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\BibleBook{Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher}

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\BibleMainTitle{Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher }
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\chapterNumber{1}The words|strong="H1697" of the Preacher|strong="H6953", the son|strong="H1121" of David|strong="H1732", king|strong="H4428" in Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Vanity|strong="H1892" of vanities|strong="H1892", saith|strong="H0559" the Preacher|strong="H6953", vanity|strong="H1892" of vanities|strong="H1892"; all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{3}What profit|strong="H3504" hath a man|strong="H0120" of all his labour|strong="H5999" which he taketh|strong="H5998" under the sun|strong="H8121"? 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{One} generation|strong="H1755" passeth away|strong="H1980", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{another} generation|strong="H1755" cometh|strong="H0935": but the earth|strong="H0776" abideth|strong="H5975" for ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{5}The sun|strong="H8121" also ariseth|strong="H2224", and the sun|strong="H8121" goeth down|strong="H0935", and hasteth|strong="H7602" to his place|strong="H4725" where he arose|strong="H2224".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.5  }hasteth: Heb. panteth} 
\verseNumber{6}The wind|strong="H7307" goeth|strong="H1980" toward the south|strong="H1864", and turneth about|strong="H5437" unto the north|strong="H6828"; it whirleth about continually|strong="H1980", and the wind|strong="H7307" returneth again|strong="H7725" according to his circuits|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{7}All the rivers|strong="H5158" run|strong="H1980" into the sea|strong="H3220"; yet the sea|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not full|strong="H4392"; unto the place|strong="H4725" from whence the rivers|strong="H5158" come|strong="H1980", thither they return|strong="H7725" again|strong="H3212".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.7  }return…: Heb. return to go} 
\verseNumber{8}All things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} full of labour|strong="H3023"; man|strong="H0376" cannot|strong="H3201" utter|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it:} the eye|strong="H5869" is not satisfied|strong="H7646" with seeing|strong="H7200", nor the ear|strong="H0241" filled|strong="H4390" with hearing|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{9}The thing that hath been, it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is that} which shall be; and that which is done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} that which shall be done|strong="H6213": and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no new|strong="H2319" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing} under the sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{10}Is there|strong="H3426" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{any} thing|strong="H1697" whereof it may be said|strong="H0559", See|strong="H7200", this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} new|strong="H2319"? it hath been already|strong="H3528" of old time|strong="H5769", which was before|strong="H6440" us. 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{There is} no remembrance|strong="H2146" of former|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things;} neither shall there be \BibleCharacterStyleADD{any} remembrance|strong="H2146" of \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} that are to come|strong="H0314" with \BibleCharacterStyleADD{those} that shall come after|strong="H0314". 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ I the Preacher|strong="H6953" was king|strong="H4428" over Israel|strong="H3478" in Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{13}And I gave|strong="H5414" my heart|strong="H3820" to seek|strong="H1875" and search out|strong="H8446" by wisdom|strong="H2451" concerning all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} that are done|strong="H6213" under heaven|strong="H8064": this sore|strong="H7451" travail|strong="H6045" hath God|strong="H0430" given|strong="H5414" to the sons|strong="H1121" of man|strong="H0120" to be exercised|strong="H6031" therewith.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.13  }to be…: or, to afflict them} 
\verseNumber{14}I have seen|strong="H7200" all the works|strong="H4639" that are done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121"; and, behold, all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{That which is} crooked|strong="H5791" cannot|strong="H3201" be made straight|strong="H8626": and that which is wanting|strong="H2642" cannot|strong="H3201" be numbered|strong="H4487".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.15  }that which is wanting: Heb. defect} 
\verseNumber{16}I communed|strong="H1696" with mine own heart|strong="H3820", saying|strong="H0559", Lo, I am come to great estate|strong="H1431", and have gotten|strong="H3254" more wisdom|strong="H2451" than all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{they} that have been before|strong="H6440" me in Jerusalem|strong="H3389": yea, my heart|strong="H3820" had great|strong="H7235" experience|strong="H7200" of wisdom|strong="H2451" and knowledge|strong="H1847".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.16  }had…: Heb. had seen much} 
\verseNumber{17}And I gave|strong="H5414" my heart|strong="H3820" to know|strong="H3045" wisdom|strong="H2451", and to know|strong="H3045" madness|strong="H1947" and folly|strong="H5531": I perceived|strong="H3045" that this|strong="H1571" also is vexation|strong="H7475" of spirit|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{18}For in much|strong="H7230" wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} much|strong="H7230" grief|strong="H3708": and he that increaseth|strong="H3254" knowledge|strong="H1847" increaseth|strong="H3254" sorrow|strong="H4341". 
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\chapterNumber{2}I said|strong="H0559" in mine heart|strong="H3820", Go to now|strong="H3212", I will prove|strong="H5254" thee with mirth|strong="H8057", therefore enjoy|strong="H7200" pleasure|strong="H2896": and, behold, this also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{2}I said|strong="H0559" of laughter|strong="H7814", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{It is} mad|strong="H1984": and of mirth|strong="H8057", What|strong="H2090" doeth|strong="H6213" it? 
\verseNumber{3}I sought|strong="H8446" in mine heart|strong="H3820" to give|strong="H4900" myself|strong="H1320" unto wine|strong="H3196", yet acquainting|strong="H5090" mine heart|strong="H3820" with wisdom|strong="H2451"; and to lay hold|strong="H0270" on folly|strong="H5531", till I might see|strong="H7200" what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} that good|strong="H2896" for the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120", which they should do|strong="H6213" under the heaven|strong="H8064" all|strong="H4557" the days|strong="H3117" of their life|strong="H2416".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.3  }to give…: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.3  all…: Heb. the number of the days of their life} 
\verseNumber{4}I made me great|strong="H1431" works|strong="H4639"; I builded|strong="H1129" me houses|strong="H1004"; I planted|strong="H5193" me vineyards|strong="H3754": 
\verseNumber{5}I made|strong="H6213" me gardens|strong="H1593" and orchards|strong="H6508", and I planted|strong="H5193" trees|strong="H6086" in them of all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{kind of} fruits|strong="H6529": 
\verseNumber{6}I made|strong="H6213" me pools|strong="H1295" of water|strong="H4325", to water|strong="H8248" therewith the wood|strong="H3293" that bringeth forth|strong="H6779" trees|strong="H6086": 
\verseNumber{7}I got|strong="H7069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{me} servants|strong="H5650" and maidens|strong="H8198", and had servants born|strong="H1121" in my house|strong="H1004"; also I had great|strong="H7235" possessions|strong="H4735" of great|strong="H1241" and small cattle|strong="H6629" above all that were in Jerusalem|strong="H3389" before|strong="H6440" me:\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.7  }servants born…: Heb. sons of my house} 
\verseNumber{8}I gathered|strong="H3664" me also silver|strong="H3701" and gold|strong="H2091", and the peculiar treasure|strong="H5459" of kings|strong="H4428" and of the provinces|strong="H4082": I gat|strong="H6213" me men singers|strong="H7891" and women singers|strong="H7891", and the delights|strong="H8588" of the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{as} musical instruments|strong="H7705", and that of all sorts.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.8  }musical…: Heb. musical instrument and instruments} 
\verseNumber{9}So I was great|strong="H1431", and increased|strong="H3254" more than all that were before|strong="H6440" me in Jerusalem|strong="H3389": also my wisdom|strong="H2451" remained|strong="H5975" with me. 
