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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

1:1 The words of [it]: the eye is

the Preacher, the not satisfied

son of David, with seeing, nor

king in the ear filled

Jerusalem. with hearing.

1:2 Vanity of 1:9 The thing

vanities, saith that hath been,

the Preacher, it [is that]

vanity of which shall be;

vanities; all and that which is

[is] vanity. done [is] that

1:3 What profit which shall be

hath a man of all done: and [there

his labour which is] no new

he taketh under [thing] under the

the sun? sun.

1:4 [One] 1:10 Is there

generation [any] thing

passeth away, and whereof it may be

[another] said, See, this

generation [is] new? it hath

cometh: but the been already of

earth abideth for old time, which

ever. was before us.

1:5 The sun also 1:11 [There is]

ariseth, and the no remembrance of

sun goeth down, former [things];

and hasteth to neither shall

his place where there be [any]

he arose. remembrance of

1:6 The wind [things] that are

goeth toward the to come with

south, and [those] that

turneth about shall come after.

unto the north;

it whirleth about 1:12 I the

continually, and Preacher was king

the wind over Israel in

returneth again Jerusalem.

according to his 1:13 And I gave

circuits. my heart to seek

1:7 All the and search out by

rivers run into wisdom concerning

the sea; yet the all [things] that

sea [is] not are done under

full; unto the heaven: this sore

place from whence travail hath God

the rivers come, given to the sons

thither they of man to be

return again. exercised

1:8 All things therewith.

[are] full of 1:14 I have seen

labour; man all the works

cannot utter that are done

under the sun; it?

and, behold, all 2:3 I sought in

[is] vanity and mine heart to

vexation of give myself unto

spirit. wine, yet

1:15 [That which acquainting mine

is] crooked heart with

cannot be made wisdom; and to

straight: and lay hold on

that which is folly, till I

wanting cannot be might see what

numbered. [was] that good

1:16 I communed for the sons of

with mine own men, which they

heart, saying, should do under

Lo, I am come to the heaven all

great estate, and the days of their

have gotten more life.

wisdom than all 2:4 I made me

[they] that have great works; I

been before me in builded me

Jerusalem: yea, houses; I planted

my heart had me vineyards:

great experience 2:5 I made me

of wisdom and gardens and

knowledge. orchards, and I

1:17 And I gave planted trees in

my heart to know them of all [kind

wisdom, and to of] fruits:

know madness and 2:6 I made me

folly: I pools of water,

perceived that to water

this also is therewith the

vexation of wood that

spirit. bringeth forth

1:18 For in much trees:

wisdom [is] much 2:7 I got [me]

grief: and he servants and

that increaseth maidens, and had

knowledge servants born in

increaseth my house; also I

sorrow. had great

2:1 I said in possessions of

mine heart, Go to great and small

now, I will prove cattle above all

thee with mirth, that were in

therefore enjoy Jerusalem before

pleasure: and, me:

behold, this also 2:8 I gathered

[is] vanity. me also silver

2:2 I said of and gold, and the

laughter, [It is] peculiar treasure

mad: and of of kings and of

mirth, What doeth the provinces: I

gat me men done.

singers and women 2:13 Then I saw

singers, and the that wisdom

delights of the excelleth folly,

sons of men, [as] as far as light

musical excelleth

instruments, and darkness.

that of all 2:14 The wise

sorts. man's eyes [are]

2:9 So I was in his head; but

great, and the fool walketh

increased more in darkness: and

than all that I myself

were before me in perceived also

Jerusalem: also that one event

my wisdom happeneth to them

remained with me. all.

2:15 Then said I

2:10 And in my heart, As

whatsoever mine it happeneth to

eyes desired I the fool, so it

kept not from happeneth even to

them, I withheld me; and why was I

not my heart from then more wise?

any joy; for my Then I said in my

heart rejoiced in heart, that this

all my labour: also [is] vanity.

and this was my

portion of all my 2:16 For [there

labour. is] no

2:11 Then I remembrance of

looked on all the the wise more

works that my than of the fool

hands had for ever; seeing

wrought, and on that which now

the labour that I [is] in the days

had laboured to to come shall all

do: and, behold, be forgotten. And

all [was] vanity how dieth the

and vexation of wise [man]? as

spirit, and the fool.

