;
I got
me men-singers
and women-singers,
and
the delights
of
the
children
of
men,
a wife
and
concubines.
\VS{9}And
I
became
great,
and
increased
more
than
all
that
had
been
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
also
my
wisdom
remained
with
me.
\VS{10}And
whatsoever mine
eyes
desired
I
kept
not
from
them:
I
withheld
not
my
heart
from
any
joy;
for
my
heart
rejoiced
in
all
my labour,
and
this
was
my
portion
from
all
my labour.
\VS{11}Then
I
looked
on
all
the
works
that
my
hands
had
wrought,
and
on
the labour
that
it
had cost
me
to
do [them];
and
behold,
all
was
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind,
and
there
was
no
profit
under
the
sun.
\VS{12}And
I
turned
myself
to
behold
wisdom,
and
madness,
and
folly;
for
what
shall
the
man [do]
that cometh
after
the
king? —
that
which hath
already
been
done.
\VS{13}And
I
saw
that
wisdom excelleth
folly,
as
light excelleth
darkness.
\VS{14}The
wise man's
eyes
are
in
his
head,
and
the
fool walketh
in
darkness;
but
I
myself
also
perceived
that
one event happeneth
to
them
all.
\VS{15}And
I
said
in
my
heart,
As
it happeneth
to
the
fool
so
will
it happen
even
to
me;
and
why
was
I
then
so
wise?
Then
I
said
in
my
heart
that
this
also
is
vanity.
\VS{16}For
there
shall
be
no
remembrance
of
the
wise
more
than
of
the
fool
for
ever;
because
everything
is
already
forgotten
in
the
days which
come.
And
how dieth
the
wise
even
as
the
fool?
\VS{17}And
I
hated
life;
for
the
work
that
is
wrought
under
the
sun
was grievous unto
me;
for
all
is
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
\VS{18}And
I
hated
all
my labour wherewith
I
had
been
toiling
under
the
sun,
because
I
should
leave
it unto
the
man
that
shall
be
after
me.
\VS{19}And
who knoweth
whether
he
will
be
a
wise [man]
or
a
fool?
yet
shall
he
have rule
over
all
my labour
at
which
I
have laboured,
and wherein
I
have
been
wise
under
the
sun.
This
also
is
vanity.
\VS{20}Then
I
went
about
to cause
my
heart
to
despair
of
all
the labour wherewith
I
had laboured
under
the
sun.
\VS{21}For
there
is
a
man
whose labour hath
been
with
wisdom,
and
with
knowledge,
and
with
skill,
and
who leaveth
it
to
a
man
that hath
not laboured therein,
to
be
his
portion.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
great
evil.
\VS{22}For
what
will
man
have
of
all
his labour
and
of
the
striving
of
his
heart, wherewith
he hath wearied
himself
under
the
sun?
\VS{23}For
all
his
days
are
sorrows,
and
his travail vexation:
even
in
the
night
his
heart taketh
no
rest.
This
also
is
vanity.
\VS{24}There
is
nothing
good
for
man,
but
that
he
should
eat
and
drink,
and
that
he
should
make
his
soul
enjoy
good
in
his labour.
This
also
I
saw,
that
it
was
from
the
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{25}For
who
can
eat,
or
who
be eager,
more
than
I?
\VS{26}For
he giveth
to
a
man
that
is
good
in
his
sight
wisdom,
and
knowledge,
and
joy;
but
to
the
sinner
he giveth travail
to
gather
and
to
heap
up,
that
he
may
give
to
him
that
is
good
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God's
sight.
This
also
is
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
everything
there
is
a
season,
and
a
time
to
every
purpose
under
the
heavens:
\VS{2}A
time
to
be
born,
and
a
time
to
die;
A
time
to
plant,
and
a
time
to pluck up
that which
is
planted;
\VS{3}A
time
to
kill,
and
a
time
to
heal;
A
time
to
break
down,
and
a
time
to
build
up;
\VS{4}A
time
to
weep,
and
a
time
to
laugh;
A
time
to
mourn,
and
a
time
to
dance;
\VS{5}A
time
to
cast
away
stones,
and
a
time
to
gather
stones together;
A
time
to
embrace,
and
a
time
to refrain
from
embracing;
\VS{6}A
time
to
seek,
and
a
time
to lose;
A
time
to
keep,
and
a
time
to
cast
away;
\VS{7}A
time
to
rend,
and
a
time
to
sew;
A
time
to
keep silence,
and
a
time
to
speak;
\VS{8}A
time
to
love,
and
a
time
to
hate;
A
time
of
war,
and
a
time
of
peace.
