,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  with the help of ,derek        
,andrew's text from ,january #aiib  and 
the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november 
#bjjb4            ,book #ba             
,ecclesiastes    #ba3jja3jja ,the words 
of the ,preacher1 the son of ,david1    
king in             ,jerusalem4         
#ba3jja3jjb ,vanity of vanities1 saith  
the ,preacher1 vanity of vanities2      
all is vanity4    #ba3jja3jjc ,what     
profit hath a man of all his labour     
which he taketh under             the   
sun8    #ba3jja3jjd ,one generation     
passeth away1 and another generation    
cometh3             but the earth       
abideth for ever4    #ba3jja3jje ,the   
sun also ariseth1 and the sun goeth     
down1 and hasteth to             his    
place where he arose4    #ba3jja3jjf    
,the wind goeth toward the south1 and   
turneth about unto the                  
north2 it whirleth about continually1   
and the wind returneth             again
 according to his circuits4             

#ba3jja3jjg ,all the rivers run into the
 sea2 yet the sea is not full2 unto     
the place from whence the rivers come1  
thither they return             again4  
#ba3jja3jjh ,all things are full of     
labour2 man cannot utter it3 the eye is 
not satisfied with seeing1 nor the ear  
filled with hearing4    #ba3jja3jji ,the
 thing that hath been1 it is that which 
shall be2 and that             which is 
done is that which shall be done3 and   
there is no new             thing under 
the sun4    #ba3jja3jaj ,is there any   
thing whereof it may be said1 ,see1 this
 is new8             it hath been       
already of old time1 which was before   
us4    #ba3jja3jaa ,there is no         
remembrance of former things2 neither   
shall there             be any          
remembrance of things that are to come  
with those that             shall come  
after4    #ba3jja3jab ,i the ,preacher  
was king over ,israel in ,jerusalem4    
#ba3jja3jac ,and ,i gave my heart to    
seek and search out by wisdom           

concerning all things that are done     
under heaven3 this sore                 
travail hath ,god given to the sons of  
man to be exercised                     
therewith4    #ba3jja3jad ,i have seen  
all the works that are done under the   
sun2 and1             behold1 all is    
vanity and vexation of spirit4          
#ba3jja3jae ,that which is crooked      
cannot be made straight3 and that which 
is wanting cannot be numbered4          
#ba3jja3jaf ,i communed with mine own   
heart1 saying1 ,lo1 ,i am come to great 
estate1 and have gotten more wisdom than
 all they that have             been    
before me in ,jerusalem3 yea1 my heart  
had great             experience of     
wisdom and knowledge4    #ba3jja3jag    
,and ,i gave my heart to know wisdom1   
and to know madness and                 
folly3 ,i perceived that this also is   
vexation of spirit4    #ba3jja3jah ,for 
in much wisdom is much grief3 and he    
that increaseth             knowledge   
increaseth sorrow4    #ba3jjb3jja ,i    

said in mine heart1 ,go to now1 ,i will 
prove thee with mirth1                  
therefore enjoy pleasure3 and1 behold1  
this also is vanity4    #ba3jjb3jjb ,i  
said of laughter1 ,it is mad3 and of    
mirth1 ,what doeth it8    #ba3jjb3jjc ,i
 sought in mine heart to give myself    
unto wine1 yet             acquainting  
mine heart with wisdom2 and to lay hold 
on folly1             till ,i might see 
what was that good for the sons of men1 
which             they should do under  
the heaven all the days of their life4  
#ba3jjb3jjd ,i made me great works2 ,i  
builded me houses2 ,i planted me        
vineyards3    #ba3jjb3jje ,i made me    
gardens and orchards1 and ,i planted    
trees in them of             all kind of
 fruits3    #ba3jjb3jjf ,i made me pools
 of water1 to water therewith the wood  
that             bringeth forth trees3  
#ba3jjb3jjg ,i got me servants and      
maidens1 and had servants born in my    
house2 also ,i had great possessions of 
great and small cattle             above

 all that were in ,jerusalem before me3 
#ba3jjb3jjh ,i gathered me also silver  
and gold1 and the peculiar treasure     
of kings and of the provinces3 ,i gat me
 men singers and women                  
singers1 and the delights of the sons of
 men1 as musical                        
instruments1 and that of all sorts4     
#ba3jjb3jji ,so ,i was great1 and       
increased more than all that were before
             me in ,jerusalem3 also my  
wisdom remained with me4    #ba3jjb3jaj 
,and whatsoever mine eyes desired ,i    
kept not from them1 ,i                  
withheld not my heart from any joy2 for 
my heart rejoiced in             all my 
labour3 and this was my portion of all  
my labour4    #ba3jjb3jaa ,then ,i      
looked on all the works that my hands   
had wrought1 and             on the     
labour that ,i had laboured to do3 and1 
behold1 all was             vanity and  
vexation of spirit1 and there was no    
profit under             the sun4       
#ba3jjb3jab ,and ,i turned myself to    