[there was] no 2:17 Therefore I

profit under the hated life;

sun. because the work

2:12 And I that is wrought

turned myself to under the sun

behold wisdom, [is] grievous

and madness, and unto me: for all

folly: for what [is] vanity and

[can] the man vexation of

[do] that cometh spirit.

after the king? 2:18 Yea, I

[even] that which hated all my

hath been already labour which I

had taken under taketh not rest

the sun: because in the night.

I should leave it This is also

unto the man that vanity.

shall be after 2:24 [There is]

me. nothing better

2:19 And who for a man, [than]

knoweth whether that he should

he shall be a eat and drink,

wise [man] or a and [that] he

fool? yet shall should make his

he have rule over soul enjoy good

all my labour in his labour.

wherein I have This also I saw,

laboured, and that it [was]

wherein I have from the hand of

showed myself God.

wise under the 2:25 For who can

sun. This [is] eat, or who else

also vanity. can hasten

2:20 Therefore I [hereunto], more

went about to than I?

cause my heart to 2:26 For [God]

despair of all giveth to a man

the labour which that [is] good in

I took under the his sight wisdom,

sun. and knowledge,

2:21 For there and joy: but to

is a man whose the sinner he

labour [is] in giveth travail,

wisdom, and in to gather and to

knowledge, and in heap up, that he

equity; yet to a may give to [him

man that hath not that is] good

laboured therein before God. This

shall he leave it also [is] vanity

[for] his and vexation of

portion. This spirit.

also [is] vanity 3:1 To every

and a great evil. [thing there is]

a season, and a

2:22 For what time to every

hath man of all purpose under the

his labour, and heaven:

of the vexation 3:2 A time to be

of his heart, born, and a time

wherein he hath to die; a time to

laboured under plant, and a time

the sun? to pluck up [that

2:23 For all his which is]

days [are] planted;

sorrows, and his 3:3 A time to

travail grief; kill, and a time

yea, his heart to heal; a time

to break down, end.

and a time to 3:12 I know that

build up; [there is] no

3:4 A time to good in them, but

weep, and a time for [a man] to

to laugh; a time rejoice, and to

to mourn, and a do good in his

time to dance; life.

3:5 A time to 3:13 And also

cast away stones, that every man

and a time to should eat and

gather stones drink, and enjoy

together; a time the good of all

to embrace, and a his labour, it

time to refrain [is] the gift of

from embracing; God.

3:6 A time to 3:14 I know

get, and a time that, whatsoever

to lose; a time God doeth, it

to keep, and a shall be for

time to cast ever: nothing can

away; be put to it, nor

3:7 A time to any thing taken

rend, and a time from it: and God

to sew; a time to doeth [it], that

keep silence, and [men] should fear

a time to speak; before him.

3:8 A time to 3:15 That which

love, and a time hath been is now;

to hate; a time and that which is

of war, and a to be hath

time of peace. already been; and

3:9 What profit God requireth

hath he that that which is

worketh in that past.

wherein he 3:16 And

laboureth? moreover I saw

3:10 I have seen under the sun the

the travail, place of

which God hath judgment, [that]

given to the sons wickedness [was]

of men to be there; and the

exercised in it. place of

3:11 He hath righteousness,

made every [that] iniquity

[thing] beautiful [was] there.

in his time: also 3:17 I said in

he hath set the mine heart, God

world in their shall judge the

heart, so that no righteous and the

man can find out wicked: for

the work that God [there is] a time

maketh from the there for every

beginning to the purpose and for

every work. considered all

3:18 I said in the oppressions

mine heart that are done

concerning the under the sun:

estate of the and behold the

sons of men, that tears of [such as

God might were] oppressed,

manifest them, and they had no

and that they comforter; and on

might see that the side of their

they themselves oppressors [there

are beasts. was] power; but

3:19 For that they had no

which befalleth comforter.

the sons of men 4:2 Wherefore I

befalleth beasts; praised the dead

even one thing which are already

befalleth them: dead more than

as the one dieth, the living which

so dieth the are yet alive.