\verseNumber{10}And whatsoever mine eyes|strong="H5869" desired|strong="H7592" I kept|strong="H0680" not from them, I withheld|strong="H4513" not my heart|strong="H3820" from any joy|strong="H8057"; for my heart|strong="H3820" rejoiced|strong="H8056" in all my labour|strong="H5999": and this was my portion|strong="H2506" of all my labour|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{11}Then I looked|strong="H6437" on all the works|strong="H4639" that my hands|strong="H3027" had wrought|strong="H6213", and on the labour|strong="H5999" that I had laboured|strong="H5998" to do|strong="H6213": and, behold, all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there was} no profit|strong="H3504" under the sun|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ And I turned|strong="H6437" myself to behold|strong="H7200" wisdom|strong="H2451", and madness|strong="H1947", and folly|strong="H5531": for what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{can} the man|strong="H0120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{do} that cometh|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" the king|strong="H4428"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} that which hath been already|strong="H3528" done|strong="H6213".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.12  }even…: or, in those things which have been already done} 
\verseNumber{13}Then I saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3426" wisdom|strong="H2451" excelleth|strong="H3504" folly|strong="H5531", as far as light|strong="H0216" excelleth|strong="H3504" darkness|strong="H2822".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.13  }that…: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc} 
\verseNumber{14}The wise man’s|strong="H2450" eyes|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in his head|strong="H7218"; but the fool|strong="H3684" walketh|strong="H1980" in darkness|strong="H2822": and I myself perceived|strong="H3045" also that one|strong="H0259" event|strong="H4745" happeneth|strong="H7136" to them all. 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0227" said|strong="H0559" I in my heart|strong="H3820", As it happeneth|strong="H4745" to the fool|strong="H3684", so it happeneth|strong="H7136" even to me|strong="H1571"; and why was I then more|strong="H3148" wise|strong="H2449"? Then I said|strong="H1696" in my heart|strong="H3820", that this also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.15  }happeneth even…: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me} 
\verseNumber{16}For \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no remembrance|strong="H2146" of the wise|strong="H2450" more than|strong="H5973" of the fool|strong="H3684" for ever|strong="H5769"; seeing that which now|strong="H3528" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in the days|strong="H3117" to come|strong="H0935" shall all be forgotten|strong="H7911". And how dieth|strong="H4191" the wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man}? as the fool|strong="H3684". 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore I hated|strong="H8130" life|strong="H2416"; because the work|strong="H4639" that is wrought|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} grievous|strong="H7451" unto me: for all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{18}¶ Yea, I hated|strong="H8130" all my labour|strong="H5999" which I had taken|strong="H6001" under the sun|strong="H8121": because I should leave|strong="H3240" it unto the man|strong="H0120" that shall be after|strong="H0310" me.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.18  }taken: Heb. laboured} 
\verseNumber{19}And who knoweth|strong="H3045" whether he shall be a wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man} or a fool|strong="H5530"? yet shall he have rule|strong="H7980" over all my labour|strong="H5999" wherein I have laboured|strong="H5998", and wherein I have shewed myself wise|strong="H2449" under the sun|strong="H8121". This \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{20}Therefore I went about|strong="H5437" to cause|strong="H2976" my heart|strong="H3820" to despair|strong="H2976" of all the labour|strong="H5999" which I took|strong="H5998" under the sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{21}For there is|strong="H3426" a man|strong="H0120" whose labour|strong="H5999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in wisdom|strong="H2451", and in knowledge|strong="H1847", and in equity|strong="H3788"; yet to a man|strong="H0120" that hath not laboured|strong="H5998" therein shall he leave|strong="H5414" it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{for} his portion|strong="H2506". This also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892" and a great|strong="H7227" evil|strong="H7451".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.21  }leave: Heb. give} 
\verseNumber{22}For what hath|strong="H1933" man|strong="H0120" of all his labour|strong="H5999", and of the vexation|strong="H7475" of his heart|strong="H3820", wherein|strong="H1931" he hath laboured|strong="H6001" under the sun|strong="H8121"? 
\verseNumber{23}For all his days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} sorrows|strong="H4341", and his travail|strong="H6045" grief|strong="H3708"; yea, his heart|strong="H3820" taketh not rest|strong="H7901" in the night|strong="H3915". This is also vanity|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{24}¶ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{There is} nothing better|strong="H2896" for a man|strong="H0120", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{than} that he should eat|strong="H0398" and drink|strong="H8354", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} he should make his soul|strong="H5315" enjoy|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896" in his labour|strong="H5999". This|strong="H2090" also I saw|strong="H7200", that it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} from the hand|strong="H3027" of God|strong="H0430".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.24  }should make…: or, delight his senses} 
\verseNumber{25}For who can eat|strong="H0398", or who else can hasten|strong="H2363" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{hereunto}, more|strong="H2351" than I? 
\verseNumber{26}For \BibleCharacterStyleADD{God} giveth|strong="H5414" to a man|strong="H0120" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} good|strong="H2896" in his sight|strong="H6440" wisdom|strong="H2451", and knowledge|strong="H1847", and joy|strong="H8057": but to the sinner|strong="H2398" he giveth|strong="H5414" travail|strong="H6045", to gather|strong="H0622" and to heap up|strong="H3664", that he may give|strong="H5414" to \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him that is} good|strong="H2896" before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430". This also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.26  }in his…: Heb. before him} 
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\chapterNumber{3}To every \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing there is} a season|strong="H2165", and a time|strong="H6256" to every purpose|strong="H2656" under the heaven|strong="H8064": 
\verseNumber{2}A time|strong="H6256" to be born|strong="H3205", and a time|strong="H6256" to die|strong="H4191"; a time|strong="H6256" to plant|strong="H5193", and a time|strong="H6256" to pluck up|strong="H6131" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that which is} planted|strong="H5193";\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.2  }to be…: Heb. to bear} 
\verseNumber{3}A time|strong="H6256" to kill|strong="H2026", and a time|strong="H6256" to heal|strong="H7495"; a time|strong="H6256" to break down|strong="H6555", and a time|strong="H6256" to build up|strong="H1129"; 
\verseNumber{4}A time|strong="H6256" to weep|strong="H1058", and a time|strong="H6256" to laugh|strong="H7832"; a time|strong="H6256" to mourn|strong="H5594", and a time|strong="H6256" to dance|strong="H7540"; 
\verseNumber{5}A time|strong="H6256" to cast away|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068", and a time|strong="H6256" to gather|strong="H3664" stones|strong="H0068" together|strong="H3664"; a time|strong="H6256" to embrace|strong="H2263", and a time|strong="H6256" to refrain|strong="H7368" from embracing|strong="H2263";\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.5  }to refrain from: Heb. to be far from} 
\verseNumber{6}A time|strong="H6256" to get|strong="H1245", and a time|strong="H6256" to lose|strong="H0006"; a time|strong="H6256" to keep|strong="H8104", and a time|strong="H6256" to cast away|strong="H7993";\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.6  }get: or, seek} 
\verseNumber{7}A time|strong="H6256" to rend|strong="H7167", and a time|strong="H6256" to sew|strong="H8609"; a time|strong="H6256" to keep silence|strong="H2814", and a time|strong="H6256" to speak|strong="H1696"; 
\verseNumber{8}A time|strong="H6256" to love|strong="H0157", and a time|strong="H6256" to hate|strong="H8130"; a time|strong="H6256" of war|strong="H4421", and a time|strong="H6256" of peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{9}What profit|strong="H3504" hath he that worketh|strong="H6213" in that wherein|strong="H0834" he laboureth|strong="H6001"? 
\verseNumber{10}I have seen|strong="H7200" the travail|strong="H6045", which God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" to the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120" to be exercised|strong="H6031" in it. 
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\verseNumber{11}He hath made|strong="H6213" every \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing} beautiful|strong="H3303" in his time|strong="H6256": also he hath set|strong="H5414" the world|strong="H5769" in their heart|strong="H3820", so that|strong="H1097" no man|strong="H0120" can find out|strong="H4672" the work|strong="H4639" that God|strong="H0430" maketh|strong="H6213" from the beginning|strong="H7218" to the end|strong="H5490". 
\verseNumber{12}I know|strong="H3045" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no good|strong="H2896" in them, but for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{a man} to rejoice|strong="H8055", and to do|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" in his life|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{13}And also that every man|strong="H0120" should eat|strong="H0398" and drink|strong="H8354", and enjoy|strong="H7200" the good|strong="H2896" of all his labour|strong="H5999", it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the gift|strong="H4991" of God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{14}I know|strong="H3045" that, whatsoever God|strong="H0430" doeth|strong="H6213", it shall be for ever|strong="H5769": nothing|strong="H0369" can be put|strong="H3254" to it, nor any thing taken|strong="H1639" from it: and God|strong="H0430" doeth|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it}, that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{men} should fear|strong="H3372" before|strong="H6440" him. 
