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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. |
[1]Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. |
| [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. |
[2]Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. |
| [3]For a dreamH2472 comethH935[H8802] through the multitudeH7230 of businessH6045; and a fool'sH3684 voiceH6963 is known by multitudeH7230 of wordsH1697. |
[3]For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words. |
| [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] |
[4]When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete. |
| [5]BetterH2896 is it that thou shouldest not vowH5087[H8799], than that thou shouldest vowH5087[H8799] and not payH7999.[H8762] |
[5]Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete. |
| [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? |
[6]Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it [is] an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands? |
| [7]For in the multitudeH7230 of dreamsH2472 and manyH7235[H8687] wordsH1697 there are also divers vanitiesH1892: but fearH3372[H8798] thou GodH430. |
[7]For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God. |
| [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. |
[8]If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones [are] over them. |
| [9]Moreover the profitH3504 of the earthH776 is for all: the kingH4428 himself is servedH5647[H8738] by the fieldH7704. |
[9]And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served. |
| [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. |
[10]Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity. |
| [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? |
[11]In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes? |
| [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] |
[12]Sweet [is] the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep. |
| [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. |
[13]There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. |
| [14]But those richesH6239 perishH6[H8804] by evilH7451 travailH6045: and he begettethH3205[H8689] a sonH1121, and there is nothingH3972 in his handH3027. |
[14]And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand! |
| [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. |
[15]As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand. |
| [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? |
[16]And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind? |
| [17]All his daysH3117 also he eatethH398[H8799] in darknessH2822, and he hath muchH7235[H8687] sorrowH3707[H8804] and wrathH7110 with his sicknessH2483. |
[17]Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound. |
| [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. |
[18]Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion. |
| [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. |
[19]Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God. |
| [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. |
[20]For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart. |