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The eye is + not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. +001:009 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has + been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new + thing under the sun. +001:010 Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" + It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us. +001:011 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any + memory of the latter that are to come, among those that + shall come after. +001:012 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. +001:013 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning + all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God + has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. +001:014 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; + and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. +001:015 That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is + lacking can't be counted. +001:016 I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself + great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. + Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." +001:017 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. + I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. +001:018 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases + knowledge increases sorrow. +002:001 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: + therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. +002:002 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, + "What does it accomplish?" +002:003 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart + yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, + until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they + should do under heaven all the days of their lives. +002:004 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. + I planted myself vineyards. +002:005 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them + of all kinds of fruit. +002:006 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest + where trees were reared. +002:007 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born + in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, + above all who were before me in Jerusalem; +002:008 I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings + and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, + and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, + and that of all sorts. +002:009 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me + in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. +002:010 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. + I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart + rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion + from all my labor. +002:011 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, + and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, + all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no + profit under the sun. +002:012 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: + for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has + been done long ago. +002:013 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. +002:014 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness-- + and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. +002:015 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, + so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" + Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity. +002:016 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory + for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have + been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just + like the fool! +002:017 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun + was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. +002:018 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, + seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me. +002:019 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? + Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, + and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. + This also is vanity. +002:020 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning + all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. +002:021 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, + and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion + to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity + and a great evil. +002:022 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving + of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? +002:023 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; + yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. + This also is vanity. +002:024 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat + and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. + This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. +002:025 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? +002:026 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, + and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather + and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. + This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. +003:001 For everything there is a season, and a time for every + purpose under heaven: +003:002 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, + and a time to pluck up that which is planted; +003:003 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, + and a time to build up; +003:004 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, + and a time to dance; +003:005 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; + a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; +003:006 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time + to cast away; +003:007 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, + and a time to speak; +003:008 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, + and a time for peace. +003:009 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors? +003:010 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men + to be afflicted with. +003:011 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set + eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work + that God has done from the beginning even to the end. +003:012 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, + and to do good as long as they live. +003:013 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all + his labor, is the gift of God. +003:014 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. + Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; + and God has done it, that men should fear before him. +003:015 That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has + been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away. +003:016 Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, + that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, + that wickedness was there. +003:017 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; + for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work." +003:018 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, + so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. +003:019 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. + Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, + so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man + has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. +003:020 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn + to dust again. +003:021 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, + and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward + to the earth?" +003:022 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man + should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: + for who can bring him to see what will be after him? +004:001 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under + the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, + and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors + there was power; but they had no comforter. +004:002 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than + the living who are yet alive. +004:003 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, + who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. +004:004 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a + man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. +004:005 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. +004:006 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor + and chasing after wind. +004:007 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. +004:008 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. + There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes + satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive + my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is + a miserable business. +004:009 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward + for their labor. +004:010 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe + to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another + to lift him up. +004:011 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can + one keep warm alone? +004:012 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; + and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. +004:013 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king + who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more. +004:014 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his + kingdom he was born poor. +004:015 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were + with the youth, the other, who succeeded him. +004:016 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom + he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. + Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind. +005:001 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near + to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, + for they don't know that they do evil. +005:002 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be + hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, + and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. +005:003 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's + speech with a multitude of words. +005:004 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has + no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. +005:005 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow + and not pay. +005:006 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. + Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. + Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work + of your hands? +005:007 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well + as in many words: but you must fear God. +005:008 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking + away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel + at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; + and there are officials over them. +005:009 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits + from the field. +005:010 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; + nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. +005:011 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; + and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast + on them with his eyes? +005:012 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; + but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. +005:013 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: + wealth kept by its owner to his harm. +005:014 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, + there is nothing in his hand. +005:015 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go + again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, + which he may carry away in his hand. +005:016 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, + so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors + for the wind? +005:017 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, + and has sickness and wrath. +005:018 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for + one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, + in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life + which God has given him; for this is his portion. +005:019 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, + and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, + and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God. +005:020 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; + because God occupies him with the joy of his heart. +006:001 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it + is heavy on men: +006:002 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, + so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, + yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. + This is vanity, and it is an evil disease. +006:003 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, + so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not + filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, + that an untimely birth is better than he: +006:004 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name + is covered with darkness. +006:005 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest + rather than the other. +006:006 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails + to enjoy good, don't all go to one place? +006:007 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite + is not filled. +006:008 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? + What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living? +006:009 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. + This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. +006:010 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is + known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is + mightier than he. +006:011 For there are many words that create vanity. What does + that profit man? +006:012 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days + of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? + For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? +007:001 