\verseNumber{15}That which hath been is now|strong="H3528"; and that which is to be hath already|strong="H3528" been; and God|strong="H0430" requireth|strong="H1245" that which is past|strong="H7291".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.15  }that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away} 
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\verseNumber{16}¶ And moreover I saw|strong="H7200" under the sun|strong="H8121" the place|strong="H4725" of judgment|strong="H4941", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} wickedness|strong="H7562" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} there; and the place|strong="H4725" of righteousness|strong="H6664", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} iniquity|strong="H7562" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} there. 
\verseNumber{17}I said|strong="H0559" in mine heart|strong="H3820", God|strong="H0430" shall judge|strong="H8199" the righteous|strong="H6662" and the wicked|strong="H7563": for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} a time|strong="H6256" there for every purpose|strong="H2656" and for every work|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{18}I said|strong="H0559" in mine heart|strong="H3820" concerning the estate|strong="H1700" of the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120", that God|strong="H0430" might manifest|strong="H1305" them, and that they might see|strong="H7200" that they|strong="H1992" themselves are beasts|strong="H0929".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.18  }that God…: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc} 
\verseNumber{19}For that which befalleth|strong="H4745" the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120" befalleth|strong="H4745" beasts|strong="H0929"; even one thing|strong="H0259" befalleth|strong="H4745" them: as the one dieth|strong="H4194", so dieth|strong="H4194" the other|strong="H2088"; yea, they have all one|strong="H0259" breath|strong="H7307"; so that a man|strong="H0120" hath no preeminence|strong="H4195" above a beast|strong="H0929": for all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{20}All go|strong="H1980" unto one|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725"; all are of the dust|strong="H6083", and all turn|strong="H7725" to dust|strong="H6083" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{21}Who knoweth|strong="H3045" the spirit|strong="H7307" of man|strong="H1121" that goeth|strong="H5927" upward|strong="H4605", and the spirit|strong="H7307" of the beast|strong="H0929" that goeth|strong="H3381" downward|strong="H4295" to the earth|strong="H0776"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.21  }of man: Heb. of the sons of man}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.21  goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc} 
\verseNumber{22}Wherefore I perceive|strong="H7200" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} nothing better|strong="H2896", than that a man|strong="H0120" should rejoice|strong="H8055" in his own works|strong="H4639"; for that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} his portion|strong="H2506": for who shall bring|strong="H0935" him to see|strong="H7200" what shall be after|strong="H0310" him? 
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\chapterNumber{4}So I returned|strong="H7725", and considered|strong="H7200" all the oppressions|strong="H6217" that are done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121": and behold the tears|strong="H1832" of \BibleCharacterStyleADD{such as were} oppressed|strong="H6231", and they had no comforter|strong="H5162"; and on the side|strong="H3027" of their oppressors|strong="H6231" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there was} power|strong="H3581"; but they had no comforter|strong="H5162".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.1  }side: Heb. hand} 
\verseNumber{2}Wherefore I praised|strong="H7623" the dead|strong="H4191" which are already|strong="H3528" dead|strong="H4191" more than the living|strong="H2416" which are yet|strong="H5728" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{3}Yea, better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is he} than both|strong="H8147" they, which hath not yet|strong="H5728" been, who hath not seen|strong="H7200" the evil|strong="H7451" work|strong="H4639" that is done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ Again, I considered|strong="H7200" all travail|strong="H5999", and every right|strong="H3788" work|strong="H4639", that for this a man|strong="H0376" is envied|strong="H7068" of his neighbour|strong="H7453". This \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.4  }every…: Heb. all the rightness of work}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.4  for this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour} 
\verseNumber{5}The fool|strong="H3684" foldeth|strong="H2263" his hands|strong="H3027" together|strong="H2263", and eateth|strong="H0398" his own flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{6}Better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} an handful|strong="H3709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{with} quietness|strong="H5183", than both the hands|strong="H2651" full|strong="H4393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{with} travail|strong="H5999" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ Then I returned|strong="H7725", and I saw|strong="H7200" vanity|strong="H1892" under the sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{8}There is|strong="H3426" one|strong="H0259" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{alone}, and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} not a second|strong="H8145"; yea, he hath neither child|strong="H1121" nor brother|strong="H0251": yet \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is there} no end|strong="H7093" of all his labour|strong="H5999"; neither is his eye|strong="H5869" satisfied|strong="H7646" with riches|strong="H6239"; neither \BibleCharacterStyleADD{saith he}, For whom do I labour|strong="H6001", and bereave|strong="H2637" my soul|strong="H5315" of good|strong="H2896"? This \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892", yea, it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a sore|strong="H7451" travail|strong="H6045". 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ Two|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} better|strong="H2896" than one|strong="H0259"; because they have|strong="H3426" a good|strong="H2896" reward|strong="H7939" for their labour|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{10}For if they fall|strong="H5307", the one|strong="H0259" will lift up|strong="H6965" his fellow|strong="H2270": but woe|strong="H0337" to him \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that is} alone|strong="H0259" when he falleth|strong="H5307"; for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he hath} not another|strong="H8145" to help him up|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{11}Again|strong="H1571", if two|strong="H8147" lie together|strong="H7901", then they have heat|strong="H2552": but how can one|strong="H0259" be warm|strong="H3179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{alone}? 
\verseNumber{12}And if one|strong="H0259" prevail|strong="H8630" against him, two|strong="H8147" shall withstand|strong="H5975" him; and a threefold|strong="H8027" cord|strong="H2339" is not quickly|strong="H4120" broken|strong="H5423". 
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\verseNumber{13}¶ Better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a poor|strong="H4542" and a wise|strong="H2450" child|strong="H3206" than an old|strong="H2205" and foolish|strong="H3684" king|strong="H4428", who will|strong="H3045" no more be admonished|strong="H2094".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.13  }who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished} 
\verseNumber{14}For out of prison|strong="H0631" he cometh|strong="H3318" to reign|strong="H4427"; whereas also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he that is} born|strong="H3205" in his kingdom|strong="H4438" becometh poor|strong="H7326". 
\verseNumber{15}I considered|strong="H7200" all the living|strong="H2416" which walk|strong="H1980" under the sun|strong="H8121", with the second|strong="H8145" child|strong="H3206" that shall stand up|strong="H5975" in his stead. 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{There is} no end|strong="H7093" of all the people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} of all that have been before|strong="H6440" them: they also that come after|strong="H0314" shall not rejoice|strong="H8055" in him. Surely this also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7475" of spirit|strong="H7307". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Keep|strong="H8104" thy foot|strong="H7272" when thou goest|strong="H3212" to the house|strong="H1004" of God|strong="H0430", and be more ready|strong="H7138" to hear|strong="H8085", than to give|strong="H5414" the sacrifice|strong="H2077" of fools|strong="H3684": for they consider|strong="H3045" not that they do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}Be not rash|strong="H0926" with thy mouth|strong="H6310", and let not thine heart|strong="H3820" be hasty|strong="H4116" to utter|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{any} thing|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430": for God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in heaven|strong="H8064", and thou upon earth|strong="H0776": therefore let thy words|strong="H1697" be few|strong="H4592".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2  }thing: or, word} 
\verseNumber{3}For a dream|strong="H2472" cometh|strong="H0935" through the multitude|strong="H7230" of business|strong="H6045"; and a fool’s|strong="H3684" voice|strong="H6963" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is known} by multitude|strong="H7230" of words|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{4}When thou vowest|strong="H5087" a vow|strong="H5088" unto God|strong="H0430", defer|strong="H0309" not to pay|strong="H7999" it; for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he hath} no pleasure|strong="H2656" in fools|strong="H3684": pay|strong="H7999" that which thou hast vowed|strong="H5087". 
\verseNumber{5}Better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is it} that thou shouldest not vow|strong="H5087", than that thou shouldest vow|strong="H5087" and not pay|strong="H7999". 