behold wisdom1 and madness1 and folly3  
for what can the man do that cometh     
after the king8 even that               
which hath been already done4           
#ba3jjb3jac ,then ,i saw that wisdom    
excelleth folly1 as far as light        
excelleth darkness4    #ba3jjb3jad ,the 
wise man's eyes are in his head2 but the
 fool walketh in             darkness3  
and ,i myself perceived also that one   
event happeneth             to them all4
    #ba3jjb3jae ,then said ,i in my     
heart1 ,as it happeneth to the fool1 so 
it             happeneth even to me2 and
 why was ,i then more wise8 ,then ,i    
said in my heart1 that this also is     
vanity4    #ba3jjb3jaf ,for there is no 
remembrance of the wise more than of the
 fool             for ever2 seeing that 
which now is in the days to come shall  
all be forgotten4 ,and how dieth the    
wise man8 as the fool4    #ba3jjb3jag   
,therefore ,i hated life2 because the   
work that is wrought under              
the sun is grievous unto me3 for all is 

vanity and vexation of                  
spirit4    #ba3jjb3jah ,yea1 ,i hated   
all my labour which ,i had taken under  
the sun3             because ,i should  
leave it unto the man that shall be     
after me4    #ba3jjb3jai ,and who       
knoweth whether he shall be a wise man  
or a fool8 yet             shall he have
 rule over all my labour wherein ,i have
 laboured1             and wherein ,i   
have shewed myself wise under the sun4  
,this is             also vanity4       
#ba3jjb3jbj ,therefore ,i went about to 
cause my heart to despair of all the    
labour which ,i took under the sun4     
#ba3jjb3jba ,for there is a man whose   
labour is in wisdom1 and in             
knowledge1 and in equity2 yet to a man  
that hath not laboured                  
therein shall he leave it for his       
portion4 ,this also is vanity           
and a great evil4    #ba3jjb3jbb ,for   
what hath man of all his labour1 and of 
the vexation of             his heart1  
wherein he hath laboured under the sun8 

#ba3jjb3jbc ,for all his days are       
sorrows1 and his travail grief2 yea1 his
             heart taketh not rest in   
the night4 ,this is also vanity4        
#ba3jjb3jbd ,there is nothing better for
 a man1 than that he should eat and     
drink1 and that he should make his soul 
enjoy good in his             labour4   
,this also ,i saw1 that it was from the 
hand of ,god4    #ba3jjb3jbe ,for who   
can eat1 or who else can hasten         
hereunto1 more than ,i8    #ba3jjb3jbf  
,for ,god giveth to a man that is good  
in his sight wisdom1 and                
knowledge1 and joy3 but to the sinner he
 giveth travail1 to             gather  
and to heap up1 that he may give to him 
that is good             before ,god4   
,this also is vanity and vexation of    
spirit4    #ba3jjc3jja ,to every thing  
there is a season1 and a time to every  
purpose             under the heaven3   
#ba3jjc3jjb ,a time to be born1 and a   
time to die2 a time to plant1 and a     
time to pluck up that which is planted2 

#ba3jjc3jjc ,a time to kill1 and a time 
to heal2 a time to break down1 and      
a time to build up2    #ba3jjc3jjd ,a   
time to weep1 and a time to laugh2 a    
time to mourn1 and a             time to
 dance2    #ba3jjc3jje ,a time to cast  
away stones1 and a time to gather stones
             together2 a time to        
embrace1 and a time to refrain from     
embracing2    #ba3jjc3jjf ,a time to    
get1 and a time to lose2 a time to keep1
 and a time             to cast away2   
#ba3jjc3jjg ,a time to rend1 and a time 
to sew2 a time to keep silence1 and     
a time to speak2    #ba3jjc3jjh ,a time 
to love1 and a time to hate2 a time of  
war1 and a time             of peace4   
#ba3jjc3jji ,what profit hath he that   
worketh in that wherein he laboureth8   
#ba3jjc3jaj ,i have seen the travail1   
which ,god hath given to the sons of    
men to be exercised in it4              
#ba3jjc3jaa ,he hath made every thing   
beautiful in his time3 also he hath     
set the world in their heart1 so that no

