Ecclesiastes

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1:2	“VanityFutility of vanitiesfutilities,” says the Preacher, “VanityFutility of vanitiesfutilities! All is vanityfutility.”
1:3	What advantage does mana person have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
1:5	Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hasteninghurrying to its place it rises there again.
1:6	Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
1:8	All things are wearisome; ManNo isone notcan able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
1:9	ThatWhat which has been, it is thatwhat which will be, And thatwhat which has been done, it is thatwhat which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
1:10	Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? AlreadyIt it has already existed for ages Which were before us.
1:11	There is no remembrance of the earlier things;, And also of the later things as well, which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance of them Among those who will come later still.
1:13	And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerningabout alleverything that has been done under heaven. It is a grievoussorry task with which God has given to the sons of menmankind to be afflicted withtroubled.
1:14	I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanityfutility and striving after wind.
1:15	What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
1:17	And I setapplied my mind to know wisdom and to know madnessinsanity and follyfoolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
1:18	Because in much wisdom there is much grief,; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
2:2	I said of laughter, “It is madnesssenseless,” and of pleasure, “What does itthis accomplish?”
2:3	I explored with my mind how to stimulaterefresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely,; and how to takeseize hold of follyfoolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of menmankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.
2:5	I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
2:7	I bought male and female slaves, and I had homebornslaves slavesborn at home. Also I also possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.
2:8	Also, I collectedalso amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers, and the pleasures of men—the sons of mankind: many concubines.
2:10	All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not withholdrestrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my reward for all my labor.
2:11	ThusSo I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was vanityfutility and striving after wind, and there was no profitbenefit under the sun.
2:12	So I turned to consider wisdom, madnessinsanity, and follyfoolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except what has already been done?
2:13	AndThen I saw that wisdom excelssurpasses follyfoolishness as light excelssurpasses darkness.
2:14	The wise manperson’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one and the same fate befallshappens themto both of them.
2:15	Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befallhappen to me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanityfutility.”
2:16	For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, manalong as with the fool, inasmuchsince as in the coming days alleverything will soon be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
2:17	So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievousunhappy to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
2:18	ThusSo I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, forbecause I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
2:19	And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanityfutility.
2:20	Therefore I completely despaired ofover all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
2:21	When there is a manperson who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored withfor them.it; Thisthis too is vanityfutility and a great evil.
2:22	For what does a manperson get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
2:23	Because all his days his taskactivity is painful and grievousirritating; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanityfutility.
2:24	There is nothing better for a manperson than to eat and drink, and tellshow himself thatsome hisgood laborin ishis goodtrouble. This alsotoo I have seen, that it is from the hand of God.
2:26	For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanityfutility and striving after wind.
3:1	There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every eventmatter under heaven—
3:9	What profitbenefit is there tofor the worker from that in which he toilslabors?
3:10	I have seen the task which God has given the sons of menmankind with which to occupy themselves.
3:11	He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yetwithout sothe possibility that manmankind will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
3:13	moreover, that every manperson who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—itthis is the gift of God.
3:14	I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it,. forAnd God has so worked, that menpeople shouldwill fear Him.
3:15	That which is, is what has already been, already and that which will be has already been,; forand God seeks what has passed by.
3:17	I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
3:18	I said to myself concerningregarding the sons of menmankind, “God hasis surelytesting tested them in order for them to see that they are butas beastsanimals, they to themselves.”
3:19	For the fate of the sons of menmankind and the fate of beastsanimals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for manmankind over beastanimals, for all is vanityfutility.
3:21	Who knows that the breathspirit of manthe sons of mankind ascends upward and the breathspirit of the beastanimal descends downward to the earth?
3:22	I have seen that nothing is better than thatwhen mana shouldperson beis happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?
4:1	Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and power was on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
4:2	So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.
4:4	I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a manperson and his neighbor. This too is vanityfutility and striving after wind.
4:7	Then I looked again at vanityfutility under the sun.
4:8	There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And for whom amdo I laboringlabor and deprivingdeprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanityfutility, and it is aan grievousunhappy task.
4:9	Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.;
4:10	Forfor if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.!
4:13	A poor yet wise ladyouth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.—
4:14	Forfor he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.
4:15	I have seen all thethose living under the sun throngmove to the side of the second ladyouth who replaces him.
4:16	There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them,. andEven even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him,; for this too is vanityfutility and striving after wind.
5:1	Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and drawapproach near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.
5:2	Do not be hastyquick inwith wordyour mouth or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
5:3	For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of a fool through many words.
