,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #ba ,ecclesiastes #jja3jja ,the words of the ,preacher1 the son of ,david1 king in ,jerusalem3 #jja3jjb ,vanity of vanities1 says the ,preacher2 ,vanity of vanities1 all is vanity4 #jja3jjc ,what does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun8 #jja3jjd ,one generation goes1 and another generation comes2 but the earth remains forever4 #jja3jje ,the sun also rises1 and the sun goes down1 and hurries to its place where it rises4 #jja3jjf ,the wind goes toward the south1 and turns around to the north4 ,it turns around continually as it goes1 and the wind returns again to its courses4 #jja3jjg ,all the rivers run into the sea1 yet the sea is not full4 ,to the place where the rivers flow1 there they flow again4 #jja3jjh ,all things are full of weariness beyond uttering4 ,the eye is not satisfied with seeing1 nor the ear filled with hearing4 #jja3jji ,that which has been is that which shall be2 and that which has been done is that which shall be done3 and there is no new thing under the sun4 #jja3jaj ,is there a thing of which it may be said1 ,behold1 this is new8 ,it has been long ago1 in the ages which were before us4 #jja3jaa ,there is no memory of the former2 neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come1 among those that shall come after4 #jja3jab ,i1 the ,preacher1 was king over ,israel in ,jerusalem4 #jja3jac ,i applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky4 ,it is a heavy burden that ,god has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with4 #jja3jad ,i have seen all the works that are done under the sun2 and behold1 all is vanity and a chasing after wind4 #jja3jae ,that which is crooked can't be made straight2 and that which is lacking can't be counted4 #jja3jaf ,i said to myself1 ,behold1 ,i have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in ,jerusalem4 ,yes1 my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge4 #jja3jag ,i applied my heart to know wisdom1 and to know madness and folly4 ,i perceived that this also was a chasing after wind4 #jja3jah ,for in much wisdom is much grief2 and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow4 #jjb3jja ,i said in my heart1 ,come now1 ,i will test you with mirth3 therefore enjoy pleasure2 and behold1 this also was vanity4 #jjb3jjb ,i said of laughter1 ,it is foolishness2 and of mirth1 ,what does it accomplish8 #jjb3jjc ,i searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine1 my heart yet guiding me with wisdom1 and how to lay hold of folly1 until ,i might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives4 #jjb3jjd ,i made myself great works4 ,i built myself houses4 ,i planted myself vineyards4 #jjb3jje ,i made myself gardens and parks1 and ,i planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit4 #jjb3jjf ,i made myself pools of water1 to water from it the forest where trees were reared4 #jjb3jjg ,i bought male servants and female servants1 and had servants born in my house4 ,i also had great possessions of herds and flocks1 above all who were before me in ,jerusalem2 #jjb3jjh ,i also gathered silver and gold for myself1 and the treasure of kings and of the provinces4 ,i got myself male and female singers1 and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments1 and that of all sorts4 #jjb3jji ,so ,i was great1 and increased more than all who were before me in ,jerusalem4 ,my wisdom also remained with me4 #jjb3jaj ,whatever my eyes desired1 ,i didn't keep from them4 ,i didn't withhold my heart from any joy1 for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor1 and this was my portion from all my labor4 #jjb3jaa ,then ,i looked at all the works that my hands had worked1 and at the labor that ,i had labored to do2 and behold1 all was vanity and a chasing after wind1 and there was no profit under the sun4 #jjb3jab ,i turned myself to consider wisdom1 madness1 and folly3 for what can the king's successor do8 ,just that which has been done long ago4 #jjb3jac ,then ,i saw that wisdom excels folly1 as far as light excels darkness4 #jjb3jad ,the wise man's eyes are in his head1 and the fool walks in darkness-- and yet ,i perceived that one event happens to them all4 #jjb3jae ,then said ,i in my heart1 ,as it happens to the fool1 so will it happen even to me2 and why was ,i then more wise8 ,then said ,i in my heart that this also is vanity4 #jjb3jaf ,for of the wise man1 even as of the fool1 there is no memory for ever1 seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten4 ,indeed1 the wise man must die just like the fool6 #jjb3jag ,so ,i hated life1 