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    <book number='21' name='Ecclesiastes' abbreviation='Eccl' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6953'>Preacher</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1892'>Vanity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6953'>Preacher</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>profit</strongs>hath a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>which he <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>taketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'><em>One</em> <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs>passeth <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>, and <em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='1755'>generation</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>abideth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='2224'>ariseth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>goeth <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7602'>hasteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='2224'>arose</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1864'>south</strongs>, and turneth <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>; it whirleth <strongs hebrew='1980'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437 5437'>continually</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>returneth <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>according</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='5439'>circuits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>rivers</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>run</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; yet the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>from whence the <strongs hebrew='7945 5158'>rivers</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs><em>are</em> full of <strongs hebrew='3023'>labor</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>utter</strongs><em>it</em> : the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7200'>seeing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4480 8085'>hearing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The <strongs hebrew='4100'>thing</strongs>that hath <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>been</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> <em>that</em> which shall <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>be</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4100'>that</strongs>which is <strongs hebrew='7945 6213'>done</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs>which shall be <strongs hebrew='7945 6213'>done</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><em>thing</em> <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Is <strongs hebrew='3426'>there</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>whereof it may be <strongs hebrew='7945 559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='3528'>already</strongs>of old <strongs hebrew='5769'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2146'>remembrance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs><em>things</em> ; <strongs hebrew='1571 3808'>neither</strongs>shall there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='2146'>remembrance</strongs>of <em>things</em> that are to <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><em>those</em> that shall <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='314'>after</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6953'>Preacher</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1875'>seek</strongs>and search <strongs hebrew='8446'>out</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6031'>exercised</strongs>therewith. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='7945 6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><em>That</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5791'>crooked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs>be made <strongs hebrew='8626'>straight</strongs>: and that which is <strongs hebrew='2642'>wanting</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201 3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4487'>numbered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>communed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>mine own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am come to great <strongs hebrew='1431'>estate</strongs>, and have gotten <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: yea, my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7235'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>experience</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1947'>madness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5531'>folly</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7475'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7230'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7230'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='3708'>grief</strongs>: and he that <strongs hebrew='3254'>increaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>increaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrow</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='1980'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5254'>prove</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs>, therefore <strongs hebrew='7200'>enjoy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>pleasure</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7814'>laughter</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1984'>mad</strongs>: and of <strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2090'>it</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='3'>I <strongs hebrew='8446'>sought</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4900'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>myself</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='5090'>acquainting</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>; and to lay <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='5531'>folly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>till</strongs>I might <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='335'>what</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='4557'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I made me <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1593'>gardens</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6508'>orchards</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>in them of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>kind</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruits</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1295'>pools</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8248'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>therewith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3293'>wood</strongs>that bringeth <strongs hebrew='6779'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>I <strongs hebrew='7069'>got</strongs><em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8198'>maidens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>servants <strongs hebrew='1121'>born</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4735'>possessions</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1241'>great</strongs>and small <strongs hebrew='6629'>cattle</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>were</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I <strongs hebrew='3664'>gathered</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and the peculiar <strongs hebrew='5459'>treasure</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='6213'>got</strongs>me men <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>and women <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8588'>delights</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, <em>as</em> musical <strongs hebrew='7705 7705'>instruments</strongs>, and that of all sorts. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>So I was <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>, and increased <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>remained</strongs>with me. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>desired</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='680'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them, I <strongs hebrew='4513'>withheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='8056'>rejoiced</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looked</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>that my hands had <strongs hebrew='7945 6213 3027'>wrought</strongs>, and on the <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>that I had <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>labored</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>profit</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>turned</strongs>myself to <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1947'>madness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5531'>folly</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>can</em> the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>do</em> that <strongs hebrew='7945 935'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath been <strongs hebrew='3528'>already</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 3426'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>excelleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5531'>folly</strongs>, as far as <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>excelleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 2822'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>are</em> in his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>: and I <strongs hebrew='589'>myself</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>that one <strongs hebrew='7945 4745 