other; yea, they 4:3 Yea, better

have all one [is he] than both

breath; so that a they, which hath

man hath no not yet been, who

preeminence above hath not seen the

a beast: for all evil work that is

[is] vanity. done under the

3:20 All go unto sun.

one place; all 4:4 Again, I

are of the dust, considered all

and all turn to travail, and

dust again. every right work,

3:21 Who knoweth that for this a

the spirit of man man is envied of

that goeth his neighbour.

upward, and the This [is] also

spirit of the vanity and

beast that goeth vexation of

downward to the spirit.

earth? 4:5 The fool

3:22 Wherefore I foldeth his hands

perceive that together, and

[there is] eateth his own

nothing better, flesh.

than that a man 4:6 Better [is]

should rejoice in an handful [with]

his own works; quietness, than

for that [is] his both the hands

portion: for who full [with]

shall bring him travail and

to see what shall vexation of

be after him? spirit.

4:1 So I 4:7 Then I

returned, and returned, and I

saw vanity under be admonished.

the sun. 4:14 For out of

4:8 There is one prison he cometh

[alone], and to reign; whereas

[there is] not a also [he that is]

second; yea, he born in his

hath neither kingdom becometh

child nor poor.

brother: yet [is 4:15 I

there] no end of considered all

all his labour; the living which

neither is his walk under the

eye satisfied sun, with the

with riches; second child that

neither [saith shall stand up in

he], For whom do his stead.

I labour, and 4:16 [There is]

bereave my soul no end of all the

of good? This people, [even] of

[is] also vanity, all that have

yea, it [is] a been before them:

sore travail. they also that

4:9 Two [are] come after shall

better than one; not rejoice in

because they have him. Surely this

a good reward for also [is] vanity

their labour. and vexation of

4:10 For if they spirit.

fall, the one 5:1 Keep thy

will lift up his foot when thou

fellow: but woe goest to the

to him [that is] house of God, and

alone when he be more ready to

falleth; for [he hear, than to

hath] not another give the

to help him up. sacrifice of

4:11 Again, if fools: for they

two lie together, consider not that

then they have they do evil.

heat: but how can 5:2 Be not rash

one be warm with thy mouth,

[alone]? and let not thine

4:12 And if one heart be hasty to

prevail against utter [any] thing

him, two shall before God: for

withstand him; God [is] in

and a threefold heaven, and thou

cord is not upon earth:

quickly broken. therefore let thy

4:13 Better [is] words be few.

a poor and a wise 5:3 For a dream

child than an old cometh through

and foolish king, the multitude of

who will no more business; and a

fool's voice [is profit of the

known] by earth is for all:

multitude of the king

words. [himself] is

5:4 When thou served by the

vowest a vow unto field.

God, defer not to 5:10 He that

pay it; for [he loveth silver

hath] no pleasure shall not be

in fools: pay satisfied with

that which thou silver; nor he

hast vowed. that loveth

5:5 Better [is abundance with

it] that thou increase: this

shouldest not [is] also vanity.

vow, than that

thou shouldest 5:11 When goods

vow and not pay. increase, they

5:6 Suffer not are increased

thy mouth to that eat them:

cause thy flesh and what good [is

to sin; neither there] to the

say thou before owners thereof,

the angel, that saving the

it [was] an beholding [of

error: wherefore them] with their

should God be eyes?

angry at thy 5:12 The sleep

voice, and of a labouring

destroy the work man [is] sweet,

of thine hands? whether he eat

5:7 For in the little or much:

multitude of but the abundance

dreams and many of the rich will

words [there are] not suffer him to

also [divers] sleep.

vanities: but 5:13 There is a

fear thou God. sore evil [which]

5:8 If thou I have seen under

seest the the sun,

oppression of the [namely], riches

poor, and violent kept for the

perverting of owners thereof to

judgment and their hurt.

justice in a 5:14 But those

province, marvel riches perish by

not at the evil travail: and

matter: for [he he begetteth a

that is] higher son, and [there

than the highest is] nothing in

regardeth; and his hand.