\VS{9}What
profit hath
he
that worketh
from
that
wherein
he laboureth?
\VS{10}I
have
seen
the travail
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
given
to
the
sons
of
men
to toil
in.
\VS{11}He hath
made
everything
beautiful
in
its
time;
also
he hath
set
the world
in
their
heart,
so
that
man findeth
not
out
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
the
work
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God doeth.
\VS{12}I
know
that
there
is
nothing
good
for
them
but
to
rejoice
and
to
do
well
in
their
life;
\VS{13}yea
also
that
every
man
should
eat
and
drink,
and
enjoy
good
in
all
his labour,
it
is
the
gift
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{14}I
know
that
whatever
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God doeth,
it
shall
be
for
ever;
there
is
nothing
to
be
added
to
it,
nor
anything
to
be
taken
from
it;
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God doeth [it],
that [men]
should
fear
before
him.
\VS{15}That
which
is
was
long ago,
and
that
which
is
to
be hath
already
been;
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God bringeth back
again
that
which
is past.
\VS{16}And
moreover
I
saw
under
the
sun,
that
in
the
place
of
judgment,
wickedness
was
there;
and
in
the
place
of
righteousness,
wickedness
was
there.
\VS{17}I
said
in
my
heart,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will
judge
the
righteous
and
the
wicked;
for
there
is
a
time
there
for
every
purpose
and
for
every
work.
\VS{18}I
said
in
my
heart,
It
is thus
with
the
children
of
men,
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
may prove
them,
and
that
they
should
see
that
they
themselves
are
but
beasts.
\VS{19}For
what befalleth
the
children
of
men befalleth
beasts;
even
one
thing befalleth
them:
as
the
one dieth,
so dieth
the
other,
and
they
have
all
one
breath;
and
man hath
no pre-eminence
above
the
beast:
for
all
is
vanity.
\VS{20}All
go unto
one
place:
all
are
of
the
dust,
and
all
return
to
dust.
\VS{21}Who knoweth
the
spirit
of
the
children
of
men? Doth
it
go
upwards?
and
the
spirit
of
the
beasts, doth
it
go downwards
to
the
earth?
\VS{22}And
I
have
seen
that
there
is
nothing
better
than
that
man
should
rejoice
in
his
own
works;
for
that
is
his
portion;
for
who
shall
bring
him
to
see
what
shall
be
after
him?

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
I
returned
and
saw
all
the
oppressions
that
are
done
under
the
sun:
and
behold,
the
tears
of
the
oppressed,
and
they
had
no
comforter;
and
on
the
side
of
their
oppressors
was
power,
and
they
had
no
comforter.
\VS{2}Then
I praised
the
dead
who
are
already
dead
more
than
the
living
who
are yet
alive;
\VS{3}and
more fortunate
than
both
is
he
who hath
not
yet
been,
who hath
not
seen
the
evil
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
\VS{4}And
I
saw
all labour,
and
all success
of
work,
that
it
is man's
jealousy
of
his neighbour.
This
also
is
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
\VS{5}The
fool foldeth
his
hands together,
and eateth
his own
flesh.
\VS{6}Better
is
a handful
with quietness,
than both
hands
full
with labour
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
\VS{7}And
I
returned
and
saw
vanity
under
the
sun.
\VS{8}There
is
one [alone]
and
without
a
second;
also
he hath
neither
son
nor
brother:
yet
is
there
no
end
of
all
his labour,
neither
is
his
eye
satisfied
with
riches,
and [he saith
not],
For
whom
then
am
I labouring,
and
depriving
my
soul
of
good?
This
also
is
vanity
and
a grievous occupation.