5:5	It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
5:6	Do not let your speech cause you to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
5:7	For in many dreams and in many words there is emptinessfutility. Rather, fear God.
5:9	After all, a king who cultivates the field is anbeneficial advantage to the land.
5:10	HeOne who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor heone who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanityfutility.
5:11	When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look onat them?
5:12	The sleep of the workinglaborer man is pleasantsweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich manperson does not allow him to sleep.
5:13	There is a grievoussickening evil which I have seen under the sun: richeswealth being hoarded by theirits owner to his hurtdetriment.
5:14	When thosethat richeswealth werewas lost through a bad investmentbusiness and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
5:15	As he hadcame come naked from his mother’s womb, so he will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.
5:16	This also is a grievoussickening evil—: exactly as a manperson is born, thusso will he die. SoWhat whatthen is the advantage tofor him who toilslabors for the wind?
5:17	ThroughoutAll his life he also eats in darkness with great vexationirritation, sickness, and anger.
5:18	Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink, and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toilslabors under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
5:19	Furthermore, as for every manperson to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empoweredgiven him the opportunity to eatenjoy from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
5:20	For he will not often considercall to mind the years of his life, because God keeps him occupiedbusy with the gladnessjoy of his heart.
6:1	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalentwidespread among men—mankind:
6:2	a manperson to whom God has given riches, and wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires;, yet God has not empoweredgiven him the opportunity to eatenjoy fromthese themthings, forbut a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanityfutility and a severe affliction.
6:3	If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
6:4	for ita miscarriage comes in futility and goes into obscuritydarkness; and its name is covered in obscuritydarkness.
6:5	It neverhas seesnot even seen the sun andnor does it neverknow knows anythingit; yet it is better off than hethat man.
6:6	Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice, andbut does not enjoysee good things—do not all go to one and the same place?”
6:7	All a manperson’s labor is for his mouth, and yet thehis appetite is not satisfied.
6:8	For what advantage does the wise manperson have over the fool? What advantage does the poor manperson have, knowing how to walk before the living?
6:9	What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
6:10	Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with himthe one who is strongermightier than he is.
6:11	For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a manperson?
6:12	For who knows what is good for a manperson during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a manperson what will behappen after him under the sun?
7:1	A good name is better than a good ointmentoil, And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.
7:2	It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every manperson, And the living takes it to heart.
7:5	It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise manperson Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
7:7	For oppression makes a wise manperson madlook foolish, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
7:8	The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtinessarrogance of spirit.
7:9	Do not be eager in your heartspirit to be angry, For anger resides in the bosomheart of fools.
7:11	Wisdom along with an inheritance is good, And an advantage to those who see the sun.
7:12	For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserveskeeps the lives of its possessors alive.
7:14	InOn the day of prosperity be happy, But inon the day of adversity consider—: God has made the one as well as the other So that mana person will not discover anything that will become after him.
7:15	I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous manperson who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked manperson who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
7:16	Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?
7:17	Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a foolfoolish. Why should you die before your time?
7:18	It is good that you grasp one thing andwhile also not letletting go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forthout with both of them.
7:19	Wisdom strengthens a wise manperson more than ten rulers who are in a city.
7:20	Indeed, there is not a righteous manperson on earth who continuallyalways does good and whodoes nevernot sinsever sin.
7:21	Also, do not take seriously all the words which are spoken, so that you willdo not hear your servant cursing you.,
7:22	Forfor you alsoknow havethat realizedeven that you likewise have cursed others many times cursedas otherswell.
7:23	I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but itwisdom was far from me.
7:24	What has been is remote and exceedinglyvery mysterious. Who can discover it?
7:25	I directed my mind to know, and to investigate, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of follyfoolishness and the foolishness of madnessinsanity.
7:26	And I discovered as more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
7:27	“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “by adding one thing to another to find an explanation,
7:29	Behold, I have found only this, that God made menpeople upright, but they have sought out many devicesschemes.”
8:1	Who is like the wise manperson and who knows the interpretationmeaning of a matter? A manperson’s wisdom illuminesilluminates himhis face and causesmakes his stern face tobrighten beamup.
8:5	HeOne who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
8:6	For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a manperson’s trouble is heavy upon him.
8:8	No manone has authority toover restrain the wind withto restrain the wind, ornor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliversave those who practice it.
8:9	All this I have seen, and have applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun whereinat a mantime when one person has exercised authority over another manperson to his hurtdetriment.
8:10	So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out fromof the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thussuch things. This too is futility.