\verseNumber{6}Suffer|strong="H5414" not thy mouth|strong="H6310" to cause thy flesh|strong="H1320" to sin|strong="H2398"; neither say|strong="H0559" thou before|strong="H6440" the angel|strong="H4397", that it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} an error|strong="H7684": wherefore should God|strong="H0430" be angry|strong="H7107" at thy voice|strong="H6963", and destroy|strong="H2254" the work|strong="H4639" of thine hands|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{7}For in the multitude|strong="H7230" of dreams|strong="H2472" and many|strong="H7235" words|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there are} also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{divers} vanities|strong="H1892": but fear|strong="H3372" thou God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{8}¶ If thou seest|strong="H7200" the oppression|strong="H6233" of the poor|strong="H7326", and violent|strong="H1499" perverting of judgment|strong="H4941" and justice|strong="H6664" in a province|strong="H4082", marvel|strong="H8539" not at the matter|strong="H2656": for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he that is} higher|strong="H1364" than the highest|strong="H1364" regardeth|strong="H8104"; and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there be} higher|strong="H1364" than they|strong="H5921".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8  }at the…: Heb. at the will, or, purpose} 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ Moreover the profit|strong="H3504" of the earth|strong="H0776" is for all: the king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{himself} is served|strong="H5647" by the field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{10}He that loveth|strong="H0157" silver|strong="H3701" shall not be satisfied|strong="H7646" with silver|strong="H3701"; nor he that loveth|strong="H0157" abundance|strong="H1995" with increase|strong="H8393": this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{11}When goods|strong="H2896" increase|strong="H7235", they are increased|strong="H7231" that eat|strong="H0398" them: and what good|strong="H3788" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is there} to the owners|strong="H1167" thereof, saving|strong="H0518" the beholding|strong="H7207" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{of them} with their eyes|strong="H5869"? 
\verseNumber{12}The sleep|strong="H8142" of a labouring man|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} sweet|strong="H4966", whether he eat|strong="H0398" little|strong="H4592" or much|strong="H7235": but the abundance|strong="H7647" of the rich|strong="H6223" will not suffer|strong="H3240" him to sleep|strong="H3462". 
\verseNumber{13}There is|strong="H3426" a sore|strong="H2470" evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which} I have seen|strong="H7200" under the sun|strong="H8121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{namely}, riches|strong="H6239" kept|strong="H8104" for the owners|strong="H1167" thereof to their hurt|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{14}But those riches|strong="H6239" perish|strong="H0006" by evil|strong="H7451" travail|strong="H6045": and he begetteth|strong="H3205" a son|strong="H1121", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} nothing|strong="H3972" in his hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}As he came forth|strong="H3318" of his mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H0990", naked|strong="H6174" shall he return|strong="H7725" to go|strong="H3212" as he came|strong="H0935", and shall take|strong="H5375" nothing|strong="H3972" of his labour|strong="H5999", which he may carry away|strong="H3212" in his hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{16}And this|strong="H2090" also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a sore|strong="H2470" evil|strong="H7451", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} in all points|strong="H5980" as he came|strong="H0935", so shall he go|strong="H3212": and what profit|strong="H3504" hath he that hath laboured|strong="H5998" for the wind|strong="H7307"? 
\verseNumber{17}All his days|strong="H3117" also he eateth|strong="H0398" in darkness|strong="H2822", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he hath} much|strong="H7235" sorrow|strong="H3707" and wrath|strong="H7110" with his sickness|strong="H2483". 
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\verseNumber{18}¶ Behold \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} which I have seen|strong="H7200": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it is} good|strong="H2896" and comely|strong="H3303" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{for one} to eat|strong="H0398" and to drink|strong="H8354", and to enjoy|strong="H7200" the good|strong="H2896" of all his labour|strong="H5999" that he taketh|strong="H5998" under the sun|strong="H8121" all|strong="H4557" the days|strong="H3117" of his life|strong="H2416", which God|strong="H0430" giveth|strong="H5414" him: for it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} his portion|strong="H2506".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.18  }it is good…: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.18  all the days: Heb. the number of the days} 
\verseNumber{19}Every man|strong="H0120" also to whom God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" riches|strong="H6239" and wealth|strong="H5233", and hath given him power|strong="H7980" to eat|strong="H0398" thereof, and to take|strong="H5375" his portion|strong="H2506", and to rejoice|strong="H8055" in his labour|strong="H5999"; this|strong="H2090" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the gift|strong="H4991" of God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{20}For he shall not much|strong="H7235" remember|strong="H2142" the days|strong="H3117" of his life|strong="H2416"; because God|strong="H0430" answereth|strong="H6031" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} in the joy|strong="H8057" of his heart|strong="H3820".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.20  }For…: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc} 
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\chapterNumber{6}There is|strong="H3426" an evil|strong="H7451" which I have seen|strong="H7200" under the sun|strong="H8121", and it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} common|strong="H7227" among men|strong="H0120": 
\verseNumber{2}A man|strong="H0376" to whom God|strong="H0430" hath given|strong="H5414" riches|strong="H6239", wealth|strong="H5233", and honour|strong="H3519", so that he wanteth|strong="H2638" nothing for his soul|strong="H5315" of all that he desireth|strong="H0183", yet God|strong="H0430" giveth him not power|strong="H7980" to eat|strong="H0398" thereof, but a stranger|strong="H0376" eateth|strong="H0398" it: this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892", and it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} an evil|strong="H7451" disease|strong="H2483". 
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\verseNumber{3}¶ If a man|strong="H0376" beget|strong="H3205" an hundred|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{children}, and live|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141", so that the days|strong="H3117" of his years|strong="H8141" be many|strong="H7227", and his soul|strong="H5315" be not filled|strong="H7646" with good|strong="H2896", and also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} he have no burial|strong="H6900"; I say|strong="H0559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} an untimely birth|strong="H5309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than he. 
\verseNumber{4}For he cometh|strong="H0935" in with vanity|strong="H1892", and departeth|strong="H3212" in darkness|strong="H2822", and his name|strong="H8034" shall be covered|strong="H3680" with darkness|strong="H2822". 
\verseNumber{5}Moreover he hath not seen|strong="H7200" the sun|strong="H8121", nor known|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{any thing:} this|strong="H2088" hath more rest|strong="H5183" than|strong="H2088" the other. 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ Yea, though|strong="H0432" he live|strong="H2421" a thousand|strong="H0505" years|strong="H8141" twice|strong="H6471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{told}, yet hath he seen|strong="H7200" no good|strong="H2896": do not all go|strong="H1980" to one|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725"? 
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\verseNumber{7}All the labour|strong="H5999" of man|strong="H0120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} for his mouth|strong="H6310", and yet the appetite|strong="H5315" is not filled|strong="H4390".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.7  }appetite: Heb. soul} 
\verseNumber{8}For what hath the wise|strong="H2450" more|strong="H3148" than the fool|strong="H3684"? what hath the poor|strong="H6041", that knoweth|strong="H3045" to walk|strong="H1980" before the living|strong="H2416"? 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ Better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the sight|strong="H4758" of the eyes|strong="H5869" than the wandering|strong="H1980" of the desire|strong="H5315": this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892" and vexation|strong="H7469" of spirit|strong="H7307".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.9  }than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul} 
\verseNumber{10}That which hath been is named|strong="H7121" already|strong="H3528", and it is known|strong="H3045" that it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} man|strong="H0120": neither may|strong="H3201" he contend|strong="H1777" with him that is mightier|strong="H8623" than he. 
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\verseNumber{11}¶ Seeing there be|strong="H3426" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H1697" that increase|strong="H7235" vanity|strong="H1892", what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} man|strong="H0120" the better|strong="H3148"? 
\verseNumber{12}For who knoweth|strong="H3045" what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} good|strong="H2896" for man|strong="H0120" in \BibleCharacterStyleADD{this} life|strong="H2416", all|strong="H4557" the days|strong="H3117" of his vain|strong="H1892" life|strong="H2416" which he spendeth|strong="H6213" as a shadow|strong="H6738"? for who can tell|strong="H5046" a man|strong="H0120" what shall be after|strong="H0310" him under the sun|strong="H8121"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.12  }all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity} 
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\chapterNumber{7}A good name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than precious|strong="H2896" ointment|strong="H8081"; and the day|strong="H3117" of death|strong="H4194" than the day|strong="H3117" of one’s birth|strong="H3205". 