\VS{9}Two
are
better
than
one;
because
they
have
a
good
reward
for
their labour.
\VS{10}For
if
they
fall,
the
one
will
lift
up
his fellow;
but
woe
to
him
that
is
alone
when
he falleth,
and
who hath
not
another
to
lift
him
up!
\VS{11}Again,
if
two
lie
together,
then
they
have warmth;
but
how
can
one
alone
be
warm?
\VS{12}And
if
a [man]
overpower
the
one,
the
two
shall
withstand
him;
and
a threefold
cord
is
not
quickly
broken.
\VS{13}Better
is
a
poor
but
wise
youth
than an
old
and
foolish
king,
who knoweth
no
more
how
to
be admonished.
\VS{14}For
out
of
the prison-house
he
came
forth
to
reign,
although
he
was
born
poor
in
his
kingdom.
\VS{15}I
saw
all
the
living
that
walk
under
the
sun,
with
the
child,
the
second,
that
should
stand
up
in
his
stead.
\VS{16}[There
is]
no
end
of
all
the
people,
of
all
that stood
before
them;
those
however
that
come
after
shall
not
rejoice
in
him.
Surely
this
also
is
vanity
and
a
striving
after
the
wind.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Keep thy foot
when thou goest
to
the house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
draw
near
to hear,
rather
than
to
give
the sacrifice
of fools:
for
they know
not
that
they
do evil.
\VS{2}Be
not rash
with thy mouth,
and let
not thy heart
be hasty
to utter
anything before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }
Elohim}God:
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:2 }
Elohim}God
is
in
the heavens,
and thou
upon earth;
therefore let thy
words
be few.
\VS{3}For
a dream cometh
through
the multitude
of business,
and
a fool's voice
through
a multitude
of words.
\VS{4}When thou vowest
a
vow unto
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:4 }
Elohim}God, defer
not
to
pay
it;
for
he hath
no pleasure
in fools:
pay
that
which thou hast
vowed.
\VS{5}Better
is
it
that thou shouldest
not
vow,
than
that thou shouldest
vow
and
not
pay.
\VS{6}Suffer
not thy mouth
to
cause thy flesh
to sin; neither
say thou
before
the angel,
that
it
was
an inadvertence. Wherefore
should
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
be wroth
at thy voice,
and destroy
the
work
of thy hands?
\VS{7}For
in
the multitude
of dreams
are vanities;
so
with many words:
but fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:7 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{8}If thou seest
the oppression
of
the poor,
and violent perverting
of judgment
and justice
in
a province, marvel
not
at
the matter;
for
a higher
than
the high
is watching,
and
there
are higher
than
they.
\VS{9}Moreover
the earth
is every
way profitable:
the king [himself]
is dependent upon
the field.
\VS{10}He
that loveth silver
shall
not
be satisfied
with silver,
nor
he
that loveth
abundance
with
increase.
This
also
is vanity.
\VS{11}When goods
increase,
they
are
increased
that
eat
them;
and what profit
is
there
to
the owner thereof,
except
the beholding [of
them]
with
his eyes?
\VS{12}The sleep
of
the labourer
is sweet,
whether
he
have eaten little
or much;
but
the fulness
of
the
rich doth not suffer
him
to sleep.
\VS{13}There
is
a grievous
evil
that
I
have seen
under
the sun:
riches kept
for
the owners thereof
to
their hurt;
\VS{14}or
those riches perish
by
some evil circumstance,
and
if
he
have begotten
a son,
there
is
nothing
in
his
hand.
\VS{15}As
he
came forth
from
his mother's womb, naked
shall
he
go
away again
as
he
came,
and
shall
take
nothing
of
his labour,
which
he
may
carry
away
in
his hand.
\VS{16}And
this
also
is
a grievous evil,
that
in
all points
as
he came
so doth
he go
away,
and
what profit hath
he,
in having laboured
for
the wind?
\VS{17}All
his
days
also
he eateth
in darkness,
and hath
much vexation,
and sickness,
and irritation.
\VS{18}Behold
what
I
have seen good
and comely: [it
is]
to
eat
and
to drink,
and
to enjoy good
in
all
his labour wherewith [man] laboureth
under
the sun,
all
the days
of
his life
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
given
him:
for
that
is
his
portion.