259'>event</strongs><strongs hebrew='7136'>happeneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, As it <strongs hebrew='4745'>happeneth</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>, <em>so</em> it <strongs hebrew='7136'>happeneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>to me; and <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><strongs hebrew='3148'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>? Then I <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2146'>remembrance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='5973'>than</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>; seeing that which <strongs hebrew='7945 3528'>now</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> ? <strongs hebrew='5973'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Therefore I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='7945 6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='7945 589'>I</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6001'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>: because I should <strongs hebrew='7945 5117'>leave</strongs>it unto the <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that shall <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>whether he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5530'>fool</strongs>? yet shall he have <strongs hebrew='7980'>rule</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>wherein I have <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>labored</strongs>, and wherein I have showed myself <strongs hebrew='7945 2449'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>to cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2976'>despair</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>which I <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>whose <strongs hebrew='7945 5999'>labor</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3788'>equity</strongs>; yet to a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that hath <strongs hebrew='7945 3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5998'>labored</strongs>therein shall he <strongs hebrew='5414'>leave</strongs>it <em>for</em> his <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1933'>hath</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='7475'>vexation</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, wherein <strongs hebrew='7945 1931'>he</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6001'>labored</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='4341'>sorrows</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs><strongs hebrew='3708'>grief</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>taketh <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>rest</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, <em>than</em> that he should <strongs hebrew='7945 398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <em>that</em> he should make his <strongs hebrew='7200 *853 5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2090'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>was</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>else can <strongs hebrew='2363'>hasten</strongs><em>hereunto</em> , <strongs hebrew='2351'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>I? </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>God</em> <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7945 2896'>good</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>: but to the <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs>and to heap <strongs hebrew='3664'>up</strongs>, that he may <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>to <em>him</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>To <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><em>thing</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2165'>season</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>purpose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to pluck <strongs hebrew='6131'>up</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5193'>planted</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2026'>kill</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to break <strongs hebrew='6555'>down</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to build <strongs hebrew='1129'>up</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7832'>laugh</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourn</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7540'>dance</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to gather stones <strongs hebrew='3664 68'>together</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2263'>embrace</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7368'>refrain</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2263'>embracing</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>get</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6'>lose</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>away</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7167'>rend</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8609'>sew</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to keep <strongs hebrew='2814'>silence</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>A <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>; a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>profit</strongs>hath he that <strongs hebrew='6213'>worketh</strongs>in that <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='6001'>laboreth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6031'>exercised</strongs>in it. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>He hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><em>thing</em> <strongs hebrew='3303'>beautiful</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5769'>world</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, so <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>can find <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7218'>beginning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5490'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>in them, <strongs hebrew='518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>a</em> <em>man</em> to <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>that every man should <strongs hebrew='7945 398 3605 120'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>enjoy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4991'>gift</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>can be <strongs hebrew='3254'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs>any thing <strongs hebrew='1639'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>it: and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><em>it</em> , that <em>men</em> should <strongs hebrew='7945 3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>That which hath <strongs hebrew='4100 7945 1961'>been</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3528'>now</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3528'>already</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>requireth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that which is <strongs hebrew='7291'>past</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='5750'>moreover</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7562'>iniquity</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>purpose</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1700'>estate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='1305'>manifest</strongs>them, and that <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7945'>they</strongs>themselves are <strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>that which <strongs hebrew='4745'>befalleth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='4745'>befalleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>; even one <strongs hebrew='259'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='4745'>befalleth</strongs>them: as the <strongs hebrew='2088'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>dieth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>dieth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2088'>other</strongs>; yea, they have <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>breath</strongs>; so that a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4195'>preeminence</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>above</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>turn to dust <strongs hebrew='7725 413 6083'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4605'>upward</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3381'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4295'>downward</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Wherefore I <strongs hebrew='7200'>perceive</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>, than <strongs hebrew='4480 834'>that</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>what shall <strongs hebrew='4100 7945 1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>So <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>considered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6217'>oppressions</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>of <em>such</em> <em>as</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6217'>oppressed</strongs>, and they had <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>comforter</strongs>; and on the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>side</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppressors</strongs><em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>; but they had <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>comforter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Wherefore <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7623'>praised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>which are <strongs hebrew='7945 3528'>already</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 1992'>which</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5728'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><em>is</em> <em>he</em> than <strongs hebrew='4480 8147'>both</strongs>they, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5728'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Again, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>considered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5999'>travail</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='3788'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1931'>this</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7068'>envied</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 7453'>neighbor</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>foldeth his hands <strongs hebrew='2263 *853 3027'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 4393 3709'>handful</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='5183'>quietness</strongs>, than both the <strongs hebrew='2651'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4393'>full</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='5999'>travail</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><em>alone</em> , and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>: yet <em>is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>is his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eye</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>; neither <em>saith</em> <em>he</em> , For <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6001'>labor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2637'>bereave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 2896'>good</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, yea, <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7451'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='8147'>Two</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3426'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='7939'>reward</strongs>for their <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>will lift <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2270'>fellow</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='337'>woe</strongs>to him <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>alone</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='7945 5307'>falleth</strongs>; for <em>he</em> <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8145'>another</strongs>to help him <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Again</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>together</strongs>, then they have <strongs hebrew='2552'>heat</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3179'>warm</strongs><em>alone</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>prevail <strongs hebrew='8630'>against</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975 5048'>withstand</strongs>him; and a <strongs hebrew='8027'>threefold</strongs><strongs hebrew='2339'>cord</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4120'>quickly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5423'>broken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4542'>poor</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>than an <strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>will</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2094'>admonished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 1004 631'>prison</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3318'>cometh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>whereas</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>becometh <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>considered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>even</em> of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them: they <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>that come <strongs hebrew='314'>after</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in him. <strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7475'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8104'>Keep</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and be more <strongs hebrew='7126'>ready</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, than to <strongs hebrew='4480 5414'>give</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>: for they <strongs hebrew='3045'>consider</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='926'>rash</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4116'>hasty</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3318'>utter</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>let thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4592'>few</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6045'>business</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><em>is</em> <em>known</em> by <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='834'>When</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5087'>vowest</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5088'>vow</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='309'>defer</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7999'>pay</strongs>it; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>he</em> <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7999'>pay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5087'>vowed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5087'>vow</strongs>, than that thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='4480 7945 5087'>vow</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7999'>pay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Suffer</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>to cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>was</em> an <strongs hebrew='7684'>error</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7107'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2254'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><em>there</em> <em>are</em> also <em>divers</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6233'>oppression</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>, and violent <strongs hebrew='1499'>perverting</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6664'>justice</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8539'>marvel</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2656'>matter</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>he</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1364'>higher</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1364'>highest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>regardeth</strongs>; and <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1364'>higher</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>than</strongs>they. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='3504'>profit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>is for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>himself</em> is <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>He that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7646'>satisfied</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>; nor <strongs hebrew='4310'>he</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>abundance</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8393'>increase</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>When <strongs hebrew='2896'>goods</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>, they are <strongs hebrew='7231'>increased</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>them: and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='3788'>good</strongs><em>is</em> <em>there</em> to the <strongs hebrew='1167'>owners</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>saving</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7200'>beholding</strongs><em>of</em> <em>them</em> with their <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>of a laboring <strongs hebrew='5647'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4966'>sweet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='7647'>abundance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>suffer</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='3462'>sleep</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2470'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>which</em> I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <em>namely</em> , <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1167'>owners</strongs>thereof to their <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But <strongs hebrew='1931'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perish</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='6045'>travail</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='3205'>begetteth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369 3972'>nothing</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>he came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 990'>womb</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6174'>naked</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>as he <strongs hebrew='7945 935'>came</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='5375'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 3972'>nothing</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>, which he may carry <strongs hebrew='7945 1980'>way</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='2090'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2470'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, <em>that</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5980'>points</strongs>as he <strongs hebrew='7945 935'>came</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>profit</strongs>hath he that hath <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>labored</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>, and <em>he</em> <em>hath</em> <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='3707'>sorrow</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7110'>wrath</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='2483'>sickness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>: <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3303'>comely</strongs><em>for</em> <em>one</em> to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='7200'>enjoy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>that he <strongs hebrew='7945 5998'>taketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs><strongs hebrew='4557'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='3605'>Every</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5233'>wealth</strongs>, and hath given him <strongs hebrew='7980'>power</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>thereof</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='5375'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2090'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4991'>gift</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answereth</strongs><em>him</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>common</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>among</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5233'>wealth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>, so that he <strongs hebrew='2638'>wanteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='183'>desireth</strongs>, yet <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>giveth him not <strongs hebrew='7980 3808'>power</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>thereof</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376 5237'>stranger</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eateth</strongs>it: <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='2483'>disease</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>beget</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>children</em> , and <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, so that the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>that</em> he <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6900'>burial</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <em>that</em> an untimely <strongs hebrew='5309'>birth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>he. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>in with <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>departeth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs><em>any</em> <em>thing</em> : <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>hath more <strongs hebrew='5183'>rest</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>other</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='432'>Yea</strongs>, though he <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>twice</strongs><em>told</em> , yet hath he <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> for his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>yet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>appetite</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3148'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='6041'>poor</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4758'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 1980'>wandering</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5315'>desire</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7469'>vexation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='4100'>That</strongs>which hath <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>been</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121 8034'>named</strongs><strongs hebrew='3528'>already</strongs>, and it is <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>may</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1777'>contend</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him that is <strongs hebrew='7945 8623'>mightier</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>he. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Seeing</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3148'>better</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>in <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4557'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1892'>vain</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>which he <strongs hebrew='6213'>spendeth</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>A good <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='2896'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8081'>ointment</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>day</strongs>of one's <strongs hebrew='3205'>birth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>, than to <strongs hebrew='4480 1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4960'>feasting</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5490'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5414'>lay</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3708'>Sorrow</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 7814'>laughter</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7455'>sadness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is made <strongs hebrew='3190'>better</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1606'>rebuke</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, than for a <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>man</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7892'>song</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='6963'>crackling</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5518'>thorns</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5518'>pot</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7814'>laughter</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='6233'>oppression</strongs>maketh a wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>mad</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='4979'>gift</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>destroyeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='2896'>Better</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 7225'>beginning</strongs>thereof: <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='750'>patient</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 1362'>proud</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='926'>hasty</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='3707'>angry</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3708'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>resteth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><em>the</em> <em>cause</em> that the former <strongs hebrew='7945 3117 7223'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 428'>these</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou dost <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>inquire</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 2451'>wisely</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>: and <em>by</em> <em>it</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3148'>profit</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6738'>defense</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6738'>defense</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3504'>excellency</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs><em>is,</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>giveth <strongs hebrew='2421'>life</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='1167'>have</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Consider</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>can</strongs>make <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='8626'>straight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he hath made <strongs hebrew='5791'>crooked</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>In the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2896'>prosperity</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>joyful</strongs>, but in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>adversity</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>consider</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2088'>one</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5980'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2088'>other</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1700'>end</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 3808 3972'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><em>things</em> have I <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>: there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>man</em> that <strongs hebrew='6'>perisheth</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>man</em> that <strongs hebrew='748'>prolongeth</strongs><em>his</em> <em>life</em> in his <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='1961'>Be</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>make thyself over <strongs hebrew='2449 3148'>wise</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>shouldest thou destroy <strongs hebrew='8074'>thyself</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='7561'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5530'>foolish</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>shouldest thou <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>before</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou shouldest take <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>; yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>withdraw</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he that <strongs hebrew='3373'>feareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5810'>strengtheneth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>more