because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me2 for all is vanity and a chasing after wind4 #jjb3jah ,i hated all my labor in which ,i labored under the sun1 seeing that ,i must leave it to the man who comes after me4 #jjb3jai ,who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool8 ,yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which ,i have labored1 and in which ,i have shown myself wise under the sun4 ,this also is vanity4 #jjb3jbj ,therefore ,i began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which ,i had labored under the sun4 #jjb3jba ,for there is a man whose labor is with wisdom1 with knowledge1 and with skillfulness2 yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it4 ,this also is vanity and a great evil4 #jjb3jbb ,for what has a man of all his labor1 and of the striving of his heart1 in which he labors under the sun8 #jjb3jbc ,for all his days are sorrows1 and his travail is grief2 yes1 even in the night his heart takes no rest4 ,this also is vanity4 #jjb3jbd ,there is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink1 and make his soul enjoy good in his labor4 ,this also ,i saw1 that it is from the hand of ,god4 #jjb3jbe ,for who can eat1 or who can have enjoyment1 more than ,i8 #jjb3jbf ,for to the man who pleases him1 ,god gives wisdom1 knowledge1 and joy2 but to the sinner he gives travail1 to gather and to heap up1 that he may give to him who pleases ,god4 ,this also is vanity and a chasing after wind4 #jjc3jja ,for everything there is a season1 and a time for every purpose under heaven3 #jjc3jjb a time to be born1 and a time to die2 a time to plant1 and a time to pluck up that which is planted2 #jjc3jjc a time to kill1 and a time to heal2 a time to break down1 and a time to build up2 #jjc3jjd a time to weep1 and a time to laugh2 a time to mourn1 and a time to dance2 #jjc3jje a time to cast away stones1 and a time to gather stones together2 a time to embrace1 and a time to refrain from embracing2 #jjc3jjf a time to seek1 and a time to lose2 a time to keep1 and a time to cast away2 #jjc3jjg a time to tear1 and a time to sew2 a time to keep silence1 and a time to speak2 #jjc3jjh a time to love1 and a time to hate2 a time for war1 and a time for peace4 #jjc3jji ,what profit has he who works in that in which he labors8 #jjc3jaj ,i have seen the burden which ,god has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with4 #jjc3jaa ,he has made everything beautiful in its time4 ,he has also set eternity in their hearts1 yet so that man can't find out the work that ,god has done from the beginning even to the end4 #jjc3jab ,i know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice1 and to do good as long as they live4 #jjc3jac ,also that every man should eat and drink1 and enjoy good in all his labor1 is the gift of ,god4 #jjc3jad ,i know that whatever ,god does1 it shall be forever4 ,nothing can be added to it1 nor anything taken from it2 and ,god has done it1 that men should fear before him4 #jjc3jae ,that which is has been long ago1 and that which is to be has been long ago3 and ,god seeks again that which is passed away4 #jjc3jaf ,moreover ,i saw under the sun1 in the place of justice1 that wickedness was there2 and in the place of righteousness1 that wickedness was there4 #jjc3jag ,i said in my heart1 ,god will judge the righteous and the wicked2 for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work4 #jjc3jah ,i said in my heart1 ,as for the sons of men1 ,god tests them1 so that they may see that they themselves are like animals4 #jjc3jai ,for that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals4 ,even one thing happens to them4 ,as the one dies1 so the other dies4 ,yes1 they have all one breath2 and man has no advantage over the animals3 for all is vanity4 #jjc3jbj ,all go to one place4 ,all are from the dust1 and all turn to dust again4 #jjc3jba ,who knows the spirit of man1 whether it goes upward1 and the spirit of the animal1 whether it goes downward to the earth8 #jjc3jbb ,therefore ,i saw that there is nothing better1 than that a man should rejoice in his works2 for that is his portion3 for who can bring him to see what will be after him8 #jjd3jja ,then ,i returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun3 and behold1 the tears of those who were oppressed1 and they had no comforter2 and on the side of their oppressors there was power2 but they had no comforter4 #jjd3jjb ,therefore ,i praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive4 #jjd3jjc ,yes1 better than them both is him who has not yet been1 who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun4 #jjd3jjd ,then ,i saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor4 ,this also is vanity and a striving after wind4 #jjd3jje ,the fool folds his hands together and ruins himself4 #jjd3jjf ,better is a handful1 with quietness1 than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind4 #jjd3jjg ,then ,i returned and saw vanity under the sun4 #jjd3jjh ,there is one who is alone1 and he has neither son nor brother4 ,there is no end to all of his labor1 neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth4 ,for whom then1 do ,i labor1 and deprive my soul of enjoyment8 ,this also is vanity1 yes1 it is a miserable business4 #jjd3jji ,two are better than one1 because they have a good reward for their labor4 #jjd3jaj ,for if they fall1 the one will lift up his fellow2 but woe to him who is alone when he falls1 and doesn't have another to lift him up4 #jjd3jaa ,again1 if two lie together1 then they have warmth2 but how can one keep warm alone8 #jjd3jab ,if a man prevails against one who is alone1 two shall withstand him2 and a threefold cord is not quickly broken4 #jjd3jac ,better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more4 #jjd3jad ,for out of prison he came forth to be king2 yes1 even in his kingdom he was born poor4 #jjd3jae ,i saw all the living who walk under the sun1 that they were with the youth1 the other1 who succeeded him4 #jjd3jaf ,there was no end of all the people1 even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him4 ,surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind4 #jje3jja ,guard your steps when you go to ,god's house2 for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools1 for they don't know that they do evil4 #jje3jjb ,don't be rash with your mouth1 and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before ,god2 for ,god is in heaven1 and you on earth4 ,therefore let your words be few4 #jje3jjc ,for as a dream comes with a multitude of cares1 so a fool's speech with a multitude of words4 #jje3jjd ,when you vow a vow to ,god1 don't defer to pay it2 for he has no pleasure in fools4 ,pay that which you vow4 #jje3jje ,it is better that you should not vow1 than that you should vow and not pay4 #jje3jjf ,don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin4 ,don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake4 ,why should ,god be angry at your voice1 and destroy the work of your hands8 #jje3jjg ,for in the multitude of dreams there are vanities1 as well as in many words3 but you must fear ,god4 #jje3jjh ,if you see the oppression of the poor1 and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district1 don't marvel at the matter3 for one official is eyed by a higher one2 and there are officials over them4 #jje3jji ,moreover the profit of the earth is for all4 ,the king profits from the field4 #jje3jaj ,he who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver2 nor he who loves abundance1 with increase3 this also is vanity4 #jje3jaa ,when goods increase1 those who eat them are increased2 and what advantage is there to its owner1 except to feast on them with his eyes8 #jje3jab ,the sleep of a laboring man is sweet1 whether he eats little or much2 but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep4 #jje3jac ,there is a grievous evil which ,i have seen under the sun3 wealth kept by its owner to his harm4 #jje3jad ,those riches perish by misfortune1 and if he has fathered a son1 there is nothing in his hand4 #jje3jae ,as he came forth from his mother's womb1 naked shall he go again as he came1 and shall take nothing for his labor1 which he may carry away in his hand4 #jje3jaf ,this also is a grievous evil1 that in all points as he came1 so shall he go4 ,and what profit does he have who labors for the wind8 #jje3jag ,all his days he also eats in darkness1 he is frustrated1 and has sickness and wrath4 #jje3jah ,behold1 that which ,i have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink1 and to enjoy good in all his labor1 in which he labors under the sun1 all the days of his life which ,god has given him2 for this is his portion4 #jje3jai ,every man also to whom ,god has given riches and wealth1 and has given him power to eat of it1 and to take his portion1 and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of ,god4 #jje3jbj ,for he shall not often reflect on the days of his life2 because ,god occupies him with the joy of his heart4 #jjf3jja ,there is an evil which ,i have seen under the sun1 and it is heavy on men3 #jjf3jjb a man to whom ,god gives riches1 wealth1 and honor1 so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires1 