\VS{19}Every man
also
to whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath given riches
and
wealth,
and power
to eat thereof,
and
to
take
his portion
and
to
rejoice
in
his labour:
that
is
a gift
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{20}For he will not much remember the days of his life, because
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:20 }
Elohim}God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
is
an
evil
that
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
and
it
is frequent
among
men:
\VS{2}one
to
whom
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God giveth
riches,
wealth,
and honour,
and
he wanteth
nothing
for
his
soul
of
all
that
he desireth,
yet
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God giveth
him
not power
to
eat thereof,
but
a
stranger eateth
it:
this
is
vanity,
and
a sore
evil.
\VS{3}If
a
man
beget
a
hundred [sons],
and
live
many
years,
so
that
the
days
of
his
years
be
many,
but
his
soul
be
not
filled
with
good,
and
also
he
have
no
burial,
I
say
an untimely
birth
is
better
than
he.
\VS{4}For
it cometh
in
vanity,
and departeth
in
darkness,
and
its
name
is
covered
with
darkness;
\VS{5}moreover
it hath
not
seen
nor
known
the
sun:
this hath rest
rather
than
the
other.
\VS{6}Yea, though
he
live
twice
a
thousand
years,
yet hath
he
seen
no
good:
do
not
all
go
to
one
place?
\VS{7}All
the labour
of
man
is
for
his
mouth,
and
yet
the
appetite
is
not
filled.
\VS{8}For
what
advantage hath
the
wise
above
the
fool?
what hath
the
poor,
that knoweth
to
walk
before
the
living?
\VS{9}Better
is
the seeing
of
the
eyes
than
the wandering
of
the
desire:
this
also
is
vanity
and pursuit
of
the
wind.
\VS{10}That
which
is hath
already
been
named;
and
what
man
is,
is
known,
and
that
he
cannot contend
with
him
that
is mightier
than
he.
\VS{11}For
there
are
many
things
that
increase
vanity:
what
is
man advantaged?
\VS{12}For
who knoweth
what
is
good
for
man
in
life,
all
the
days
of
his
vain
life
which
he spendeth
as
a
shadow?
for
who
can
tell
man
what
shall
be
after
him
under
the
sun?

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A [good]
name
is
better
than precious
ointment,
and
the
day
of
death
than
the
day
of one's
birth.
\VS{2}It
is
better
to go
to
the
house
of
mourning
than
to go
to
the
house
of
feasting:
in
that
that
is
the
end
of
all
men,
and
the
living taketh
it
to
heart.
\VS{3}Vexation
is
better
than
laughter;
for
by
the
sadness
of
the
countenance
the
heart
is
made
better.
\VS{4}The
heart
of
the
wise
is
in
the
house
of
mourning,
but
the
heart
of
fools
in
the
house
of
mirth.
\VS{5}It
is
better
for
a
man
to
hear
the
rebuke
of
the
wise,
than
to
hear
the
song
of
fools.
\VS{6}For
as
the
crackling
of thorns
under
a
pot,
so
is
the
laughter
of
the
fool.
This
also
is
vanity.
\VS{7}Surely
oppression maketh
a
wise
man mad,
and
a
gift destroyeth
the
heart.
\VS{8}Better
is
the
end
of
a
thing
than its
beginning;
better
is
a
patient
spirit
than
a proud
spirit.
\VS{9}Be
not hasty
in thy
spirit
to
be
vexed;
for
vexation resteth
in
the
bosom
of
fools.
\VS{10}Say
not,
How
is
it
that
the
former
days
were
better
than
these?
for thou dost
not
inquire
wisely
concerning
this.
\VS{11}Wisdom
is
as
good
as
an
inheritance,
and profitable
to
them
that
see
the
sun.
\VS{12}For
wisdom
is
a defence [as]
money
is
a defence;
but
the excellency
of
knowledge
is, [that]
wisdom maketh
them
that
possess
it
to
live.
\VS{13}Consider
the
work
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
for
who
can
make straight
what
he hath
made
crooked?