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\verseNumber{2}¶ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{It is} better|strong="H2896" to go|strong="H3212" to the house|strong="H1004" of mourning|strong="H0060", than to go|strong="H3212" to the house|strong="H1004" of feasting|strong="H4960": for|strong="H0834" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the end|strong="H5490" of all men|strong="H0120"; and the living|strong="H2416" will lay|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} to his heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{3}Sorrow|strong="H3708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than laughter|strong="H7814": for by the sadness|strong="H7455" of the countenance|strong="H6440" the heart|strong="H3820" is made better|strong="H3190".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.3  }Sorrow: or, Anger} 
\verseNumber{4}The heart|strong="H3820" of the wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in the house|strong="H1004" of mourning|strong="H0060"; but the heart|strong="H3820" of fools|strong="H3684" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in the house|strong="H1004" of mirth|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{It is} better|strong="H2896" to hear|strong="H8085" the rebuke|strong="H1606" of the wise|strong="H2450", than for a man|strong="H0376" to hear|strong="H8085" the song|strong="H7892" of fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{6}For as the crackling|strong="H6963" of thorns|strong="H5518" under a pot|strong="H5518", so \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the laughter|strong="H7814" of the fool|strong="H3684": this also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.6  }crackling: Heb. sound} 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ Surely oppression|strong="H6233" maketh a wise man|strong="H2450" mad|strong="H1984"; and a gift|strong="H4979" destroyeth|strong="H0006" the heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{8}Better|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the end|strong="H0319" of a thing|strong="H1697" than the beginning|strong="H7225" thereof: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} the patient|strong="H0750" in spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than the proud|strong="H1362" in spirit|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{9}Be not hasty|strong="H0926" in thy spirit|strong="H7307" to be angry|strong="H3707": for anger|strong="H3708" resteth|strong="H5117" in the bosom|strong="H2436" of fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{10}Say|strong="H0559" not thou, What is \BibleCharacterStyleADD{the cause} that the former|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117" were better|strong="H2896" than these? for thou dost not enquire|strong="H7592" wisely|strong="H2451" concerning this.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.10  }wisely: Heb. out of wisdom} 
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\verseNumber{11}¶ Wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} good|strong="H2896" with an inheritance|strong="H5159": and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{by it there is} profit|strong="H3148" to them that see|strong="H7200" the sun|strong="H8121".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.11  }good…: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too} 
\verseNumber{12}For wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a defence|strong="H6738", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a defence|strong="H6738": but the excellency|strong="H3504" of knowledge|strong="H1847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is, that} wisdom|strong="H2451" giveth life|strong="H2421" to them that have|strong="H1167" it.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.12  }defence: Heb. shadow} 
\verseNumber{13}Consider|strong="H7200" the work|strong="H4639" of God|strong="H0430": for who can|strong="H3201" make \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} straight|strong="H8626", which he hath made crooked|strong="H5791"? 
\verseNumber{14}In the day|strong="H3117" of prosperity|strong="H2896" be joyful|strong="H2896", but in the day|strong="H3117" of adversity|strong="H7451" consider|strong="H7200": God|strong="H0430" also hath set|strong="H6213" the one over against|strong="H5980" the other, to the end|strong="H1700" that man|strong="H0120" should find|strong="H4672" nothing|strong="H3972" after|strong="H0310" him.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.14  }set: Heb. made} 
\verseNumber{15}All \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} have I seen|strong="H7200" in the days|strong="H3117" of my vanity|strong="H1892": there is|strong="H3426" a just|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man} that perisheth|strong="H0006" in his righteousness|strong="H6664", and there is a wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man} that prolongeth|strong="H0748" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{his life} in his wickedness|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{16}Be not righteous|strong="H6662" over much|strong="H7235"; neither make thyself over|strong="H3148" wise|strong="H2449": why shouldest thou destroy|strong="H8074" thyself?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.16  }destroy…: Heb. be desolate?} 
\verseNumber{17}Be not over much|strong="H7235" wicked|strong="H7561", neither be thou foolish|strong="H5530": why shouldest thou die|strong="H4191" before thy time|strong="H6256"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.17  }before…: Heb. not in thy time?} 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{It is} good|strong="H2896" that thou shouldest take hold|strong="H0270" of this; yea, also from this|strong="H2088" withdraw|strong="H3240" not thine hand|strong="H3027": for he that feareth|strong="H3373" God|strong="H0430" shall come forth|strong="H3318" of them all. 
\verseNumber{19}Wisdom|strong="H2451" strengtheneth|strong="H5810" the wise|strong="H2450" more than ten|strong="H6235" mighty|strong="H7989" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{men} which are in the city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{20}For \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} not a just|strong="H6662" man|strong="H0120" upon earth|strong="H0776", that doeth|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896", and sinneth|strong="H2398" not. 
\verseNumber{21}Also take|strong="H5414" no heed|strong="H3820" unto all words|strong="H1697" that are spoken|strong="H1696"; lest thou hear|strong="H8085" thy servant|strong="H5650" curse|strong="H7043" thee:\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.21  }take…: Heb. give not thine heart} 
\verseNumber{22}For oftentimes|strong="H6471" also thine own heart|strong="H3820" knoweth|strong="H3045" that thou thyself likewise hast cursed|strong="H7043" others|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{23}¶ All this|strong="H2090" have I proved|strong="H5254" by wisdom|strong="H2451": I said|strong="H0559", I will be wise|strong="H2449"; but it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} far|strong="H7350" from me. 
\verseNumber{24}That which is far off|strong="H7350", and exceeding deep|strong="H6013", who can find it out|strong="H4672"? 
\verseNumber{25}I applied|strong="H5437" mine heart|strong="H3820" to know|strong="H3045", and to search|strong="H8446", and to seek out|strong="H1245" wisdom|strong="H2451", and the reason|strong="H2808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{of things}, and to know|strong="H3045" the wickedness|strong="H7562" of folly|strong="H3689", even of foolishness|strong="H5531" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} madness|strong="H1947":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.25  }I applied…: Heb. I and mine heart compassed} 
\verseNumber{26}And I find|strong="H4672" more bitter|strong="H4751" than death|strong="H4194" the woman|strong="H0802", whose heart|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} snares|strong="H4685" and nets|strong="H2764", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} her hands|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{as} bands|strong="H0612": whoso pleaseth|strong="H2896" God|strong="H0430" shall escape|strong="H4422" from her; but the sinner|strong="H2398" shall be taken|strong="H3920" by her.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.26  }whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God} 
\verseNumber{27}Behold|strong="H7200", this have I found|strong="H4672", saith|strong="H0559" the preacher|strong="H6953", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{counting} one|strong="H0259" by one|strong="H0259", to find out|strong="H4672" the account|strong="H2808":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.27  }counting…: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason} 
\verseNumber{28}Which yet my soul|strong="H5315" seeketh|strong="H1245", but I find|strong="H4672" not: one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0120" among a thousand|strong="H0505" have I found|strong="H4672"; but a woman|strong="H0802" among all those have I not found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{29}Lo|strong="H7200", this only|strong="H0905" have I found|strong="H4672", that God|strong="H0430" hath made|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0120" upright|strong="H3477"; but they have sought out|strong="H1245" many|strong="H7227" inventions|strong="H2810". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Who \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} as the wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man}? and who knoweth|strong="H3045" the interpretation|strong="H6592" of a thing|strong="H1697"? a man’s|strong="H0120" wisdom|strong="H2451" maketh his face|strong="H6440" to shine|strong="H0215", and the boldness|strong="H5797" of his face|strong="H6440" shall be changed|strong="H8132".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.1  }the boldness: Heb. the strength} 
\verseNumber{2}I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{counsel thee} to keep|strong="H8104" the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H6310", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} in regard|strong="H1700" of the oath|strong="H7621" of God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{3}Be not hasty|strong="H0926" to go out|strong="H3212" of his sight|strong="H6440": stand|strong="H5975" not in an evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697"; for he doeth|strong="H6213" whatsoever pleaseth|strong="H2654" him. 