 man can find out the             work  
that ,god maketh from the beginning to  
the end4    #ba3jjc3jab ,i know that    
there is no good in them1 but for a man 
to             rejoice1 and to do good  
in his life4    #ba3jjc3jac ,and also   
that every man should eat and drink1 and
 enjoy the             good of all his  
labour1 it is the gift of ,god4         
#ba3jjc3jad ,i know that1 whatsoever    
,god doeth1 it shall be for ever3       
nothing can be put to it1 nor any thing 
taken from it3 and ,god                 
doeth it1 that men should fear before   
him4    #ba3jjc3jae ,that which hath    
been is now2 and that which is to be    
hath             already been2 and ,god 
requireth that which is past4           
#ba3jjc3jaf ,and moreover ,i saw under  
the sun the place of judgment1 that     
wickedness was there2 and the place of  
righteousness1 that             iniquity
 was there4    #ba3jjc3jag ,i said in   
mine heart1 ,god shall judge the        
righteous and the             wicked3   

for there is a time there for every     
purpose and for             every work4 
#ba3jjc3jah ,i said in mine heart       
concerning the estate of the sons of    
men1             that ,god might        
manifest them1 and that they might see  
that             they themselves are    
beasts4    #ba3jjc3jai ,for that which  
befalleth the sons of men befalleth     
beasts2             even one thing      
befalleth them3 as the one dieth1 so    
dieth the             other2 yea1 they  
have all one breath2 so that a man hath 
no             preeminence above a      
beast3 for all is vanity4    #ba3jjc3jbj
 ,all go unto one place2 all are of the 
dust1 and all turn to             dust  
again4    #ba3jjc3jba ,who knoweth the  
spirit of man that goeth upward1 and the
             spirit of the beast that   
goeth downward to the earth8            
#ba3jjc3jbb ,wherefore ,i perceive that 
there is nothing better1 than that a    
man should rejoice in his own works2 for
 that is his portion3             for   

who shall bring him to see what shall be
 after him8    #ba3jjd3jja ,so ,i       
returned1 and considered all the        
oppressions that are             done   
under the sun3 and behold the tears of  
such as were             oppressed1 and 
they had no comforter2 and on the side  
of their             oppressors there   
was power2 but they had no comforter4   
#ba3jjd3jjb ,wherefore ,i praised the   
dead which are already dead more than   
the living which are yet alive4         
#ba3jjd3jjc ,yea1 better is he than both
 they1 which hath not yet been1 who     
hath not seen the evil work that is done
 under the sun4    #ba3jjd3jjd ,again1  
,i considered all travail1 and every    
right work1 that             for this a 
man is envied of his neighbour4 ,this is
 also vanity             and vexation of
 spirit4    #ba3jjd3jje ,the fool       
foldeth his hands together1 and eateth  
his own flesh4    #ba3jjd3jjf ,better is
 an handful with quietness1 than both   
the hands full             with travail 

and vexation of spirit4    #ba3jjd3jjg  
,then ,i returned1 and ,i saw vanity    
under the sun4    #ba3jjd3jjh ,there is 
one alone1 and there is not a second2   
yea1 he hath             neither child  
nor brother3 yet is there no end of all 
his             labour2 neither is his  
eye satisfied with riches2 neither      
saith he1 ,for whom do ,i labour1 and   
bereave my soul of good8                
,this is also vanity1 yea1 it is a sore 
travail4    #ba3jjd3jji ,two are better 
than one2 because they have a good      
reward for             their labour4    
#ba3jjd3jaj ,for if they fall1 the one  
will lift up his fellow3 but woe to     
him that is alone when he falleth2 for  
he hath not another to             help 
him up4    #ba3jjd3jaa ,again1 if two   
lie together1 then they have heat3 but  
how can             one be warm alone8  
#ba3jjd3jab ,and if one prevail against 
him1 two shall withstand him2 and a     
threefold cord is not quickly broken4   
#ba3jjd3jac ,better is a poor and a wise

 child than an old and foolish          
king1 who will no more be admonished4   
#ba3jjd3jad ,for out of prison he cometh
 to reign2 whereas also he that is      
born in his kingdom becometh poor4      
#ba3jjd3jae ,i considered all the living
 which walk under the sun1 with the     
second child that shall stand up in his 
stead4    #ba3jjd3jaf ,there is no end  
of all the people1 even of all that have
 been             before them3 they also
 that come after shall not rejoice in   
him4 ,surely this also is vanity and    
vexation of spirit4    #ba3jje3jja ,keep
 thy foot when thou goest to the house  
of ,god1 and be more             ready  
to hear1 than to give the sacrifice of  
fools3 for they             consider not
 that they do evil4    #ba3jje3jjb ,be  
not rash with thy mouth1 and let not    
thine heart be hasty             to     
utter any thing before ,god3 for ,god is
 in heaven1 and thou             upon   
earth3 therefore let thy words be few4  
#ba3jje3jjc ,for a dream cometh through 