\VS{14}In
the
day
of
prosperity
enjoy
good,
and
in
the
day
of adversity
consider:
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
also
set
the
one
beside
the
other,
to
the
end
that
man
should
find
out
nothing [of
what
shall
be]
after
him.
\VS{15}All [this]
have
I
seen
in
the
days
of
my
vanity:
there
is
a
righteous [man]
that perisheth
by
his
righteousness,
and
there
is
a
wicked [man]
that prolongeth [his
days]
by
his
wickedness.
\VS{16}Be
not
righteous overmuch;
neither
make thyself overwise:
why shouldest thou
destroy thyself?
\VS{17}Be
not overmuch
wicked,
neither
be thou
foolish:
why shouldest thou
die
before thy
time?
\VS{18}It
is
good
that thou shouldest
take
hold
of
this;
yea,
also
from
that withdraw
not thy
hand:
for
he
that feareth
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God cometh
forth
from
them
all.
\VS{19}Wisdom strengtheneth
the
wise more than
ten
mighty [men]
that
are
in
a
city.
\VS{20}Surely
there
is
not
a
righteous
man upon
earth,
that doeth
good
and sinneth
not.
\VS{21}Also
give
not
heed unto
all
words
that
are
spoken, lest thou
hear thy
servant
curse thee.
\VS{22}For
also thine own
heart knoweth
that oftentimes thou thyself
likewise hast
cursed
others.
\VS{23}All
this
have
I
tried
by
wisdom:
I
said,
I
will
be
wise;
but
it
was
far
from
me.
\VS{24}Whatever hath
been,
is
far
off,
and exceeding
deep:
who
will
find
it
out?
\VS{25}I
turned,
I
and
my
heart,
to
know,
and
to
search,
and
to
seek
out
wisdom
and reason,
and
to
know
wickedness
to
be
folly,
and
foolishness
to
be
madness;
\VS{26}and
I
found
more
bitter
than
death
the
woman
whose
heart
is
nets
and snares, [and]
whose
hands
are bands: whoso pleaseth
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
shall
escape
from
her;
but
the
sinner
shall
be
caught
by
her.
\VS{27}See
this
which
I
have
found, saith
the
Preacher, [searching]
one
by
one
to
find
out
the reason;
\VS{28}which
my
soul
yet seeketh,
and
I
have
not
found:
one
man
among
a
thousand
have
I
found,
but
a
woman
among
all
those
have
I
not
found.
\VS{29}Only
see
this
which
I
have
found:
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:29 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
made
man
upright,
but
they
have
sought
out
many
devices.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Who
is
as
the
wise?
and
who knoweth
the explanation
of
things?
A man's
wisdom maketh
his
face
to
shine,
and
the boldness
of
his
face
is
changed.
\VS{2}I [say],
Keep
the king's
commandment,
and [that]
on
account
of
the
oath
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{3}Be
not hasty
to go
out
of
his
sight;
persist
not
in
an
evil
thing:
for
he doeth
whatever pleaseth
him,
\VS{4}because
the
word
of
a
king
is power;
and
who
may
say unto
him,
What doest thou?
\VS{5}Whoso keepeth
the
commandment
shall
know
no
evil
thing;
and
a
wise man's
heart knoweth
time
and
manner.
\VS{6}For
to
every
purpose
there
is
time
and
manner.
For
the misery
of
man
is
great
upon
him;
\VS{7}for
he knoweth
not
that
which
shall
be;
for
who
can
tell
him
how
it
shall
be?
\VS{8}There
is
no
man
who hath control
over
the
spirit
to
retain
the
spirit;
and
no
one hath control
over
the
day
of
death;
and
there
is
no
discharge
in
that
war,
neither
shall
wickedness
deliver
those
that
are given
to
it.
\VS{9}All
this
have
I
seen,
and
applied
my
heart unto
every
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun:
there
is
a
time
when
man ruleth
man
to
his hurt.
\VS{10}And
I
have
also
seen
the
wicked
buried
and
going
away;
and
such
as
had
acted rightly
went
from [the]
holy
place,
and
were
forgotten
in
the
city.
This
also
is
vanity.