than <strongs hebrew='4480 6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7989'>mighty</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heed</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834 3808'>lest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>thee: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227 6471'>oftentimes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='859'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>likewise</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>others</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='2090'>this</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='5254'>proved</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will be <strongs hebrew='2449'>wise</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>That which <strongs hebrew='4100 7945 1961'>is</strongs>far <strongs hebrew='7350'>off</strongs>, and exceeding <strongs hebrew='6013 6013'>deep</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can find it <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437'>applied</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8446'>search</strongs>, and to seek <strongs hebrew='1245'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2808'>reason</strongs><em>of</em> <em>things</em> , and to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3689'>folly</strongs>, even of <strongs hebrew='5531'>foolishness</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1947'>madness</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='4751'>bitter</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 4194'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 1931'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4685'>snares</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2764'>nets</strongs>, <em>and</em> her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='612'>bands</strongs>: whoso <strongs hebrew='2896 6440'>pleaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>her; but the <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>by her. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6953'>preacher</strongs>, <em>counting</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>, to find <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2808'>account</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='834'>Which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs>, but I <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>among a <strongs hebrew='4480 505'>thousand</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>upright</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have sought <strongs hebrew='1245'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='2810'>inventions</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> ? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6592'>interpretation</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>? a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>maketh his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='215'>shine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5797'>boldness</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8132'>changed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>counsel</em> <em>thee</em> to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6310'>commandment</strongs>, and <em>that</em> in <strongs hebrew='5921 1700'>regard</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Be <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='926'>hasty</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>pleaseth</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='834'>Where</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is,</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7983'>power</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doest</strongs>thou? </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>feel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>: and a wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>discerneth</strongs>both <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>purpose</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>misery</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>that</strongs>which shall <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>be</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>that hath <strongs hebrew='7989'>power</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3607'>retain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>hath</em> <em>he</em> <strongs hebrew='7983'>power</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4917'>discharge</strongs>in <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>those that are <strongs hebrew='1167'>given</strongs>to it. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>applied</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>one <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>ruleth <strongs hebrew='7980'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>another</strongs>to his own <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>, who had <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4725'>place</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs>, and they were <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='834'>Because</strongs>sentence <strongs hebrew='6599'>against</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>executed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4120'>speedily</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>is fully <strongs hebrew='4390'>set</strongs>in them to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='834'>Though</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>a hundred <strongs hebrew='3967'>times</strongs>, and his <em>days</em> be <strongs hebrew='748'>prolonged</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>with them that <strongs hebrew='3373'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>him: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>But it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='748'>prolong</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>are</em> as a <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3372'>feareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><em>men</em> , unto <strongs hebrew='834 413'>whom</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5060'>happeneth</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>; again, there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><em>men</em> , <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>whom it <strongs hebrew='7945 5060'>happeneth</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>that this <strongs hebrew='2088 7945 1571'>also</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7623'>commended</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>mirth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>thing <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>than</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and to be <strongs hebrew='8055'>merry</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3867'>abide</strongs>with him of his <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>giveth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='834'>When</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>applied</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6045'>business</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>:) </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then I <strongs hebrew='7200'>beheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 3201'>cannot</strongs>find <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7945'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>though</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5998'>labor</strongs>to seek <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='1245'>out</strongs>, yet he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>it</em> ; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>further; <strongs hebrew='518'>though</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>think</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>it</em> , yet shall he <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>considered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>even to <strongs hebrew='952'>declare</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5652'>works</strongs>, <em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>either</strongs><strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs><em>by</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><em>things</em> <em>come</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>alike</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4745'>event</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>; to the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and to the <strongs hebrew='2889'>clean</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='2931'>unclean</strongs>; to him that <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificeth</strongs>, and to him that <strongs hebrew='834 2076'>sacrificeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>: as <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, so <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs>; <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='7650'>sweareth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><em>he</em> that <strongs hebrew='3372'>feareth</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4745'>event</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>: yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4390'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1947'>madness</strongs><em>is</em> in their <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>while they <strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>that <em>they</em> <em>go</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4310'>him</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2266'>joined</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='986'>hope</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>that they shall <strongs hebrew='7945 4191'>die</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='3972'>thing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs>have they any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7939'>reward</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2143'>memory</strongs>of them is <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7068'>envy</strongs>, is <strongs hebrew='3528'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs>have they any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><em>thing</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>thy way, <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2896'>merry</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='3528'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accepteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Let thy <strongs hebrew='899'>garments</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 6256'>always</strongs><strongs hebrew='3836'>white</strongs>; and let thy <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='2637'>lack</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8081'>ointment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Live <strongs hebrew='2416 7200'>joyfully</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='157'>lovest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>in <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, and in thy <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6001'>takest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>Whatsoever</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>findeth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>it</em> with thy <strongs hebrew='3581'>might</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='2808'>device</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4793'>race</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7031'>swift</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1368'>strong</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>to men of <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>to men of <strongs hebrew='3045'>skill</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6294'>chance</strongs><strongs hebrew='7136'>happeneth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>: as the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fishes</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='7945 270'>taken</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='4686'>net</strongs>, and as the <strongs hebrew='6833'>birds</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='270'>caught</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>; so <em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='3369'>snared</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, when it <strongs hebrew='7945 5307'>falleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='2090'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>seemed</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='14'><em>There</em> <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4592'>few</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>within it; and there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='5437'>besieged</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4685'>bulwarks</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>it: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Now there was <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in it a <strongs hebrew='4542'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>by his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; yet <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='4542'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 1369'>strength</strongs>: nevertheless the poor <strongs hebrew='4542'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5183'>quiet</strongs>more than the <strongs hebrew='4480 2201'>cry</strongs>of him that <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruleth</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3684'>fools</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='2451'>Wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 3627'>weapons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7128'>war</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinner</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>destroyeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='4194'>Dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='2070'>flies</strongs>cause the <strongs hebrew='8081'>ointment</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7543'>apothecary</strongs>to send <strongs hebrew='5042'>forth</strongs>a stinking <strongs hebrew='887'>savor</strongs>: <em>so</em> <em>doth</em> a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5531'>folly</strongs>him that is in <strongs hebrew='3368'>reputation</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 3519'>honor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> at his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>; but a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='8040'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Yea <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, when he that is a <strongs hebrew='7945 5530'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walketh</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='3820'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>faileth</strongs><em>him</em> , and he <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>to every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5530'>fool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruler</strongs>rise <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5117'>leave</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4832'>yielding</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>pacifieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2399'>offenses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>There <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>which</em> I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, as an <strongs hebrew='7684'>error</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='7945 3318'>proceedeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7989'>ruler</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5529'>Folly</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4791'>dignity</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs>in low <strongs hebrew='8216'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walking</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>He that <strongs hebrew='2658'>diggeth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1475'>pit</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>into it; and whoso <strongs hebrew='6555'>breaketh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1447'>hedge</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5391'>bite</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Whoso <strongs hebrew='5265'>removeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6087'>hurt</strongs>therewith; <em>and</em> he that <strongs hebrew='1234'>cleaveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5533'>endangered</strongs>thereby. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6949'>blunt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7043'>whet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>edge</strongs>, then must he put <strongs hebrew='1396'>to</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='2428'>strength</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3504'>profitable</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3787'>direct</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='518'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5175'>serpent</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5391'>bite</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3908'>enchantment</strongs>; and a <strongs hebrew='1167 3956'>babbler</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3504'>better</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of a wise <strongs hebrew='2450'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2580'>gracious</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3684'>fool</strongs>will swallow <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>himself. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5531'>foolishness</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6310'>talk</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='1948'>madness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>A <strongs hebrew='5530'>fool</strongs>also is <strongs hebrew='7235'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>tell</strongs>what shall <strongs hebrew='4100 7945 1961'>be</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>after</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>him? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='5999'>labor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3684'>foolish</strongs><strongs hebrew='3021'>wearieth</strongs>every one of them, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>how to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='337'>Woe</strongs>to thee, O <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, when thy <strongs hebrew='7945 4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='835'>Blessed</strongs><em>art</em> thou, O <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, when thy <strongs hebrew='7945 4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>in due <strongs hebrew='6256'>season</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='1369'>strength</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8358'>drunkenness</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='18'>By much <strongs hebrew='6103'>slothfulness</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4746'>building</strongs><strongs hebrew='4355'>decayeth</strongs>; and through <strongs hebrew='8220'>idleness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>droppeth <strongs hebrew='1811'>through</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>A <strongs hebrew='3899'>feast</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7814'>laughter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='8055 2416'>merry</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='7043'>Curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>no</strongs>not in thy <strongs hebrew='4093'>thought</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='2315 4904'>bedchamber</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5775'>bird</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>carry</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and that which <strongs hebrew='1167'>hath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='7971'>Cast</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>it after <strongs hebrew='7230'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4390'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='7324'>empty</strongs><em>themselves</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='1864'>south</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>where the <strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 5307'>falleth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='1933'>it</strongs>shall be. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He that <strongs hebrew='8104'>observeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs>; and he that <strongs hebrew='7200'>regardeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>, <em>nor</em> how the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs><em>do</em> <em>grow</em> in the <strongs hebrew='990'>womb</strongs>of her that is with <strongs hebrew='4392'>child</strongs>: even <strongs hebrew='3602'>so</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>maketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>withhold</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='335 2088'>whether</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3787'>prosper</strongs>, either <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>alike</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Truly the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4966'>sweet</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2896'>pleasant</strongs><em>thing</em> <em>it</em> <em>is</em> for the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>in them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>; yet let him <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7945 935'>cometh</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='8055'>Rejoice</strongs>, O young <strongs hebrew='970'>man</strongs>, in thy <strongs hebrew='3208'>youth</strongs>; and let thy <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>cheer</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='979'>youth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='4758'>sight</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>thou, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>thee into <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='5493'>remove</strongs><strongs hebrew='3708'>sorrow</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 3820'>heart</strongs>, and put <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 1320'>flesh</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3208'>childhood</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7839'>youth</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>now <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1254'>Creator</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='979'>youth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>while</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>draw <strongs hebrew='5060'>nigh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>in them; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='5704 834'>While</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='3394'>moon</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2821'>darkened</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>In the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>when the <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7945 2111'>tremble</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2428'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>shall bow <strongs hebrew='5791'>themselves</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2912'>grinders</strongs><strongs hebrew='988'>cease</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they are <strongs hebrew='4591'>few</strongs>, and those that <strongs hebrew='7200'>look</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='699'>windows</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2821'>darkened</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5462'>shut</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7784'>streets</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2913'>grinding</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='8213'>low</strongs>, and he shall rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7892'>music</strongs>shall be brought <strongs hebrew='7817'>low</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs><em>when</em> they shall be <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>of <em>that which is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 1364'>high</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2849'>fears</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and the almond <strongs hebrew='8247'>tree</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5006'>flourish</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2284'>grasshopper</strongs>shall be a <strongs hebrew='5445'>burden</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='35'>desire</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6565'>fail</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>goeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5769'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourners</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7784'>streets</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='5704'>Or</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 3808'>ever</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>cord</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7368'>loosed</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='2091'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='1543'>bowl</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7533'>broken</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='3537'>pitcher</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4002'>fountain</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='1534'>wheel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7533'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='953'>cistern</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then shall the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>as it <strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>was</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='1892'>Vanity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6953'>preacher</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3148'>moreover</strongs>, because the <strongs hebrew='6953'>preacher</strongs><strongs hebrew='7945 1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='5750'>still</strongs><strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>; yea, he gave good <strongs hebrew='238'>heed</strongs>, and sought <strongs hebrew='2713'>out</strongs>, <em>and</em> set in <strongs hebrew='8626'>order</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4912'>proverbs</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='6953'>preacher</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>to find <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>acceptable</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: and <em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3476'>upright</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='1861'>goads</strongs>, and as <strongs hebrew='4930'>nails</strongs><strongs hebrew='5193'>fastened</strongs><em>by</em> the <strongs hebrew='1167'>masters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='627'>assemblies</strongs>, <em>which</em> are <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>from one <strongs hebrew='4480 7462 259'>shepherd</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3148'>further</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='4480 1992'>these</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='2094'>admonished</strongs>: of <strongs hebrew='6213'>making</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>books</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='3854'>study</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3024'>weariness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Let us <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5490'>conclusion</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><em>duty</em> of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs>secret <strongs hebrew='5956'>thing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs><em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
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