\verseNumber{4}Where the word|strong="H1697" of a king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is, there is} power|strong="H7983": and who may say|strong="H0559" unto him, What doest|strong="H6213" thou? 
\verseNumber{5}Whoso keepeth|strong="H8104" the commandment|strong="H4687" shall feel|strong="H3045" no evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697": and a wise man’s|strong="H2450" heart|strong="H3820" discerneth|strong="H3045" both time|strong="H6256" and judgment|strong="H4941".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.5  }shall…: Heb. shall know} 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ Because to every purpose|strong="H2656" there is|strong="H3426" time|strong="H6256" and judgment|strong="H4941", therefore the misery|strong="H7451" of man|strong="H0120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} great|strong="H7227" upon him. 
\verseNumber{7}For he knoweth|strong="H3045" not that which shall be: for who can tell|strong="H5046" him when it shall be?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.7  }when…: or, how it shall be?} 
\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{There is} no man|strong="H0120" that hath power|strong="H7989" over the spirit|strong="H7307" to retain|strong="H3607" the spirit|strong="H7307"; neither \BibleCharacterStyleADD{hath he} power|strong="H7983" in the day|strong="H3117" of death|strong="H4194": and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no discharge|strong="H4917" in \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} war|strong="H4421"; neither shall wickedness|strong="H7562" deliver|strong="H4422" those that are given|strong="H1167" to it.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.8  }discharge: or, casting off weapons} 
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\verseNumber{9}All this have I seen|strong="H7200", and applied|strong="H5414" my heart|strong="H3820" unto every work|strong="H4639" that is done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} a time|strong="H6256" wherein one man|strong="H0120" ruleth|strong="H7980" over another to his own hurt|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{10}And so|strong="H3651" I saw|strong="H7200" the wicked|strong="H7563" buried|strong="H6912", who had come|strong="H0935" and gone|strong="H1980" from the place|strong="H4725" of the holy|strong="H6918", and they were forgotten|strong="H7911" in the city|strong="H5892" where they had so done|strong="H6213": this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} also vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{11}Because sentence|strong="H6599" against an evil|strong="H7451" work|strong="H4639" is not executed|strong="H6213" speedily|strong="H4120", therefore the heart|strong="H3820" of the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120" is fully set|strong="H4390" in them to do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ Though a sinner|strong="H2398" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" an hundred times|strong="H3967", and his \BibleCharacterStyleADD{days} be prolonged|strong="H0748", yet surely I know|strong="H3045" that it shall be well|strong="H2896" with them that fear|strong="H3373" God|strong="H0430", which fear|strong="H3372" before|strong="H6440" him: 
\verseNumber{13}But it shall not be well|strong="H2896" with the wicked|strong="H7563", neither shall he prolong|strong="H0748" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{his} days|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which are} as a shadow|strong="H6738"; because he feareth|strong="H3373" not before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{14}There is|strong="H3426" a vanity|strong="H1892" which is done|strong="H6213" upon the earth|strong="H0776"; that there be just|strong="H6662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{men}, unto whom it happeneth|strong="H5060" according to the work|strong="H4639" of the wicked|strong="H7563"; again, there be|strong="H3426" wicked|strong="H7563" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{men}, to whom it happeneth|strong="H5060" according to the work|strong="H4639" of the righteous|strong="H6662": I said|strong="H0559" that this also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{15}Then I commended|strong="H7623" mirth|strong="H8057", because a man|strong="H0120" hath no better thing|strong="H2896" under the sun|strong="H8121", than to eat|strong="H0398", and to drink|strong="H8354", and to be merry|strong="H8055": for that shall abide|strong="H3867" with him of his labour|strong="H5999" the days|strong="H3117" of his life|strong="H2416", which God|strong="H0430" giveth|strong="H5414" him under the sun|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{16}¶ When I applied|strong="H5414" mine heart|strong="H3820" to know|strong="H3045" wisdom|strong="H2451", and to see|strong="H7200" the business|strong="H6045" that is done|strong="H6213" upon the earth|strong="H0776": (for also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is that} neither day|strong="H3117" nor night|strong="H3915" seeth|strong="H7200" sleep|strong="H8142" with his eyes|strong="H5869":) 
\verseNumber{17}Then I beheld|strong="H7200" all the work|strong="H4639" of God|strong="H0430", that a man|strong="H0120" cannot|strong="H3201" find out|strong="H4672" the work|strong="H4639" that is done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121": because|strong="H0834" though|strong="H7945" a man|strong="H0120" labour|strong="H5998" to seek \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} out|strong="H1245", yet he shall not find|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it;} yea further; though a wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{man} think|strong="H0559" to know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it}, yet shall he not be able|strong="H3201" to find|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it}. 
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\chapterNumber{9}For all this I considered|strong="H5414" in my heart|strong="H3820" even to declare|strong="H0952" all this, that the righteous|strong="H6662", and the wise|strong="H2450", and their works|strong="H5652", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in the hand|strong="H3027" of God|strong="H0430": no man|strong="H0120" knoweth|strong="H3045" either|strong="H1571" love|strong="H0160" or hatred|strong="H8135" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{by} all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that is} before|strong="H6440" them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.1  }I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart} 
\verseNumber{2}All \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things come} alike to all: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} one|strong="H0259" event|strong="H4745" to the righteous|strong="H6662", and to the wicked|strong="H7563"; to the good|strong="H2896" and to the clean|strong="H2889", and to the unclean|strong="H2931"; to him that sacrificeth|strong="H2076", and to him that|strong="H0834" sacrificeth|strong="H2076" not: as \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the good|strong="H2896", so \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the sinner|strong="H2398"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} he that sweareth|strong="H7650", as \BibleCharacterStyleADD{he} that feareth|strong="H3373" an oath|strong="H7621". 
\verseNumber{3}This \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} an evil|strong="H7451" among all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} that are done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} one|strong="H0259" event|strong="H4745" unto all: yea, also the heart|strong="H3820" of the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120" is full|strong="H4390" of evil|strong="H7451", and madness|strong="H1947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in their heart|strong="H3824" while they live|strong="H2416", and after|strong="H0310" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{they go} to the dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ For|strong="H4310" to him that is|strong="H3426" joined|strong="H2266" to all the living|strong="H2416" there is hope|strong="H0986": for a living|strong="H2416" dog|strong="H3611" is better|strong="H2896" than a dead|strong="H4191" lion|strong="H0738". 
\verseNumber{5}For the living|strong="H2416" know|strong="H3045" that they shall die|strong="H4191": but the dead|strong="H4191" know|strong="H3045" not any thing|strong="H3972", neither have they any more a reward|strong="H7939"; for the memory|strong="H2143" of them is forgotten|strong="H7911". 
\verseNumber{6}Also their love|strong="H0160", and their hatred|strong="H8135", and their envy|strong="H7068", is now|strong="H3528" perished|strong="H0006"; neither have they any more a portion|strong="H2506" for ever|strong="H5769" in any \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing} that is done|strong="H6213" under the sun|strong="H8121". 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ Go thy way|strong="H3212", eat|strong="H0398" thy bread|strong="H3899" with joy|strong="H8057", and drink|strong="H8354" thy wine|strong="H3196" with a merry|strong="H2896" heart|strong="H3820"; for God|strong="H0430" now|strong="H3528" accepteth|strong="H7521" thy works|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{8}Let thy garments|strong="H0899" be always|strong="H6256" white|strong="H3836"; and let thy head|strong="H7218" lack|strong="H2637" no ointment|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{9}Live|strong="H2416" joyfully|strong="H7200" with the wife|strong="H0802" whom thou lovest|strong="H0157" all the days|strong="H3117" of the life|strong="H2416" of thy vanity|strong="H1892", which he hath given|strong="H5414" thee under the sun|strong="H8121", all the days|strong="H3117" of thy vanity|strong="H1892": for that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy portion|strong="H2506" in \BibleCharacterStyleADD{this} life|strong="H2416", and in thy labour|strong="H5999" which thou takest|strong="H6001" under the sun|strong="H8121".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.9  }Live…: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life} 
\verseNumber{10}Whatsoever thy hand|strong="H3027" findeth|strong="H4672" to do|strong="H6213", do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} with thy might|strong="H3581"; for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no work|strong="H4639", nor device|strong="H2808", nor knowledge|strong="H1847", nor wisdom|strong="H2451", in the grave|strong="H7585", whither thou goest|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{11}¶ I returned|strong="H7725", and saw|strong="H7200" under the sun|strong="H8121", that the race|strong="H4793" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not to the swift|strong="H7031", nor the battle|strong="H4421" to the strong|strong="H1368", neither yet bread|strong="H3899" to the wise|strong="H2450", nor yet riches|strong="H6239" to men of understanding|strong="H0995", nor yet favour|strong="H2580" to men of skill|strong="H3045"; but time|strong="H6256" and chance|strong="H6294" happeneth|strong="H7136" to them all. 