\VS{11}Because
sentence
against
an
evil
work
is
not
executed
speedily,
therefore
the
heart
of
the
children
of
men
is
fully
set
in
them
to
do
evil.
\VS{12}Though
a
sinner
do
evil
a
hundred
times,
and
prolong
his [days],
yet
I
know
that
it
shall
be
well
with
them
that
fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
because
they
fear
before
him;
\VS{13}but
it
shall
not
be
well
with
the
wicked,
neither
shall
he
prolong [his]
days
as
a
shadow,
because
he feareth
not
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{14}There
is
a
vanity
which
is
done
upon
the
earth;
that
there
are
righteous [men] unto
whom
it happeneth
according
to
the
work
of
the
wicked;
and
there
are
wicked [men]
to
whom
it happeneth
according
to
the
work
of
the
righteous.
I
said
that
this
also
is
vanity.
\VS{15}And
I commended
mirth,
because
there
is
nothing
better
for
man
under
the
sun
than
to
eat,
and
to
drink,
and
to
be
merry;
for
that
shall abide
with
him
of
his labour
the
days
of
his
life,
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
given
him
under
the
sun.
\VS{16}When
I
applied
my
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
see
the business
that
is
done
upon
the
earth (for
also
there
is
that
neither
day
nor
night seeth
sleep
with
his
eyes),
\VS{17}then
I
saw
that
all [is]
the
work
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God, [and]
that
man
cannot
find
out
the
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun:
because
however
man
may labour
to
seek [it]
out,
yet doth
he
not
find [it];
and
even,
if
a
wise [man]
think
to
know [it],
he
shall
not
be
able
to
find [it]
out.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
all
this
I
laid
to
my
heart
and [indeed]
to
investigate
all
this,
that
the
righteous,
and
the
wise,
and
their works,
are
in
the
hand
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
man knoweth
neither
love
nor
hatred:
all
is
before
them.
\VS{2}All
things [come]
alike
to
all:
one event
to
the
righteous
and
to
the
wicked,
to
the
good,
and
to
the
clean,
and
to
the
unclean,
to
him
that sacrificeth
and
to
him
that sacrificeth
not:
as
is
the
good,
so
is
the
sinner;
he
that sweareth,
as
he
that feareth
an
oath.
\VS{3}This
is
an
evil
among
all
that
is
done
under
the
sun,
that
one
thing befalleth
all:
yea,
also
the
heart
of
the
children
of
men
is
full
of
evil,
and
madness
is
in
their
heart
while
they
live;
and
after
that, [they
have
to go]
to
the
dead.
\VS{4}For
to
him
that
is joined
to
all
the
living
there
is
hope;
for
a
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
\VS{5}For
the
living
know
that
they
shall
die;
but
the
dead
know
not
anything,
neither
have
they
any
more
a
reward,
for
the
memory
of
them
is
forgotten.
\VS{6}Their
love
also,
and
their
hatred,
and
their
envy
is
already
perished;
neither
have
they
any
more
for
ever
a
portion
in
all
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
\VS{7}Go,
eat thy
bread
with
joy,
and
drink thy
wine
with
a merry
heart;
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
already
accepted thy
works.
\VS{8}Let thy
garments
be
always
white,
and
let
not thy
head
lack
oil.
\VS{9}Enjoy
life
with
the
wife
whom thou lovest
all
the
days
of
the
life
of thy
vanity,
which
he hath
given thee
under
the
sun,
all
the
days
of thy
vanity;
for
that
is thy
portion
in
life,
and
in thy labour
wherein thou art labouring
under
the
sun.
\VS{10}Whatever thy
hand findeth
to
do,
do
with thy
might;
for
there
is
no
work,
nor device,
nor
knowledge,
nor
wisdom,
in
Sheol, whither thou goest.
\VS{11}I
returned,
and
saw
under
the
sun,
that
the
race
is
not
to
the
swift,
nor
the
battle
to
the
strong,
neither
yet
bread
to
the
wise,
nor
yet
riches
to
the
intelligent,
nor
yet favour
to
men
of
knowledge;
but
time
and
chance happeneth
to
them
all.