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death + better than the day of one's birth. +007:002 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go + to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, + and the living should take this to heart. +007:003 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face + the heart is made good. +007:004 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart + of fools is in the house of mirth. +007:005 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man + to hear the song of fools. +007:006 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter + of the fool. This also is vanity. +007:007 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe + destroys the understanding. +007:008 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. + The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. +007:009 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests + in the bosom of fools. +007:010 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" + For you do not ask wisely about this. +007:011 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent + for those who see the sun. +007:012 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; + but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves + the life of him who has it. +007:013 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, + which he has made crooked? +007:014 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of + adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side + with the other, to the end that man should not find out + anything after him. +007:015 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous + man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked + man who lives long in his evil-doing. +007:016 Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. + Why should you destroy yourself? +007:017 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die + before your time? +007:018 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from + that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come + forth from them all. +007:019 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers + who are in a city. +007:020 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good + and doesn't sin. +007:021 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you + hear your servant curse you; +007:022 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have + likewise cursed others. +007:023 All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" + but it was far from me. +007:024 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. + Who can find it out? +007:025 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, + and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know + that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness. +007:026 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares + and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall + escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her. +007:027 Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, + to find out the scheme; +007:028 which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: + one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among + all those have I not found. +007:029 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; + but they search for many schemes. +008:001 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of + a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness + of his face is changed. +008:002 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God. +008:003 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist + in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him, +008:004 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, + "What are you doing?" +008:005 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, + and his wise heart will know the time and procedure. +008:006 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, + although the misery of man is heavy on him. +008:007 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him + how it will be? +008:008 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain + the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. + There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver + those who practice it. +008:009 All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is + done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has + power over another to his hurt. +008:010 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. + They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. + This also is vanity. +008:011 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, + therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them + to do evil. +008:012 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, + yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, + who are reverent before him. +008:013 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall + he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God. +008:014 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there + are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work + of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom + it happens according to the work of the righteous. + I said that this also is vanity. +008:015 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing + under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: + for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his + life which God has given him under the sun. +008:016 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business + that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither + day nor night sees sleep with his eyes), +008:017 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out + the work that is done under the sun, because however + much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. + Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, + he won't be able to find it. +009:001 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: + that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand + of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; + all is before them. +009:002 All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous + and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, + to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. + As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, + as he who fears an oath. +009:003 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there + is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men + is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, + and after that they go to the dead. +009:004 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; + for a living dog is better than a dead lion. +009:005 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't + know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; + for the memory of them is forgotten. +009:006 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; + neither have they any more a portion forever in anything + that is done under the sun. +009:007 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine + with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. +009:008 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your + head lack oil. +009:009 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of + your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, + all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, + and in your labor in which you labor under the sun. +009:010 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; + for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, + in Sheol, where you are going. +009:011 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, + nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, + nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men + of skill; but time and chance happen to them all. +009:012 For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken + in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, + even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it + falls suddenly on them. +009:013 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it + seemed great to me. +009:014 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king + came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. +009:015 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom + delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. +009:016 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor + man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. +009:017 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry + of him who rules among fools. +009:018 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner + destroys much good. +010:001 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; + so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. +010:002 A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart + at his left. +010:003 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding + fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool. +010:004 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave + your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest. +010:005 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort + of error which proceeds from the ruler. +010:006 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. +010:007 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants + on the earth. +010:008 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through + a wall may be bitten by a snake. +010:009 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. + Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby. +010:010 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, + then he must use more strength; but skill brings success. +010:011 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit + for the charmer's tongue. +010:012 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool + is swallowed by his own lips. +010:013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; + and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. +010:014 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; + and that which will be after him, who can tell him? +010:015 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't + know how to go to the city. +010:016 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes + eat in the morning! +010:017 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, + and your princes eat in due season, for strength, + and not for drunkenness! +010:018 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness + of the hands the house leaks. +010:019 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; + and money is the answer for all things. +010:020 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse + the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the sky may carry + your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter. +011:001 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it + after many days. +011:002 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't + know what evil will be on the earth. +011:003 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; + and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, + in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be. +011:004 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards + the clouds won't reap. +011:005 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones + grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't + know the work of God who does all. +011:006 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold + your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this + or that, or whether they both will be equally good. +011:007 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes + to see the sun. +011:008 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; + but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. + All that comes is vanity. +011:009 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you + in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, + and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these + things God will bring you into judgment. +011:010 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil + from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. +012:001 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, + before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you + will say, "I have no pleasure in them;" +012:002 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, + and the clouds return after the rain; +012:003 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, + and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders + cease because they are few, and those who look out of the + windows are darkened, +012:004 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound + of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice + of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; +012:005 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; + and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall + be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his + everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: +012:006 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, + or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken + at the cistern, +012:007 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit + returns to God who gave it. +012:008 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher. All is vanity! +012:009 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught + the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set + in order many proverbs. +012:010 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that + which was written blamelessly, words of truth. +012:011 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails + well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, + which are given from one shepherd. +012:012 Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there + is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. +012:013 This is the end of the matter. 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