the multitude of business2 and a        
fool's voice is known by multitude of   
words4    #ba3jje3jjd ,when thou vowest 
a vow unto ,god1 defer not to pay it2   
for he             hath no pleasure in  
fools3 pay that which thou hast vowed4  
#ba3jje3jje ,better is it that thou     
shouldest not vow1 than that thou       
shouldest vow and not pay4              
#ba3jje3jjf ,suffer not thy mouth to    
cause thy flesh to sin2 neither say     
thou before the angel1 that it was an   
error3 wherefore should             ,god
 be angry at thy voice1 and destroy the 
work of thine             hands8        
#ba3jje3jjg ,for in the multitude of    
dreams and many words there are also    
divers vanities3 but fear thou ,god4    
#ba3jje3jjh ,if thou seest the          
oppression of the poor1 and violent     
perverting of judgment and justice in a 
province1 marvel not             at the 
matter3 for he that is higher than the  
highest             regardeth2 and there
 be higher than they4    #ba3jje3jji    

,moreover the profit of the earth is for
 all3 the king himself             is   
served by the field4    #ba3jje3jaj ,he 
that loveth silver shall not be         
satisfied with silver2 nor              
he that loveth abundance with increase3 
this is also vanity4    #ba3jje3jaa     
,when goods increase1 they are increased
 that eat them3 and             what    
good is there to the owners thereof1    
saving the beholding             of them
 with their eyes8    #ba3jje3jab ,the   
sleep of a labouring man is sweet1      
whether he eat little             or    
much3 but the abundance of the rich will
 not suffer him to             sleep4   
#ba3jje3jac ,there is a sore evil which 
,i have seen under the sun1 namely1     
riches kept for the owners thereof to   
their hurt4    #ba3jje3jad ,but those   
riches perish by evil travail3 and he   
begetteth a             son1 and there  
is nothing in his hand4    #ba3jje3jae  
,as he came forth of his mother's womb1 
naked shall he return             to go 

as he came1 and shall take nothing of   
his labour1 which             he may    
carry away in his hand4    #ba3jje3jaf  
,and this also is a sore evil1 that in  
all points as he came1             so   
shall he go3 and what profit hath he    
that hath laboured for             the  
wind8    #ba3jje3jag ,all his days also 
he eateth in darkness1 and he hath much 
sorrow and wrath with his sickness4     
#ba3jje3jah ,behold that which ,i have  
seen3 it is good and comely for one     
to eat and to drink1 and to enjoy the   
good of all his labour             that 
he taketh under the sun all the days of 
his life1 which             ,god giveth 
him3 for it is his portion4             
#ba3jje3jai ,every man also to whom ,god
 hath given riches and wealth1 and      
hath given him power to eat thereof1 and
 to take his portion1             and to
 rejoice in his labour2 this is the gift
 of ,god4    #ba3jje3jbj ,for he shall  
not much remember the days of his life2 
because             ,god answereth him  

in the joy of his heart4    #ba3jjf3jja 
,there is an evil which ,i have seen    
under the sun1 and it is                
common among men3    #ba3jjf3jjb ,a man 
to whom ,god hath given riches1 wealth1 
and honour1 so             that he      
wanteth nothing for his soul of all that
 he desireth1             yet ,god      
giveth him not power to eat thereof1 but
 a stranger             eateth it3 this 
is vanity1 and it is an evil disease4   
#ba3jjf3jjc ,if a man beget an hundred  
children1 and live many years1 so       
that the days of his years be many1 and 
his soul be not filled             with 
good1 and also that he have no burial2  
,i say1 that an             untimely    
birth is better than he4    #ba3jjf3jjd 
,for he cometh in with vanity1 and      
departeth in darkness1 and              
his name shall be covered with darkness4
    #ba3jjf3jje ,moreover he hath not   
seen the sun1 nor known any thing3 this 
hath more rest than the other4          
#ba3jjf3jjf ,yea1 though he live a      