[there be] higher 5:15 As he came

than they. forth of his

5:9 Moreover the mother's womb,

naked shall he shall not much

return to go as remember the days

he came, and of his life;

shall take because God

nothing of his answereth [him]

labour, which he in the joy of his

may carry away in heart.

his hand. 6:1 There is an

5:16 And this evil which I have

also [is] a sore seen under the

evil, [that] in sun, and it [is]

all points as he common among men:

came, so shall he

go: and what 6:2 A man to

profit hath he whom God hath

that hath given riches,

laboured for the wealth, and

wind? honour, so that

5:17 All his he wanteth

days also he nothing for his

eateth in soul of all that

darkness, and [he he desireth, yet

hath] much sorrow God giveth him

and wrath with not power to eat

his sickness. thereof, but a

5:18 Behold stranger eateth

[that] which I it: this [is]

have seen: [it vanity, and it

is] good and [is] an evil

comely [for one] disease.

to eat and to 6:3 If a man

drink, and to beget an hundred

enjoy the good of [children], and

all his labour live many years,

that he taketh so that the days

under the sun all of his years be

the days of his many, and his

life, which God soul be not

giveth him: for filled with good,

it [is] his and also [that]

portion. he have no

5:19 Every man burial; I say,

also to whom God [that] an

hath given riches untimely birth

and wealth, and [is] better than

hath given him he.

power to eat 6:4 For he

thereof, and to cometh in with

take his portion, vanity, and

and to rejoice in departeth in

his labour; this darkness, and his

[is] the gift of name shall be

God. covered with

5:20 For he darkness.

6:5 Moreover he the days of his

hath not seen the vain life which

sun, nor known he spendeth as a

[any thing]: this shadow? for who

hath more rest can tell a man

than the other. what shall be

6:6 Yea, though after him under

he live a the sun?

thousand years 7:1 A good name

twice [told], yet [is] better than

hath he seen no precious

good: do not all ointment; and the

go to one place? day of death than

6:7 All the the day of one's

labour of man birth.

[is] for his 7:2 [It is]

mouth, and yet better to go to

the appetite is the house of

not filled. mourning, than to

6:8 For what go to the house

hath the wise of feasting: for

more than the that [is] the end

fool? what hath of all men; and

the poor, that the living will

knoweth to walk lay [it] to his

before the heart.

living? 7:3 Sorrow [is]

6:9 Better [is] better than

the sight of the laughter: for by

eyes than the the sadness of

wandering of the the countenance

desire: this [is] the heart is made

also vanity and better.

vexation of 7:4 The heart of

spirit. the wise [is] in

6:10 That which the house of

hath been is mourning; but the

named already, heart of fools

and it is known [is] in the house

that it [is] man: of mirth.

neither may he 7:5 [It is]

contend with him better to hear

that is mightier the rebuke of the

than he. wise, than for a

6:11 Seeing man to hear the

there be many song of fools.

things that 7:6 For as the

increase vanity, crackling of

what [is] man the thorns under a

better? pot, so [is] the

6:12 For who laughter of the

knoweth what [is] fool: this also

good for man in [is] vanity.

[this] life, all 7:7 Surely

oppression maketh joyful, but in

a wise man mad; the day of

and a gift adversity

destroyeth the consider: God

heart. also hath set the

7:8 Better [is] one over against

the end of a the other, to the

thing than the end that man

beginning should find

thereof: [and] nothing after

the patient in him.

spirit [is] 7:15 All

better than the [things] have I

proud in spirit. seen in the days

7:9 Be not hasty of my vanity:

in thy spirit to there is a just

be angry: for [man] that

anger resteth in perisheth in his

the bosom of righteousness,

fools. and there is a

7:10 Say not wicked [man] that

thou, What is prolongeth [his

[the cause] that life] in his

the former days wickedness.

were better than 7:16 Be not

these? for thou righteous over

dost not inquire much; neither

wisely concerning make thyself over

this. wise: why

7:11 Wisdom [is] shouldest thou

good with an destroy thyself?

inheritance: and 7:17 Be not over

[by it there is] much wicked,

profit to them neither be thou

that see the sun. foolish: why

shouldest thou

7:12 For wisdom die before thy

[is] a defence, time?

[and] money [is] 7:18 [It is]

a defence: but good that thou

the excellency of shouldest take

knowledge [is, hold of this;

that] wisdom yea, also from

giveth life to this withdraw not

them that have thine hand: for

it. he that feareth

7:13 Consider God shall come

the work of God: forth of them

for who can make all.