8:11	Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of menmankind among them are fully given fully to do evil.
8:12	Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will bego well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly.
8:13	But it will not bego well for the evil manperson and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
8:14	There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous menpeople to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil menpeople to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.
8:15	So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a manperson under the sun except to eat, and to drink, and to be merryjoyful, and this will stand by him in his toilslabor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
8:16	When I gavedevoted my heartmind to know wisdom and to see the taskbusiness which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),
8:17	and I saw every work of God, I concluded that manone cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though mana shouldperson seeklaboriously laboriouslyseeks, he will not discover; and thougheven if the wise manperson shouldclaims say,to “I know,”, he cannot discover.
9:1	For I have taken all this to my heart, andeven explainto examine it all, that righteous menpeople, wise menpeople, and their deeds are in the hand of God. ManPeople doesdo not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits himthem.
9:2	It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the manperson who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good manperson is, so is the sinner; as the swearerone is,who soswears an oath is just as the one who is afraid to swear an oath.
9:3	This is an evil in alleverything that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all meneveryone. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of menmankind are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. AfterwardsAfterward they go to the dead.
9:4	For whoever is joined withto all the living, there is hope; surelyfor better a live dog, is better than a dead lion.
9:5	For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor havedo they anyhave longer a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten.
9:6	Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
9:7	Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
9:8	LetSee that your clothes beare white all the time, and letthat notthere oilis beno lackinglack of oil on your head.
9:9	Enjoy life with the womanwife whom you love all the days of your fleetingfutile life which He has given to you under the sun, all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your toilwork in which you have labored under the sun.
9:10	Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, or planning, or knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
9:11	I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to menthe of abilityskillful; for time and chance overtake them all.
9:12	MoreoverFor indeed, mana person does not know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and birds trappedcaught in a snare, so the sons of menmankind are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
9:13	AlsoThis thistoo I camesaw to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.:
9:14	Therethere was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it.
9:15	But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he deliveredsaved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
9:16	So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heededignored.
9:17	The words of the wise heard in quietnesscalm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
10:1	Dead flies maketurn a perfumer’s oil stinkrancid, so a little foolishness is weightiermore potent than wisdom and honor.
10:2	A wise manperson’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish manperson’s heart directs him toward the left.
10:3	Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
10:4	If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your positionplace, because composure allaysputs great offenses to rest.
10:5	There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like ana errormistake whichthat goesproceeds forth from the ruler—:
10:6	follyfoolishness is set in many exalted places while the rich men sit in humble places.
10:8	HeOne who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite himone who breaks through a wall.
10:9	HeOne who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and heone who splits logs may be endangered by them.
10:10	If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of givingbringing success.
10:11	If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profitbenefit for the charmer.
10:12	Words from the mouth of a wise manperson are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
10:13	the beginning of his talking is follyfoolishness, and the end of it is wickedevil madnessinsanity.
10:14	Yet the fool multiplies words. No manperson knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
10:15	The toillabor of a fool makes him so weariesweary him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
10:16	Woe to you, O land, whose king is a ladboy, and whose princes feast in the morning.
10:17	Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility, and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness.
10:18	Through indolenceextreme laziness the rafters sag, and through slacknessidleness the house leaks.
10:19	MenPeople prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merryjoyful, and money is the answer to everything.
10:20	Furthermore, in your bedchamberbedroom do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man,person; for a bird of the heavenssky will carrybring the sound, and the winged creatureone will make theyour matterword known.
11:3	If the clouds are full, they pour out rain uponon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.
11:4	HeOne who watches the wind will not sow and heone who looks at the clouds will not reapharvest.
11:5	Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all thingseverything.
11:6	Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morningone or eveningthe sowingother will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
11:8	Indeed, if a manperson shouldlives live many years, let him rejoice in them all,; andbut let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.
11:10	So, remove griefsorrow and anger from your heart and putkeep pain away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
12:1	Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years drawapproach near when you will say, “I have no delightpleasure in them”;
12:3	inon the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mightystrong men stoopare bent over, the grindinggrinders onesstop standworking idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;
12:5	Furthermore, menpeople are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himselfitself along, and the caperberrycaper berry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while the mourners gomove aboutaround in the street.
12:6	Remember Himyour Creator before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the wellspring is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
12:8	“VanityFutility of vanitiesfutilities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanityfutility!”
12:9	In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
12:11	The words of the wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.
12:12	But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotionstudy to books is wearying to the body.
12:13	The conclusion, when alleverything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.