#Ecclesiastes

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,… Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 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 that look out of the windows be darkened, {the grinders. [Read More]

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find… Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days{upon…: Heb. upon the face of the waters} Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty {themselves} upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. [Read More]

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to… Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: {so doth} a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom {and} honour{Dead…: Heb. Flies of death} A wise man's heart {is} at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth {him}, and he saith to every one {that} he {is} a fool. [Read More]

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare… For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, {are} in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred {by} all {that is} before them{I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart} All {things come} alike to all: {there is} one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as {is} the good, so {is} the sinner; {and} he that sweareth, as {he} that feareth an oath. [Read More]

Who {is} as the wise {man}? and who knoweth the interpretation… Who {is} as the wise {man}? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed{the boldness: Heb. the strength} I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment, and {that} in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. [Read More]

A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and… A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth{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 will lay {it} to his heart. Sorrow {is} better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. [Read More]

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and… There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it {is} common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this {is} vanity, and it {is} an evil diseaseIf a man beget an hundred {children}, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also {that} he have no burial; I say, {that} an untimely birth {is} better than he. [Read More]

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,… Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evilBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter {any} thing before God: for God {is} in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. [Read More]

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that… So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter{side: Heb. hand} Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. [Read More]

To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every… To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up {that which is} planted; {to be..: Heb. to bear} A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; {to refrain from: Heb. [Read More]