[that] straight, 7:19 Wisdom

which he hath strengtheneth the

made crooked? wise more than

7:14 In the day ten mighty [men]

of prosperity be which are in the

city. 7:27 Behold,

7:20 For [there this have I

is] not a just found, saith the

man upon earth, preacher,

that doeth good, [counting] one by

and sinneth not. one, to find out

7:21 Also take the account:

no heed unto all 7:28 Which yet

words that are my soul seeketh,

spoken; lest thou but I find not:

hear thy servant one man among a

curse thee: thousand have I

7:22 For found; but a

oftentimes also woman among all

thine own heart those have I not

knoweth that thou found.

thyself likewise 7:29 Lo, this

hast cursed only have I

others. found, that God

7:23 All this hath made man

have I proved by upright; but they

wisdom: I said, I have sought out

will be wise; but many inventions.

it [was] far from 8:1 Who [is] as

me. the wise [man]?

7:24 That which and who knoweth

is far off, and the

exceeding deep, interpretation of

who can find it a thing? a man's

out? wisdom maketh his

7:25 I applied face to shine,

mine heart to and the boldness

know, and to of his face shall

search, and to be changed.

seek out wisdom, 8:2 I [counsel

and the reason thee] to keep the

[of things], and king's

to know the commandment, and

wickedness of [that] in regard

folly, even of of the oath of

foolishness [and] God.

madness: 8:3 Be not hasty

7:26 And I find to go out of his

more bitter than sight: stand not

death the woman, in an evil thing;

whose heart [is] for he doeth

snares and nets, whatsoever

[and] her hands pleaseth him.

[as] bands: whoso 8:4 Where the

pleaseth God word of a king

shall escape from [is, there is]

her; but the power: and who

sinner shall be may say unto him,

taken by her. What doest thou?

8:5 Whoso from the place of

keepeth the the holy, and

commandment shall they were

feel no evil forgotten in the

thing: and a wise city where they

man's heart had so done: this

discerneth both [is] also vanity.

time and

judgment. 8:11 Because

8:6 Because to sentence against

every purpose an evil work is

there is time and not executed

judgment, speedily,

therefore the therefore the

misery of man heart of the sons

[is] great upon of men is fully

him. set in them to do

8:7 For he evil.

knoweth not that 8:12 Though a

which shall be: sinner do evil an

for who can tell hundred times,

him when it shall and his [days] be

be? prolonged, yet

8:8 [There is] surely I know

no man that hath that it shall be

power over the well with them

spirit to retain that fear God,

the spirit; which fear before

neither [hath he] him:

power in the day 8:13 But it

of death: and shall not be well

[there is] no with the wicked,

discharge in neither shall he

[that] war; prolong [his]

neither shall days, [which are]

wickedness as a shadow;

deliver those because he

that are given to feareth not

it. before God.

8:9 All this 8:14 There is a

have I seen, and vanity which is

applied my heart done upon the

unto every work earth; that there

that is done be just [men],

under the sun: unto whom it

[there is] a time happeneth

wherein one man according to the

ruleth over work of the

another to his wicked; again,

own hurt. there be wicked

8:10 And so I [men], to whom it

saw the wicked happeneth

buried, who had according to the

come and gone work of the

righteous: I said the wise, and

that this also their works,

[is] vanity. [are] in the hand

8:15 Then I of God: no man

commended mirth, knoweth either

because a man love or hatred

hath no better [by] all [that

thing under the is] before them.

sun, than to eat, 9:2 All [things

and to drink, and come] alike to

to be merry: for all: [there is]

that shall abide one event to the

with him of his righteous, and to

labour the days the wicked; to

of his life, the good and to

which God giveth the clean, and to

him under the the unclean; to

sun. him that

8:16 When I sacrificeth, and

applied mine to him that

heart to know sacrificeth not:

wisdom, and to as [is] the good,

see the business so [is] the

that is done upon sinner; [and] he

the earth: (for that sweareth, as

also [there is [he] that feareth

that] neither day an oath.