yet ,god gives him no power to eat of it1 but an alien eats it4 ,this is vanity1 and it is an evil disease4 #jjf3jjc ,if a man fathers a hundred children1 and lives many years1 so that the days of his years are many1 but his soul is not filled with good1 and moreover he has no burial2 ,i say1 that an untimely birth is better than he3 #jjf3jjd for it comes in vanity1 and departs in darkness1 and its name is covered with darkness4 #jjf3jje ,moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it4 ,this has rest rather than the other4 #jjf3jjf ,yes1 though he live a thousand years twice told1 and yet fails to enjoy good1 don't all go to one place8 #jjf3jjg ,all the labor of man is for his mouth1 and yet the appetite is not filled4 #jjf3jjh ,for what advantage has the wise more than the fool8 ,what has the poor man1 that knows how to walk before the living8 #jjf3jji ,better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire4 ,this also is vanity and a chasing after wind4 #jjf3jaj ,whatever has been1 its name was given long ago2 and it is known what man is2 neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he4 #jjf3jaa ,for there are many words that create vanity4 ,what does that profit man8 #jjf3jab ,for who knows what is good for man in life1 all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow8 ,for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun8 #jjg3jja ,a good name is better than fine perfume2 and the day of death better than the day of one's birth4 #jjg3jjb ,it is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting3 for that is the end of all men1 and the living should take this to heart4 #jjg3jjc ,sorrow is better than laughter2 for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good4 #jjg3jjd ,the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning2 but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth4 #jjg3jje ,it is better to hear the rebuke of the wise1 than for a man to hear the song of fools4 #jjg3jjf ,for as the crackling of thorns under a pot1 so is the laughter of the fool4 ,this also is vanity4 #jjg3jjg ,surely extortion makes the wise man foolish2 and a bribe destroys the understanding4 #jjg3jjh ,better is the end of a thing than its beginning4 ,the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit4 #jjg3jji ,don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry1 for anger rests in the bosom of fools4 #jjg3jaj ,don't say1 ,why were the former days better than these8 ,for you do not ask wisely about this4 #jjg3jaa ,wisdom is as good as an inheritance4 ,yes1 it is more excellent for those who see the sun4 #jjg3jab ,for wisdom is a defense1 even as money is a defense2 but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it4 #jjg3jac ,consider the work of ,god1 for who can make that straight1 which he has made crooked8 #jjg3jad ,in the day of prosperity be joyful1 and in the day of adversity consider2 yes1 ,god has made the one side by side with the other1 to the end that man should not find out anything after him4 #jjg3jae ,all this have ,i seen in my days of vanity3 there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness1 and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing4 #jjg3jaf ,don't be overly righteous1 neither make yourself overly wise4 ,why should you destroy yourself8 #jjg3jag ,don't be too wicked1 neither be foolish4 ,why should you die before your time8 #jjg3jah ,it is good that you should take hold of this4 ,yes1 also from that don't withdraw your hand2 for he who fears ,god will come forth from them all4 #jjg3jai ,wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city4 #jjg3jbj ,surely there is not a righteous man on earth1 who does good and doesn't sin4 #jjg3jba ,also don't take heed to all words that are spoken1 lest you hear your servant curse you2 #jjg3jbb for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others4 #jjg3jbc ,all this have ,i proved in wisdom4 ,i said1 ,i will be wise2 but it was far from me4 #jjg3jbd ,that which is1 is far off and exceedingly deep4 ,who can find it out8 #jjg3jbe ,i turned around1 and my heart sought to know and to search out1 and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things1 and to know that wickedness is stupidity1 and that foolishness is madness4 #jjg3jbf ,i find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps1 whose hands are chains4 ,whoever pleases ,god shall escape from her2 but the sinner will be ensnared by her4 #jjg3jbg ,behold1 this have ,i found1 says the ,preacher1 one to another1 to find out the scheme2 #jjg3jbh which my soul still seeks2 but ,i have not found3 one man