thousand years twice told1 yet hath he  
seen no good3 do not all go to one      
place8    #ba3jjf3jjg ,all the labour of
 man is for his mouth1 and yet the      
appetite             is not filled4     
#ba3jjf3jjh ,for what hath the wise more
 than the fool8 what hath the poor1     
that knoweth to walk before the living8 
#ba3jjf3jji ,better is the sight of the 
eyes than the wandering of the          
desire3 this is also vanity and vexation
 of spirit4    #ba3jjf3jaj ,that which  
hath been is named already1 and it is   
known that it             is man3       
neither may he contend with him that is 
mightier than             he4           
#ba3jjf3jaa ,seeing there be many things
 that increase vanity1 what is man      
the better8    #ba3jjf3jab ,for who     
knoweth what is good for man in this    
life1 all the             days of his   
vain life which he spendeth as a shadow8
 for who             can tell a man what
 shall be after him under the sun8      
#ba3jjg3jja ,a good name is better than 

precious ointment2 and the day of       
death than the day of one's birth4      
#ba3jjg3jjb ,it is better to go to the  
house of mourning1 than to go to the    
house of feasting3 for that is the end  
of all men2 and the             living  
will lay it to his heart4    #ba3jjg3jjc
 ,sorrow is better than laughter3 for by
 the sadness of the                     
countenance the heart is made better4   
#ba3jjg3jjd ,the heart of the wise is in
 the house of mourning2 but the         
heart of fools is in the house of mirth4
    #ba3jjg3jje ,it is better to hear   
the rebuke of the wise1 than for a man  
to             hear the song of fools4  
#ba3jjg3jjf ,for as the crackling of    
thorns under a pot1 so is the laughter  
of the fool3 this also is vanity4       
#ba3jjg3jjg ,surely oppression maketh a 
wise man mad2 and a gift destroyeth     
the heart4    #ba3jjg3jjh ,better is the
 end of a thing than the beginning      
thereof3 and             the patient in 
spirit is better than the proud in      

spirit4    #ba3jjg3jji ,be not hasty in 
thy spirit to be angry3 for anger       
resteth in             the bosom of     
fools4    #ba3jjg3jaj ,say not thou1    
,what is the cause that the former days 
were             better than these8 for 
thou dost not enquire wisely concerning 
this4    #ba3jjg3jaa ,wisdom is good    
with an inheritance3 and by it there is 
profit             to them that see the 
sun4    #ba3jjg3jab ,for wisdom is a    
defence1 and money is a defence3 but the
             excellency of knowledge is1
 that wisdom giveth life to them        
that have it4    #ba3jjg3jac ,consider  
the work of ,god3 for who can make that 
straight1             which he hath made
 crooked8    #ba3jjg3jad ,in the day of 
prosperity be joyful1 but in the day of 
adversity consider3 ,god also hath set  
the one over against the                
other1 to the end that man should find  
nothing after him4    #ba3jjg3jae ,all  
things have ,i seen in the days of my   
vanity3 there is a             just man 

that perisheth in his righteousness1 and
 there is a             wicked man that 
prolongeth his life in his wickedness4  
#ba3jjg3jaf ,be not righteous over much2
 neither make thyself over wise3        
why shouldest thou destroy thyself8     
#ba3jjg3jag ,be not over much wicked1   
neither be thou foolish3 why            
shouldest thou die before thy time8     
#ba3jjg3jah ,it is good that thou       
shouldest take hold of this2 yea1 also  
from this withdraw not thine hand3 for  
he that feareth ,god             shall  
come forth of them all4    #ba3jjg3jai  
,wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than
 ten mighty men which             are in
 the city4    #ba3jjg3jbj ,for there is 
not a just man upon earth1 that doeth   
good1 and             sinneth not4      
#ba3jjg3jba ,also take no heed unto all 
words that are spoken2 lest thou        
hear thy servant curse thee3            
#ba3jjg3jbb ,for oftentimes also thine  
own heart knoweth that thou thyself     
likewise hast cursed others4            

#ba3jjg3jbc ,all this have ,i proved by 
wisdom3 ,i said1 ,i will be wise2 but   
it was far from me4    #ba3jjg3jbd ,that
 which is far off1 and exceeding deep1  
who can find it             out8        
#ba3jjg3jbe ,i applied mine heart to    
know1 and to search1 and to seek out    
wisdom1 and the reason of things1 and to
 know the wickedness             of     
folly1 even of foolishness and madness3 
#ba3jjg3jbf ,and ,i find more bitter    
than death the woman1 whose heart is    
snares and nets1 and her hands as bands3
 whoso pleaseth ,god             shall  
escape from her2 but the sinner shall be
 taken by her4    #ba3jjg3jbg ,behold1  
this have ,i found1 saith the preacher1 
counting one by             one1 to find
 out the account3    #ba3jjg3jbh ,which 
yet my soul seeketh1 but ,i find not3   
one man among a             thousand    
have ,i found2 but a woman among all    
those have ,i not             found4    
#ba3jjg3jbi ,lo1 this only have ,i      
found1 that ,god hath made man upright2 