\VS{12}For
man
also knoweth
not
his
time:
as
the fishes
that
are
taken
in
an
evil net,
and
as
the
birds
that
are
taken
with
the
snare,
like
them
are
the
children
of
men
snared
in
an
evil
time,
when
it falleth
suddenly
upon
them.
\VS{13}This
also
have
I
seen
as
wisdom
under
the
sun,
and
it
was
great unto
me.
\VS{14}There
was
a
little
city,
and
few
men
within
it;
and there
came
a
great
king
against
it,
and encompassed
it,
and
built
great bulwarks
against
it:
\VS{15}and
there
was
found
in
it
a
poor
wise
man,
who
by
his
wisdom
delivered
the
city;
but
no
man
remembered
that
poor
man.
\VS{16}Then
said
I,
Wisdom
is
better
than
strength;
but
the
poor man's
wisdom
is
despised,
and
his
words
are
not
heard.
\VS{17}The
words
of
the
wise
are
heard
in quiet more than
the
cry
of
him
that ruleth
among
fools.
\VS{18}Wisdom
is
better
than
weapons
of
war; but
one
sinner destroyeth
much
good.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Dead
flies cause
the
ointment
of
the apothecary
to
stink [and] ferment; [so]
a
little
folly
is
weightier than
wisdom [and] honour.
\VS{2}The
heart
of a
wise [man]
is at his
right
hand;
but a fool's
heart at his
left.
\VS{3}Yea
also,
when
he
that
is
a
fool walketh
by
the
way,
his
sense faileth [him],
and
he saith
to
every
one [that]
he
is
a
fool.
\VS{4}If
the
spirit
of
the
ruler
rise
up
against thee,
leave
not thy
place;
for quietness pacifieth
great offences.
\VS{5}There
is
an
evil
that
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
as
an
error [that] proceedeth
from
the
ruler:
\VS{6}folly
is
set
in
great dignities,
but
the
rich
sit
in
a
low
place.
\VS{7}I
have
seen
servants
upon
horses,
and
princes
walking
as
servants
upon
the
earth.
\VS{8}He
that diggeth
a
pit falleth
into
it;
and whoso breaketh
down
a hedge,
a
serpent biteth
him.
\VS{9}Whoso removeth
stones
is hurt therewith;
he that cleaveth
wood
is
endangered thereby.
\VS{10}If
the
iron
be blunt,
and
one
do
not whet
the
edge,
then
must
he apply
more
strength;
but
wisdom
is profitable
to give
success.
\VS{11}If
the
serpent bite
before enchantment,
then
the charmer hath
no
advantage.
\VS{12}The
words
of
a
wise man's
mouth
are
gracious;
but
the
lips
of
a
fool
swallow
up himself.
\VS{13}The
beginning
of
the
words
of
his
mouth
is
folly;
and
the
end
of
his
talk
is mischievous
madness.
\VS{14}And
the
fool multiplieth
words: [yet]
man knoweth
not
what
shall
be;
and
what
shall
be
after
him,
who
will
tell
him?
\VS{15}The labour
of
fools wearieth
them,
because
they
know
not
how
to go
to
the
city.
\VS{16}Woe
to thee, O
land,
when thy
king
is
a
child,
and thy
princes
eat
in
the
morning!
\VS{17}Happy art thou, O
land,
when thy
king
is
a
son
of
nobles,
and thy
princes
eat
in [due]
season,
for
strength,
and
not
for
drunkenness!
\VS{18}By
much sloth fulness
the framework falleth
in;
and
through idleness
of
the
hands
the
house drippeth.
\VS{19}A feast
is
made
for
laughter,
and
wine maketh
life
merry;
but
money answereth
everything.
\VS{20}Curse
not
the
king,
no,
not
in thy
thought;
and
curse
not
the
rich
in thy
bedchamber:
for
the
bird
of
the air
will carry
the
voice,
and
that
which hath
wings
will
tell
the
matter.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Cast thy
bread
upon
the
waters;
for thou shalt
find
it
after
many
days.
\VS{2}Give
a
portion
to
seven,
and
also
to
eight;
for thou knowest
not
what
evil
shall
be
upon
the
earth.