\verseNumber{12}For man|strong="H0120" also knoweth|strong="H3045" not his time|strong="H6256": as the fishes|strong="H1709" that are taken|strong="H0270" in an evil|strong="H7451" net|strong="H4685", and as the birds|strong="H6833" that are caught|strong="H0270" in the snare|strong="H6341"; so|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} the sons|strong="H1121" of men|strong="H0120" snared|strong="H3369" in an evil|strong="H7451" time|strong="H6256", when it falleth|strong="H5307" suddenly|strong="H6597" upon them. 
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\verseNumber{13}¶ This|strong="H2090" wisdom|strong="H2451" have I seen|strong="H7200" also under the sun|strong="H8121", and it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{seemed} great|strong="H1419" unto me: 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{There was} a little|strong="H6996" city|strong="H5892", and few|strong="H4592" men|strong="H0582" within it; and there came|strong="H0935" a great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428" against it, and besieged|strong="H5437" it, and built|strong="H1129" great|strong="H1419" bulwarks|strong="H4685" against it: 
\verseNumber{15}Now there was found|strong="H4672" in it a poor|strong="H4542" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H0376", and he by his wisdom|strong="H2451" delivered|strong="H4422" the city|strong="H5892"; yet no man|strong="H0120" remembered|strong="H2142" that same poor|strong="H4542" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}Then said|strong="H0559" I, Wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than strength|strong="H1369": nevertheless the poor man’s|strong="H4542" wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} despised|strong="H0959", and his words|strong="H1697" are not heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{17}The words|strong="H1697" of wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{men are} heard|strong="H8085" in quiet|strong="H5183" more than the cry|strong="H2201" of him that ruleth|strong="H4910" among fools|strong="H3684". 
\verseNumber{18}Wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} better|strong="H2896" than weapons|strong="H3627" of war|strong="H7128": but one|strong="H0259" sinner|strong="H2398" destroyeth|strong="H0006" much|strong="H7235" good|strong="H2896". 
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\chapterNumber{10}Dead|strong="H4194" flies|strong="H2070" cause the ointment|strong="H8081" of the apothecary|strong="H7543" to send forth|strong="H5042" a stinking savour|strong="H0887": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{so doth} a little|strong="H4592" folly|strong="H5531" him that is in reputation|strong="H3368" for wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} honour|strong="H3519".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.1  }Dead…: Heb. Flies of death} 
\verseNumber{2}A wise man’s|strong="H2450" heart|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} at his right hand|strong="H3225"; but a fool’s|strong="H3684" heart|strong="H3820" at his left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{3}Yea also, when he that is a fool|strong="H5530" walketh|strong="H1980" by the way|strong="H1870", his wisdom|strong="H3820" faileth|strong="H2638" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him}, and he saith|strong="H0559" to every one \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} he \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a fool|strong="H5530".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.3  }his…: Heb. his heart} 
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\verseNumber{4}If the spirit|strong="H7307" of the ruler|strong="H4910" rise up|strong="H5927" against thee, leave|strong="H3240" not thy place|strong="H4725"; for yielding|strong="H4832" pacifieth|strong="H3240" great|strong="H1419" offences|strong="H2399". 
\verseNumber{5}There is|strong="H3426" an evil|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which} I have seen|strong="H7200" under the sun|strong="H8121", as an error|strong="H7684" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which} proceedeth|strong="H3318" from|strong="H6440" the ruler|strong="H7989":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.5  }from: Heb. from before} 
\verseNumber{6}Folly|strong="H5529" is set|strong="H5414" in great|strong="H7227" dignity|strong="H4791", and the rich|strong="H6223" sit|strong="H3427" in low place|strong="H8216".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.6  }in great…: Heb. in great heights} 
\verseNumber{7}I have seen|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5650" upon horses|strong="H5483", and princes|strong="H8269" walking|strong="H1980" as servants|strong="H5650" upon the earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{8}He that diggeth|strong="H2658" a pit|strong="H1475" shall fall|strong="H5307" into it; and whoso breaketh|strong="H6555" an hedge|strong="H1447", a serpent|strong="H5175" shall bite|strong="H5391" him. 
\verseNumber{9}Whoso removeth|strong="H5265" stones|strong="H0068" shall be hurt|strong="H6087" therewith; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} he that cleaveth|strong="H1234" wood|strong="H6086" shall be endangered|strong="H5533" thereby. 
\verseNumber{10}If the iron|strong="H1270" be blunt|strong="H6949", and he do not whet|strong="H7043" the edge|strong="H6440", then must he put|strong="H1396" to more strength|strong="H2428": but wisdom|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} profitable|strong="H3504" to direct|strong="H3787". 
\verseNumber{11}Surely the serpent|strong="H5175" will bite|strong="H5391" without enchantment|strong="H3908"; and a babbler|strong="H3956" is no better|strong="H3504".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.11  }a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue} 
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\verseNumber{12}The words|strong="H1697" of a wise man’s|strong="H2450" mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} gracious|strong="H2580"; but the lips|strong="H8193" of a fool|strong="H3684" will swallow up|strong="H1104" himself.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.12  }gracious: Heb. grace} 
\verseNumber{13}The beginning|strong="H8462" of the words|strong="H1697" of his mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} foolishness|strong="H5531": and the end|strong="H0319" of his talk|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} mischievous|strong="H7451" madness|strong="H1948".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.13  }his talk: Heb. his mouth} 
\verseNumber{14}A fool|strong="H5530" also is full|strong="H7235" of words|strong="H1697": a man|strong="H0120" cannot tell|strong="H3045" what shall be; and what shall be after|strong="H0310" him, who can tell|strong="H5046" him?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.14  }is full…: Heb. multiplieth words} 
\verseNumber{15}The labour|strong="H5999" of the foolish|strong="H3684" wearieth|strong="H3021" every one of them, because he knoweth|strong="H3045" not how to go|strong="H3212" to the city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{16}¶ Woe|strong="H0337" to thee, O land|strong="H0776", when thy king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a child|strong="H5288", and thy princes|strong="H8269" eat|strong="H0398" in the morning|strong="H1242"! 
\verseNumber{17}Blessed|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{art} thou, O land|strong="H0776", when thy king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the son|strong="H1121" of nobles|strong="H2715", and thy princes|strong="H8269" eat|strong="H0398" in due season|strong="H6256", for strength|strong="H1369", and not for drunkenness|strong="H8358"! 
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\verseNumber{18}¶ By much slothfulness|strong="H6103" the building|strong="H4746" decayeth|strong="H4355"; and through idleness|strong="H8220" of the hands|strong="H3027" the house|strong="H1004" droppeth through|strong="H1811". 