but they have sought out many           
inventions4    #ba3jjh3jja ,who is as   
the wise man8 and who knoweth the       
interpretation of             a thing8 a
 man's wisdom maketh his face to shine1 
and the             boldness of his face
 shall be changed4    #ba3jjh3jjb ,i    
counsel thee to keep the king's         
commandment1 and that in                
regard of the oath of ,god4             
#ba3jjh3jjc ,be not hasty to go out of  
his sight3 stand not in an evil         
thing2 for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth 
him4    #ba3jjh3jjd ,where the word of a
 king is1 there is power3 and who may   
say             unto him1 ,what doest   
thou8    #ba3jjh3jje ,whoso keepeth the 
commandment shall feel no evil thing3   
and a             wise man's heart      
discerneth both time and judgment4      
#ba3jjh3jjf ,because to every purpose   
there is time and judgment1 therefore   
the misery of man is great upon him4    
#ba3jjh3jjg ,for he knoweth not that    
which shall be3 for who can tell him    

when it shall be8    #ba3jjh3jjh ,there 
is no man that hath power over the      
spirit to retain the             spirit2
 neither hath he power in the day of    
death3 and there             is no      
discharge in that war2 neither shall    
wickedness deliver             those    
that are given to it4    #ba3jjh3jji    
,all this have ,i seen1 and applied my  
heart unto every work             that  
is done under the sun3 there is a time  
wherein one man             ruleth over 
another to his own hurt4    #ba3jjh3jaj 
,and so ,i saw the wicked buried1 who   
had come and gone from the              
place of the holy1 and they were        
forgotten in the city where             
they had so done3 this is also vanity4  
#ba3jjh3jaa ,because sentence against an
 evil work is not executed              
speedily1 therefore the heart of the    
sons of men is fully set             in 
them to do evil4    #ba3jjh3jab ,though 
a sinner do evil an hundred times1 and  
his days be             prolonged1 yet  

surely ,i know that it shall be well    
with them             that fear ,god1   
which fear before him3    #ba3jjh3jac   
,but it shall not be well with the      
wicked1 neither shall he                
prolong his days1 which are as a shadow2
 because he feareth             not     
before ,god4    #ba3jjh3jad ,there is a 
vanity which is done upon the earth2    
that there be             just men1 unto
 whom it happeneth according to the work
 of the             wicked2 again1 there
 be wicked men1 to whom it happeneth    
according to the work of the righteous3 
,i said that this also             is   
vanity4    #ba3jjh3jae ,then ,i         
commended mirth1 because a man hath no  
better thing             under the sun1 
than to eat1 and to drink1 and to be    
merry3 for             that shall abide 
with him of his labour the days of his  
life1             which ,god giveth him 
under the sun4    #ba3jjh3jaf ,when ,i  
applied mine heart to know wisdom1 and  
to see the             business that is 

done upon the earth3 7for also there is 
that             neither day nor night  
seeth sleep with his eyes37             
#ba3jjh3jag ,then ,i beheld all the work
 of ,god1 that a man cannot find out    
the work that is done under the sun3    
because though a man             labour 
to seek it out1 yet he shall not find   
it2 yea farther2             though a   
wise man think to know it1 yet shall he 
not be able             to find it4     
#ba3jji3jja ,for all this ,i considered 
in my heart even to declare all         
this1 that the righteous1 and the wise1 
and their works1 are             in the 
hand of ,god3 no man knoweth either love
 or hatred by             all that is   
before them4    #ba3jji3jjb ,all things 
come alike to all3 there is one event to
 the             righteous1 and to the  
wicked2 to the good and to the clean1   
and to the unclean2 to him that         
sacrificeth1 and to him that            
sacrificeth not3 as is the good1 so is  
the sinner2 and he that                 

sweareth1 as he that feareth an oath4   
#ba3jji3jjc ,this is an evil among all  
things that are done under the sun1     
that there is one event unto all3 yea1  
also the heart of the             sons  
of men is full of evil1 and madness is  
in their heart             while they   
live1 and after that they go to the     
dead4    #ba3jji3jjd ,for to him that is
 joined to all the living there is hope3
 for             a living dog is better 
than a dead lion4    #ba3jji3jje ,for   
the living know that they shall die3 but
 the dead know not             any      
thing1 neither have they any more a     
reward2 for the memory             of   
them is forgotten4    #ba3jji3jjf ,also 
their love1 and their hatred1 and their 
envy1 is now             perished2      
neither have they any more a portion for
 ever in any             thing that is  
done under the sun4    #ba3jji3jjg ,go  
thy way1 eat thy bread with joy1 and    
drink thy wine with a             merry 
heart2 for ,god now accepteth thy works4