nor night seeth 9:3 This [is] an

sleep with his evil among all

eyes:) [things] that are

8:17 Then I done under the

beheld all the sun, that [there

work of God, that is] one event

a man cannot find unto all: yea,

out the work that also the heart of

is done under the the sons of men

sun: because is full of evil,

though a man and madness [is]

labour to seek in their heart

[it] out, yet he while they live,

shall not find and after that

[it]; yea [they go] to the

farther; though a dead.

wise [man] think 9:4 For to him

to know [it], yet that is joined to

shall he not be all the living

able to find there is hope:

[it]. for a living dog

9:1 For all this is better than a

I considered in dead lion.

my heart even to 9:5 For the

declare all this, living know that

that the they shall die:

righteous, and but the dead know

not any thing, the grave,

neither have they whither thou

any more a goest.

reward; for the 9:11 I returned,

memory of them is and saw under the

forgotten. sun, that the

9:6 Also their race [is] not to

love, and their the swift, nor

hatred, and their the battle to the

envy, is now strong, neither

perished; neither yet bread to the

have they any wise, nor yet

more a portion riches to men of

for ever in any understanding,

[thing] that is nor yet favour to

done under the men of skill; but

sun. time and chance

9:7 Go thy way, happeneth to them

eat thy bread all.

with joy, and 9:12 For man

drink thy wine also knoweth not

with a merry his time: as the

heart; for God fishes that are

now accepteth thy taken in an evil

works. net, and as the

9:8 Let thy birds that are

garments be caught in the

always white; and snare; so [are]

let thy head lack the sons of men

no ointment. snared in an evil

9:9 Live time, when it

joyfully with the falleth suddenly

wife whom thou upon them.

lovest all the 9:13 This wisdom

days of the life have I seen also

of thy vanity, under the sun,

which he hath and it [seemed]

given thee under great unto me:

the sun, all the 9:14 [There was]

days of thy a little city,

vanity: for that and few men

[is] thy portion within it; and

in [this] life, there came a

and in thy labour great king

which thou takest against it, and

under the sun. besieged it, and

9:10 Whatsoever built great

thy hand findeth bulwarks against

to do, do [it] it:

with thy might; 9:15 Now there

for [there is] no was found in it a

work, nor device, poor wise man,

nor knowledge, and he by his

nor wisdom, in wisdom delivered

the city; yet no spirit of the

man remembered ruler rise up

that same poor against thee,

man. leave not thy

9:16 Then said place; for

I, Wisdom [is] yielding

better than pacifieth great

strength: offences.

nevertheless the 10:5 There is an

poor man's wisdom evil [which] I

[is] despised, have seen under

and his words are the sun, as an

not heard. error [which]

9:17 The words proceedeth from

of wise [men are] the ruler:

heard in quiet 10:6 Folly is

more than the cry set in great

of him that dignity, and the

ruleth among rich sit in low

fools. place.

9:18 Wisdom [is] 10:7 I have seen

better than servants upon

weapons of war: horses, and

but one sinner princes walking

destroyeth much as servants upon

good. the earth.

10:1 Dead flies 10:8 He that

cause the diggeth a pit

ointment of the shall fall into

apothecary to it; and whoso

send forth a breaketh an

stinking savour: hedge, a serpent

[so doth] a shall bite him.

little folly him 10:9 Whoso

that is in removeth stones

reputation for shall be hurt

wisdom [and] therewith; [and]

honour. he that cleaveth

10:2 A wise wood shall be

man's heart [is] endangered

at his right thereby.

hand; but a 10:10 If the

fool's heart at iron be blunt,

his left. and he do not

10:3 Yea also, whet the edge,

when he that is a then must he put

fool walketh by to more strength:

the way, his but wisdom [is]

wisdom faileth profitable to

[him], and he direct.

saith to every 10:11 Surely the

one [that] he serpent will bite

[is] a fool. without

10:4 If the enchantment; and

a babbler is no through idleness

better. of the hands the

10:12 The words house droppeth

of a wise man's through.

mouth [are] 10:19 A feast is

gracious; but the made for

lips of a fool laughter, and

will swallow up wine maketh

himself. merry: but money

10:13 The answereth all

beginning of the [things].

