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[1]Who is as the wiseH2450 man? and who knowethH3045[H8802] the interpretationH6592 of a thingH1697? a man'sH120 wisdomH2451 maketh his faceH6440 to shineH215[H8686], and the boldnessH5797 of his faceH6440 shall be changedH8132.[H8792]
[2]I counsel thee to keepH8104[H8798] the king'sH4428 commandmentH6310, and that in regardH1700 of the oathH7621 of GodH430.
[3]Be not hastyH926[H8735] to go outH3212[H8799] of his sightH6440: standH5975[H8799] not in an evilH7451 thingH1697; for he doethH6213[H8799] whatsoever pleasethH2654 himH8799.
[4]Where the wordH1697 of a kingH4428 is, there is powerH7983: and who may sayH559[H8799] unto him, What doestH6213 thouH8799?
[5]Whoso keepethH8104[H8802] the commandmentH4687 shall feelH3045[H8799] no evilH7451 thingH1697: and a wise man'sH2450 heartH3820 discernethH3045[H8799] both timeH6256 and judgmentH4941.
[6]Because to every purposeH2656 there isH3426 timeH6256 and judgmentH4941, therefore the miseryH7451 of manH120 is great upon himH7227.
[7]For he knowethH3045[H8802] not that which shall be: for who can tellH5046 him when it shall beH8686?
[8]There is no manH120 that hath powerH7989 over the spiritH7307 to retainH3607[H8800] the spiritH7307; neither hath he powerH7983 in the dayH3117 of deathH4194: and there is no dischargeH4917 in that warH4421; neither shall wickednessH7562 deliverH4422[H8762] those that are given to itH1167.
[9]All this have I seenH7200[H8804], and appliedH5414[H8800] my heartH3820 unto every workH4639 that is doneH6213[H8738] under the sunH8121: there is a timeH6256 wherein one manH120 rulethH7980[H8804] over another to his own hurtH7451.
[10]And soH3651 I sawH7200[H8804] the wickedH7563 buriedH6912[H8803], who had comeH935[H8804] and goneH1980[H8762] from the placeH4725 of the holyH6918, and they were forgottenH7911[H8691] in the cityH5892 where they had so doneH6213[H8804]: this is also vanityH1892.
[11]Because sentenceH6599 against an evilH7451 workH4639 is not executedH6213[H8738] speedilyH4120, therefore the heartH3820 of the sonsH1121 of menH120 is fully setH4390[H8804] in them to doH6213[H8800] evilH7451.
[12]Though a sinnerH2398[H8802] doH6213[H8802] evilH7451 an hundred timesH3967, and his days be prolongedH748[H8688], yet surely I knowH3045[H8802] that it shall be wellH2896 with them that fearH3373 GodH430, which fearH3372[H8799] before himH6440:
[13]But it shall not be wellH2896 with the wickedH7563, neither shall he prolongH748[H8686] his daysH3117, which are as a shadowH6738; because he fearethH3373 not beforeH6440 GodH430.
[14]There isH3426 a vanityH1892 which is doneH6213[H8738] upon the earthH776; that there be justH6662 men, unto whom it happenethH5060[H8688] according to the workH4639 of the wickedH7563; again, there beH3426 wickedH7563 men, to whom it happenethH5060[H8688] according to the workH4639 of the righteousH6662: I saidH559[H8804] that this alsoH1571 is vanityH1892.
[15]Then I commendedH7623[H8765] mirthH8057, because a manH120 hath no better thingH2896 under the sunH8121, than to eatH398[H8800], and to drinkH8354[H8800], and to be merryH8055[H8800]: for that shall abideH3867[H8799] with him of his labourH5999 the daysH3117 of his lifeH2416, which GodH430 givethH5414[H8804] him under the sunH8121.
[16]When I appliedH5414[H8804] mine heartH3820 to knowH3045[H8800] wisdomH2451, and to seeH7200[H8800] the businessH6045 that is doneH6213[H8738] upon the earthH776: (for also there is that neither dayH3117 nor nightH3915 seethH7200[H8802] sleepH8142 with his eyesH5869:)
[17]Then I beheldH7200[H8804] all the workH4639 of GodH430, that a manH120 cannotH3201[H8799] find outH4672[H8800] the workH4639 that is doneH6213[H8738] under the sunH8121: becauseH834 thoughH7945 a manH120 labourH5998[H8799] to seek it outH1245[H8763], yet he shall not findH4672[H8799] it; yea further; though a wiseH2450 man thinkH559[H8799] to knowH3045[H8800] it, yet shall he not be ableH3201[H8799] to findH4672 itH8800.
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