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[1]KeepH8104[H8798] thy footH7272 when thou goestH3212[H8799] to the houseH1004 of GodH430, and be more readyH7138 to hearH8085[H8800], than to giveH5414[H8800] the sacrificeH2077 of foolsH3684: for they considerH3045[H8802] not that they doH6213[H8800] evilH7451.
[2]Be not rashH926[H8762] with thy mouthH6310, and let not thine heartH3820 be hastyH4116[H8762] to utterH3318[H8687] any thingH1697 beforeH6440 GodH430: for GodH430 is in heavenH8064, and thou upon earthH776: therefore let thy wordsH1697 be fewH4592.
[3]For a dreamH2472 comethH935[H8802] through the multitudeH7230 of businessH6045; and a fool'sH3684 voiceH6963 is known by multitudeH7230 of wordsH1697.
[4]When thou vowestH5087[H8799] a vowH5088 unto GodH430, deferH309[H8762] not to payH7999[H8763] it; for he hath no pleasureH2656 in foolsH3684: payH7999[H8761] that which thou hast vowedH5087.[H8799]
[5]BetterH2896 is it that thou shouldest not vowH5087[H8799], than that thou shouldest vowH5087[H8799] and not payH7999.[H8762]
[6]SufferH5414[H8799] not thy mouthH6310 to cause thy fleshH1320 to sinH2398[H8687]; neither sayH559[H8799] thou beforeH6440 the angelH4397, that it was an errorH7684: wherefore should GodH430 be angryH7107[H8799] at thy voiceH6963, and destroyH2254[H8765] the workH4639 of thine handsH3027?
[7]For in the multitudeH7230 of dreamsH2472 and manyH7235[H8687] wordsH1697 there are also divers vanitiesH1892: but fearH3372[H8798] thou GodH430.
[8]If thou seestH7200[H8799] the oppressionH6233 of the poorH7326[H8802], and violentH1499 perverting of judgmentH4941 and justiceH6664 in a provinceH4082, marvelH8539[H8799] not at the matterH2656: for he that is higherH1364 than the highestH1364 regardethH8104[H8802]; and there be higherH1364 than theyH5921.
[9]Moreover the profitH3504 of the earthH776 is for all: the kingH4428 himself is servedH5647[H8738] by the fieldH7704.
[10]He that lovethH157[H8802] silverH3701 shall not be satisfiedH7646[H8799] with silverH3701; nor he that lovethH157[H8802] abundanceH1995 with increaseH8393: this is also vanityH1892.
[11]When goodsH2896 increaseH7235[H8800], they are increasedH7231[H8804] that eatH398[H8802] them: and what goodH3788 is there to the ownersH1167 thereof, savingH518 the beholdingH7207[H8675][H7212][H8801] of them with their eyesH5869?
[12]The sleepH8142 of a labouring manH5647[H8802] is sweetH4966, whether he eatH398[H8799] littleH4592 or muchH7235[H8687]: but the abundanceH7647 of the richH6223 will not sufferH3240[H8688] him to sleepH3462.[H8800]
[13]There isH3426 a soreH2470[H8802] evilH7451 which I have seenH7200[H8804] under the sunH8121, namely, richesH6239 keptH8104[H8803] for the ownersH1167 thereof to their hurtH7451.
[14]But those richesH6239 perishH6[H8804] by evilH7451 travailH6045: and he begettethH3205[H8689] a sonH1121, and there is nothingH3972 in his handH3027.
[15]As he came forthH3318[H8804] of his mother'sH517 wombH990, nakedH6174 shall he returnH7725[H8799] to goH3212[H8800] as he cameH935[H8804], and shall takeH5375[H8799] nothingH3972 of his labourH5999, which he may carry awayH3212[H8686] in his handH3027.
[16]And thisH2090 also is a soreH2470[H8802] evilH7451, that in all pointsH5980 as he cameH935[H8804], so shall he goH3212[H8799]: and what profitH3504 hath he that hath labouredH5998[H8799] for the windH7307?
[17]All his daysH3117 also he eatethH398[H8799] in darknessH2822, and he hath muchH7235[H8687] sorrowH3707[H8804] and wrathH7110 with his sicknessH2483.
[18]Behold that which I have seenH7200[H8804]: it is goodH2896 and comelyH3303 for one to eatH398[H8800] and to drinkH8354[H8800], and to enjoyH7200[H8800] the goodH2896 of all his labourH5999 that he takethH5998[H8799] under the sunH8121 allH4557 the daysH3117 of his lifeH2416, which GodH430 givethH5414[H8804] him: for it is his portionH2506.
[19]Every manH120 also to whom GodH430 hath givenH5414[H8804] richesH6239 and wealthH5233, and hath given him powerH7980[H8689] to eatH398[H8800] thereof, and to takeH5375[H8800] his portionH2506, and to rejoiceH8055[H8800] in his labourH5999; thisH2090 is the giftH4991 of GodH430.
[20]For he shall not muchH7235[H8687] rememberH2142[H8799] the daysH3117 of his lifeH2416; because GodH430 answerethH6031[H8688] him in the joyH8057 of his heartH3820.
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