words of his 10:20 Curse not

mouth [is] the king, no not

foolishness: and in thy thought;

the end of his and curse not the

talk [is] rich in thy

mischievous bedchamber: for a

madness. bird of the air

10:14 A fool shall carry the

also is full of voice, and that

words: a man which hath wings

cannot tell what shall tell the

shall be; and matter.

what shall be 11:1 Cast thy

after him, who bread upon the

can tell him? waters: for thou

10:15 The labour shalt find it

of the foolish after many days.

wearieth every 11:2 Give a

one of them, portion to seven,

because he and also to

knoweth not how eight; for thou

to go to the knowest not what

city. evil shall be

10:16 Woe to upon the earth.

thee, O land, 11:3 If the

when thy king clouds be full of

[is] a child, and rain, they empty

thy princes eat [themselves] upon

in the morning! the earth: and if

10:17 Blessed the tree fall

[art] thou, O toward the south,

land, when thy or toward the

king [is] the son north, in the

of nobles, and place where the

thy princes eat tree falleth,

in due season, there it shall

for strength, and be.

not for 11:4 He that

drunkenness! observeth the

10:18 By much wind shall not

slothfulness the sow; and he that

building regardeth the

decayeth; and clouds shall not

reap. these [things]

11:5 As thou God will bring

knowest not what thee into

[is] the way of judgment.

the spirit, [nor] 11:10 Therefore

how the bones [do remove sorrow

grow] in the womb from thy heart,

of her that is and put away evil

with child: even from thy flesh:

so thou knowest for childhood and

not the works of youth [are]

God who maketh vanity.

all. 12:1 Remember

11:6 In the now thy Creator

morning sow thy in the days of

seed, and in the thy youth, while

evening withhold the evil days

not thine hand: come not, nor the

for thou knowest years draw nigh,

not whether shall when thou shalt

prosper, either say, I have no

this or that, or pleasure in them;

whether they both

[shall be] alike 12:2 While the

good. sun, or the

11:7 Truly the light, or the

light [is] sweet, moon, or the

and a pleasant stars, be not

[thing it is] for darkened, nor the

the eyes to clouds return

behold the sun: after the rain:

11:8 But if a 12:3 In the day

man live many when the keepers

years, [and] of the house

rejoice in them shall tremble,

all; yet let him and the strong

remember the days men shall bow

of darkness; for themselves, and

they shall be the grinders

many. All that cease because

cometh [is] they are few, and

vanity. those that look

11:9 Rejoice, O out of the

young man, in thy windows be

youth; and let darkened,

thy heart cheer 12:4 And the

thee in the days doors shall be

of thy youth, and shut in the

walk in the ways streets, when the

of thine heart, sound of the

and in the sight grinding is low,

of thine eyes: and he shall rise

but know thou, up at the voice

that for all of the bird, and

all the daughters to find out

of music shall be acceptable words:

brought low; and [that which

12:5 Also [when] was] written

they shall be [was] upright,

afraid of [that [even] words of

which is] high, truth.

and fears [shall 12:11 The words

be] in the way, of the wise [are]

and the almond as goads, and as

tree shall nails fastened

flourish, and the [by] the masters

grasshopper shall of assemblies,

be a burden, and [which] are given

desire shall from one

fail: because man shepherd.

goeth to his long 12:12 And

home, and the further, by

mourners go about these, my son, be

the streets: admonished: of

12:6 Or ever the making many books

silver cord be [there is] no

loosed, or the end; and much

golden bowl be study [is] a

broken, or the weariness of the

pitcher be broken flesh.

at the fountain, 12:13 Let us

or the wheel hear the

broken at the conclusion of the

cistern. whole matter:

12:7 Then shall Fear God, and

the dust return keep his

to the earth as commandments: for

it was: and the this [is] the

spirit shall whole [duty] of

return unto God man.

who gave it. 12:14 For God

12:8 Vanity of shall bring every

vanities, saith work into

the preacher; all judgment, with

[is] vanity. every secret

12:9 And thing, whether

moreover, because [it be] good, or

the preacher was whether [it be]

wise, he still evil.

taught the people ^Z^Z

knowledge; yea,

he gave good

heed, and sought

out, [and] set in

order many

proverbs.

12:10 The

preacher sought