    #ba3jji3jjh ,let thy garments be    
always white2 and let thy head lack no  
ointment4    #ba3jji3jji ,live joyfully 
with the wife whom thou lovest all the  
days of             the life of thy     
vanity1 which he hath given thee under  
the             sun1 all the days of thy
 vanity3 for that is thy portion in     
this life1 and in thy labour which thou 
takest under the sun4    #ba3jji3jaj    
,whatsoever thy hand findeth to do1 do  
it with thy might2 for             there
 is no work1 nor device1 nor knowledge1 
nor wisdom1 in             the grave1   
whither thou goest4    #ba3jji3jaa ,i   
returned1 and saw under the sun1 that   
the race is not to the                  
swift1 nor the battle to the strong1    
neither yet bread to the                
wise1 nor yet riches to men of          
understanding1 nor yet favour           
to men of skill2 but time and chance    
happeneth to them all4    #ba3jji3jab   
,for man also knoweth not his time3 as  
the fishes that are             taken in

 an evil net1 and as the birds that are 
caught in the             snare2 so are 
the sons of men snared in an evil time1 
when it             falleth suddenly    
upon them4    #ba3jji3jac ,this wisdom  
have ,i seen also under the sun1 and it 
seemed             great unto me3       
#ba3jji3jad ,there was a little city1   
and few men within it2 and there came   
a great king against it1 and besieged   
it1 and built great             bulwarks
 against it3    #ba3jji3jae ,now there  
was found in it a poor wise man1 and he 
by his             wisdom delivered the 
city2 yet no man remembered that same   
poor man4    #ba3jji3jaf ,then said ,i1 
,wisdom is better than strength3        
nevertheless the             poor man's 
wisdom is despised1 and his words are   
not heard4    #ba3jji3jag ,the words of 
wise men are heard in quiet more than   
the cry of             him that ruleth  
among fools4    #ba3jji3jah ,wisdom is  
better than weapons of war3 but one     
sinner             destroyeth much good4

    #ba3jaj3jja ,dead flies cause the   
ointment of the apothecary to send forth
             a stinking savour3 so doth 
a little folly him that is in           
reputation for wisdom and honour4       
#ba3jaj3jjb ,a wise man's heart is at   
his right hand2 but a fool's heart at   
his left4    #ba3jaj3jjc ,yea also1 when
 he that is a fool walketh by the way1  
his             wisdom faileth him1 and 
he saith to every one that he is a      
fool4    #ba3jaj3jjd ,if the spirit of  
the ruler rise up against thee1 leave   
not thy             place2 for yielding 
pacifieth great offences4    #ba3jaj3jje
 ,there is an evil which ,i have seen   
under the sun1 as an error              
which proceedeth from the ruler3        
#ba3jaj3jjf ,folly is set in great      
dignity1 and the rich sit in low place4 
#ba3jaj3jjg ,i have seen servants upon  
horses1 and princes walking as          
servants upon the earth4    #ba3jaj3jjh 
,he that diggeth a pit shall fall into  
it2 and whoso breaketh             an   

hedge1 a serpent shall bite him4        
#ba3jaj3jji ,whoso removeth stones shall
 be hurt therewith2 and he that         
cleaveth wood shall be endangered       
thereby4    #ba3jaj3jaj ,if the iron be 
blunt1 and he do not whet the edge1 then
 must             he put to more        
strength3 but wisdom is profitable to   
direct4    #ba3jaj3jaa ,surely the      
serpent will bite without enchantment2  
and a             babbler is no better4 
#ba3jaj3jab ,the words of a wise man's  
mouth are gracious2 but the lips of     
a fool will swallow up himself4         
#ba3jaj3jac ,the beginning of the words 
of his mouth is foolishness3 and        
the end of his talk is mischievous      
madness4    #ba3jaj3jad ,a fool also is 
full of words3 a man cannot tell what   
shall be2             and what shall be 
after him1 who can tell him8            
#ba3jaj3jae ,the labour of the foolish  
wearieth every one of them1 because     
he knoweth not how to go to the city4   
#ba3jaj3jaf ,woe to thee1 ,o land1 when 