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\verseNumber{19}¶ A feast|strong="H3899" is made|strong="H6213" for laughter|strong="H7814", and wine|strong="H3196" maketh merry|strong="H8055": but money|strong="H3701" answereth|strong="H6030" all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.19  }maketh…: Heb. maketh glad the life} 
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\verseNumber{20}¶ Curse|strong="H7043" not the king|strong="H4428", no not in thy thought|strong="H4093"; and curse|strong="H7043" not the rich|strong="H6223" in thy bedchamber|strong="H2315": for a bird|strong="H5775" of the air|strong="H8064" shall carry|strong="H3212" the voice|strong="H6963", and that which hath|strong="H1167" wings|strong="H3671" shall tell|strong="H5046" the matter|strong="H1697".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.20  }thought: or, conscience} 
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\chapterNumber{11}Cast|strong="H7971" thy bread|strong="H3899" upon|strong="H6440" the waters|strong="H4325": for thou shalt find|strong="H4672" it after many|strong="H7230" days|strong="H3117".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.1  }upon…: Heb. upon the face of the waters} 
\verseNumber{2}Give|strong="H5414" a portion|strong="H2506" to seven|strong="H7651", and also to eight|strong="H8083"; for thou knowest|strong="H3045" not what evil|strong="H7451" shall be upon the earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{3}If the clouds|strong="H5645" be full|strong="H4390" of rain|strong="H1653", they empty|strong="H7324" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{themselves} upon the earth|strong="H0776": and if the tree|strong="H6086" fall|strong="H5307" toward the south|strong="H1864", or toward the north|strong="H6828", in the place|strong="H4725" where the tree|strong="H6086" falleth|strong="H5307", there it shall be|strong="H1933". 
\verseNumber{4}He that observeth|strong="H8104" the wind|strong="H7307" shall not sow|strong="H2232"; and he that regardeth|strong="H7200" the clouds|strong="H5645" shall not reap|strong="H7114". 
\verseNumber{5}As thou knowest|strong="H3045" not what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the way|strong="H1870" of the spirit|strong="H7307", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{nor} how the bones|strong="H6106" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{do grow} in the womb|strong="H0990" of her that is with child|strong="H4392": even so thou knowest|strong="H3045" not the works|strong="H4639" of God|strong="H0430" who maketh|strong="H6213" all. 
\verseNumber{6}In the morning|strong="H1242" sow|strong="H2232" thy seed|strong="H2233", and in the evening|strong="H6153" withhold|strong="H3240" not thine hand|strong="H3027": for thou knowest|strong="H3045" not whether|strong="H0335" shall prosper|strong="H3787", either this or that, or whether they both|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} alike|strong="H0259" good|strong="H2896".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.6  }shall prosper: Heb. shall be right} 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ Truly the light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} sweet|strong="H4966", and a pleasant|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing it is} for the eyes|strong="H5869" to behold|strong="H7200" the sun|strong="H8121": 
\verseNumber{8}But if a man|strong="H0120" live|strong="H2421" many|strong="H7235" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} rejoice|strong="H8055" in them all; yet let him remember|strong="H2142" the days|strong="H3117" of darkness|strong="H2822"; for they shall be many|strong="H7235". All that cometh|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ Rejoice|strong="H8055", O young man|strong="H0970", in thy youth|strong="H3208"; and let thy heart|strong="H3820" cheer|strong="H2895" thee in the days|strong="H3117" of thy youth|strong="H0979", and walk|strong="H1980" in the ways|strong="H1870" of thine heart|strong="H3820", and in the sight|strong="H4758" of thine eyes|strong="H5869": but know|strong="H3045" thou, that for all these \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} God|strong="H0430" will bring|strong="H0935" thee into judgment|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{10}Therefore remove|strong="H5493" sorrow|strong="H3708" from thy heart|strong="H3820", and put away|strong="H5674" evil|strong="H7451" from thy flesh|strong="H1320": for childhood|strong="H3208" and youth|strong="H7839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} vanity|strong="H1892".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.10  }sorrow: or, anger} 
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\chapterNumber{12}Remember|strong="H2142" now thy Creator|strong="H1254" in the days|strong="H3117" of thy youth|strong="H0979", while the evil|strong="H7451" days|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" not, nor the years|strong="H8141" draw nigh|strong="H5060", when thou shalt say|strong="H0559", I have no pleasure|strong="H2656" in them; 
\verseNumber{2}While the sun|strong="H8121", or the light|strong="H0216", or the moon|strong="H3394", or the stars|strong="H3556", be not darkened|strong="H2821", nor the clouds|strong="H5645" return|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" the rain|strong="H1653": 
\verseNumber{3}In the day|strong="H3117" when the keepers|strong="H8104" of the house|strong="H1004" shall tremble|strong="H2111", and the strong|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0582" shall bow|strong="H5791" themselves, and the grinders|strong="H2912" cease|strong="H0988" because they are few|strong="H4591", and those that look out|strong="H7200" of the windows|strong="H0699" be darkened|strong="H2821",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.3  }the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little} 
\verseNumber{4}And the doors|strong="H1817" shall be shut|strong="H5462" in the streets|strong="H7784", when the sound|strong="H6963" of the grinding|strong="H2913" is low|strong="H8217", and he shall rise up|strong="H6965" at the voice|strong="H6963" of the bird|strong="H6833", and all the daughters|strong="H1323" of musick|strong="H7892" shall be brought low|strong="H7817"; 
\verseNumber{5}Also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{when} they shall be afraid|strong="H3372" of \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that which is} high|strong="H1364", and fears|strong="H2849" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} in the way|strong="H1870", and the almond tree|strong="H8247" shall flourish|strong="H5006", and the grasshopper|strong="H2284" shall be a burden|strong="H5445", and desire|strong="H0035" shall fail|strong="H6565": because man|strong="H0120" goeth|strong="H1980" to his long|strong="H5769" home|strong="H1004", and the mourners|strong="H5594" go about|strong="H5437" the streets|strong="H7784": 
\verseNumber{6}Or ever|strong="H3808" the silver|strong="H3701" cord|strong="H2256" be loosed|strong="H7576", or the golden|strong="H2091" bowl|strong="H1543" be broken|strong="H7533", or the pitcher|strong="H3537" be broken|strong="H7665" at the fountain|strong="H4002", or the wheel|strong="H1534" broken|strong="H7533" at the cistern|strong="H0953". 
\verseNumber{7}Then shall the dust|strong="H6083" return|strong="H7725" to the earth|strong="H0776" as it was: and the spirit|strong="H7307" shall return|strong="H7725" unto God|strong="H0430" who gave|strong="H5414" it. 
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\verseNumber{8}¶ Vanity|strong="H1892" of vanities|strong="H1892", saith|strong="H0559" the preacher|strong="H6953"; all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} vanity|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{9}And moreover|strong="H3148", because the preacher|strong="H6953" was wise|strong="H2450", he still taught|strong="H3925" the people|strong="H5971" knowledge|strong="H1847"; yea, he gave good heed|strong="H0239", and sought out|strong="H2713", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} set in order|strong="H8626" many|strong="H7235" proverbs|strong="H4912".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.9  }moreover…: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc} 
\verseNumber{10}The preacher|strong="H6953" sought|strong="H1245" to find out|strong="H4672" acceptable|strong="H2656" words|strong="H1697": and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that which was} written|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} upright|strong="H3476", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} words|strong="H1697" of truth|strong="H0571".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.10  }acceptable…: Heb. words of delight} 
\verseNumber{11}The words|strong="H1697" of the wise|strong="H2450" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} as goads|strong="H1861", and as nails|strong="H4930" fastened|strong="H5193" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{by} the masters|strong="H1167" of assemblies|strong="H0627", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which} are given|strong="H5414" from one|strong="H0259" shepherd|strong="H7462". 
\verseNumber{12}And further|strong="H3148", by these|strong="H1992", my son|strong="H1121", be admonished|strong="H2094": of making|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" books|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no end|strong="H7093"; and much|strong="H7235" study|strong="H3854" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a weariness|strong="H3024" of the flesh|strong="H1320".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.12  }study: or, reading} 
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\verseNumber{13}¶ Let us hear|strong="H8085" the conclusion|strong="H5490" of the whole matter|strong="H1697": Fear|strong="H3372" God|strong="H0430", and keep|strong="H8104" his commandments|strong="H4687": for this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the whole \BibleCharacterStyleADD{duty} of man|strong="H0120".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.13  }Let…: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is} 
\verseNumber{14}For God|strong="H0430" shall bring|strong="H0935" every work|strong="H4639" into judgment|strong="H4941", with every secret thing|strong="H5956", whether \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it be} good|strong="H2896", or whether \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it be} evil|strong="H7451". 
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