\VS{3}If
the
clouds
be
full
of
rain,
they empty
themselves
upon
the
earth;
and
if
a
tree
fall
toward
the
south,
or
toward
the
north,
in
the
place
where
the
tree falleth,
there
it
shall
be.
\VS{4}He
that observeth
the
wind
will
not
sow;
and
he
that regardeth
the
clouds
will
not
reap.
\VS{5}As thou knowest
not
what
is
the
way
of
the
spirit,
how
the
bones [grow]
in
the
womb
of
her
that
is
with child,
even
so thou knowest
not
the
work
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
who maketh
all.
\VS{6}In
the
morning
sow thy
seed,
and
in
the
evening
withhold
not thy
hand;
for thou knowest
not
which
shall prosper,
whether
this
or
that,
or
whether
they
both
shall
be
alike
good.
\VS{7}Now
the
light
is
sweet,
and
pleasant
is
it
to
the
eyes
to
see
the
sun;
\VS{8}but
if
a
man
live
many
years, [and]
rejoice
in
them
all,
yet
let
him
remember
the
days
of
darkness;
for
they
shall
be
many:
all
that cometh
is
vanity.
\VS{9}Rejoice,
young
man,
in thy
youth;
and
let thy
heart
cheer thee
in
the
days
of thy
youth,
and
walk
in
the
ways
of thy
heart,
and
in
the
sight
of thine
eyes;
but
know
that
for
all
these [things]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will
bring thee
into
judgment.
\VS{10}Then
remove discontent
from thy
heart,
and
put
away
evil
from thy
flesh;
for
childhood
and
youth
are
vanity.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
remember thy Creator
in
the
days
of thy
youth,
before
the
evil
days
come,
and
the
years
draw nigh,
of
which thou shalt
say,
I
have
no
pleasure
in
them;
\VS{2}before
the
sun,
and
the
light,
and
the
moon,
and
the
stars,
be
darkened,
and
the
clouds
return
after
the
rain;
\VS{3}in
the
day
when
the
keepers
of
the
house
tremble,
and
the
strong
men bow themselves,
and
the grinders cease
because
they
are
few,
and
those
that
look
out
of
the
windows
are
darkened,
\VS{4}and
the
doors
are
shut toward
the
street;
when
the
sound
of
the
grinding
is subdued,
and
they
rise
up
at
the
voice
of
the
bird,
and
all
the
daughters
of
song
are
brought
low;
\VS{5}they
are
also
afraid
of
what
is
high,
and
terrors
are
in
the
way,
and
the
almond
is
despised,
and
the
grasshopper
is
a
burden,
and
the caper-berry
is without effect; (for
man goeth
to
his age-long
home,
and
the
mourners
go
about
the
streets;)
\VS{6}—
before
the
silver
cord
be loosed,
or
the
golden
bowl
be
broken,
or
the
pitcher
be
shattered
at
the fountain,
or
the
wheel
be
broken
at
the
cistern;
\VS{7}and
the
dust
return
to
the
earth
as
it
was,
and
the
spirit
return unto
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
who
gave
it.
\VS{8}Vanity
of
vanities, saith
the
Preacher:
all
is
vanity.
\VS{9}And
moreover, because
the
Preacher
was
wise,
he
still
taught
the
people
knowledge;
and
he
pondered,
and sought
out, [and] set
in order
many
proverbs.
\VS{10}The
Preacher
sought
to
find
out acceptable
words;
and
that
which
was
written
is
upright,
words
of
truth.
\VS{11}The
words
of
the
wise
are
as goads,
and
the
collections [of
them]
as nails
fastened
in: they
are
given
from
one
shepherd.
\VS{12}And besides,
my
son,
be
warned
by
them:
of
making
many
books
there
is
no
end,
and
much
study
is
a weariness
of
the
flesh.
\VS{13}Let
us
hear
the
end
of
the
whole
matter:
Fear
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
keep
his
commandments;
for
this
is
the
whole
of
man.
\VS{14}For
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
shall
bring
every
work
into
judgment,
with
every
secret
thing,
whether
it
be
good
or
whether
it
be
evil.
\par }