thy king is a child1 and thy princes    
eat in the morning6    #ba3jaj3jag      
,blessed art thou1 ,o land1 when thy    
king is the son of nobles1              
and thy princes eat in due season1 for  
strength1 and not for                   
drunkenness6    #ba3jaj3jah ,by much    
slothfulness the building decayeth2 and 
through             idleness of the     
hands the house droppeth through4       
#ba3jaj3jai ,a feast is made for        
laughter1 and wine maketh merry3 but    
money             answereth all things4 
#ba3jaj3jbj ,curse not the king1 no not 
in thy thought2 and curse not the       
rich in thy bedchamber3 for a bird of   
the air shall carry the                 
voice1 and that which hath wings shall  
tell the matter4    #ba3jaa3jja ,cast   
thy bread upon the waters3 for thou     
shalt find it after             many    
days4    #ba3jaa3jjb ,give a portion to 
seven1 and also to eight2 for thou      
knowest             not what evil shall 
be upon the earth4    #ba3jaa3jjc ,if   

the clouds be full of rain1 they empty  
themselves upon the             earth3  
and if the tree fall toward the south1  
or toward the             north1 in the 
place where the tree falleth1 there it  
shall be4    #ba3jaa3jjd ,he that       
observeth the wind shall not sow2 and he
 that             regardeth the clouds  
shall not reap4    #ba3jaa3jje ,as thou 
knowest not what is the way of the      
spirit1 nor how the             bones do
 grow in the womb of her that is with   
child3 even so             thou knowest 
not the works of ,god who maketh all4   
#ba3jaa3jjf ,in the morning sow thy     
seed1 and in the evening withhold not   
thine hand3 for thou knowest not whether
 shall prosper1 either             this 
or that1 or whether they both shall be  
alike good4    #ba3jaa3jjg ,truly the   
light is sweet1 and a pleasant thing it 
is for the             eyes to behold   
the sun3    #ba3jaa3jjh ,but if a man   
live many years1 and rejoice in them    
all2 yet let             him remember   

the days of darkness2 for they shall be 
many4 ,all             that cometh is   
vanity4    #ba3jaa3jji ,rejoice1 ,o     
young man1 in thy youth2 and let thy    
heart cheer             thee in the days
 of thy youth1 and walk in the ways of  
thine             heart1 and in the     
sight of thine eyes3 but know thou1 that
 for             all these things ,god  
will bring thee into judgment4          
#ba3jaa3jaj ,therefore remove sorrow    
from thy heart1 and put away evil from  
thy flesh3 for childhood and youth are  
vanity4    #ba3jab3jja ,remember now thy
 ,creator in the days of thy youth1     
while the             evil days come    
not1 nor the years draw nigh1 when thou 
shalt             say1 ,i have no       
pleasure in them2    #ba3jab3jjb ,while 
the sun1 or the light1 or the moon1 or  
the stars1 be not             darkened1 
nor the clouds return after the rain3   
#ba3jab3jjc ,in the day when the keepers
 of the house shall tremble1 and        
the strong men shall bow themselves1 and

 the grinders cease             because 
they are few1 and those that look out of
 the windows             be darkened1   
#ba3jab3jjd ,and the doors shall be shut
 in the streets1 when the sound of      
the grinding is low1 and he shall rise  
up at the voice of the             bird1
 and all the daughters of musick shall  
be brought low2    #ba3jab3jje ,also    
when they shall be afraid of that which 
is high1 and             fears shall be 
in the way1 and the almond tree shall   
flourish1             and the           
grasshopper shall be a burden1 and      
desire shall fail3             because  
man goeth to his long home1 and the     
mourners go about             the       
streets3    #ba3jab3jjf ,or ever the    
silver cord be loosed1 or the golden    
bowl be             broken1 or the      
pitcher be broken at the fountain1 or   
the wheel             broken at the     
cistern4    #ba3jab3jjg ,then shall the 
dust return to the earth as it was3 and 
the             spirit shall return unto

 ,god who gave it4    #ba3jab3jjh       
,vanity of vanities1 saith the preacher2
 all is vanity4    #ba3jab3jji ,and     
moreover1 because the preacher was wise1
 he still taught             the people 
knowledge2 yea1 he gave good heed1 and  
sought out1             and set in order
 many proverbs4    #ba3jab3jaj ,the     
preacher sought to find out acceptable  
words3 and that             which was   
written was upright1 even words of      
truth4    #ba3jab3jaa ,the words of the 
wise are as goads1 and as nails fastened
 by             the masters of          
assemblies1 which are given from one    
shepherd4    #ba3jab3jab ,and further1  
by these1 my son1 be admonished3 of     
making many             books there is  
no end2 and much study is a weariness of
 the             flesh4    #ba3jab3jac  
,let us hear the conclusion of the whole
 matter3 ,fear ,god1 and                
keep his commandments3 for this is the  
whole duty of man4    #ba3jab3jad ,for  
,god shall bring every work into        

judgment1 with every             secret 
thing1 whether it be good1 or whether it
 be evil4