among a thousand have ,i found2 but a woman among all those have ,i not found4 #jjg3jbi ,behold1 this only have ,i found3 that ,god made man upright2 but they search for many schemes4 #jjh3jja ,who is like the wise man8 ,and who knows the interpretation of a thing8 ,a man's wisdom makes his face shine1 and the hardness of his face is changed4 #jjh3jjb ,i say1 ,keep the king's command6 because of the oath to ,god4 #jjh3jjc ,don't be hasty to go out of his presence4 ,don't persist in an evil thing1 for he does whatever pleases him1 #jjh3jjd for the king's word is supreme4 ,who can say to him1 ,what are you doing8 #jjh3jje ,whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm1 and his wise heart will know the time and procedure4 #jjh3jjf ,for there is a time and procedure for every purpose1 although the misery of man is heavy on him4 #jjh3jjg ,for he doesn't know that which will be2 for who can tell him how it will be8 #jjh3jjh ,there is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit2 neither does he have power over the day of death4 ,there is no discharge in war2 neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it4 #jjh3jji ,all this have ,i seen1 and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun4 ,there is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt4 #jjh3jaj ,so ,i saw the wicked buried4 ,indeed they came also from holiness4 ,they went and were forgotten in the city where they did this4 ,this also is vanity4 #jjh3jaa ,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 #jjh3jab ,though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times1 and lives long1 yet surely ,i know that it will be better with those who fear ,god1 who are reverent before him4 #jjh3jac ,but it shall not be well with the wicked1 neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow2 because he doesn't fear ,god4 #jjh3jad ,there is a vanity which is done on the earth1 that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked4 ,again1 there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous4 ,i said that this also is vanity4 #jjh3jae ,then ,i commended mirth1 because a man has no better thing under the sun1 than to eat1 and to drink1 and to be joyful3 for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which ,god has given him under the sun4 #jjh3jaf ,when ,i applied my heart to know wisdom1 and to see the business that is done on the earth 7for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes71 #jjh3jag then ,i saw all the work of ,god1 that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun1 because however much a man labors to seek it out1 yet he won't find it4 ,yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it1 he won't be able to find it4 #jji3jja ,for all this ,i laid to my heart1 even to explore all this3 that the righteous1 and the wise1 and their works1 are in the hand of ,god2 whether it is love or hatred1 man doesn't know it2 all is before them4 #jji3jjb ,all things come alike to all4 ,there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked2 to the good1 to the clean1 to the unclean1 to him who sacrifices1 and to him who doesn't sacrifice4 ,as is the good1 so is the sinner2 he who takes an oath1 as he who fears an oath4 #jji3jjc ,this is an evil in all that is done under the sun1 that there is one event to all3 yes also1 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 #jji3jjd ,for to him who is joined with all the living there is hope2 for a living dog is better than a dead lion4 #jji3jje ,for the living know that they will die1 but the dead don't know anything1 neither do they have any more a reward2 for the memory of them is forgotten4 #jji3jjf ,also their love1 their hatred1 and their envy has perished long ago2 neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun4 #jji3jjg ,go your way--eat your bread with joy1 and drink your wine with a merry heart2 for ,god has already accepted your works4 #jji3jjh ,let your garments be always white1 and don't let your head lack oil4 #jji3jji ,live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity1 which he has given you under the sun1 all your days of vanity3 for that is your portion in life1 and in your labor in which you labor under the sun4 #jji3jaj ,whatever your hand finds to do1 do it with your might2 for there is no work1 nor device1 nor knowledge1 nor wisdom1 in ,sheol1 where you are going4 #jji3jaa ,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 favor to men of skill2 but time and chance happen to them all4 #jji3jab ,for man also doesn't know his time4 ,as the fish that are taken in an evil net1 and as the birds that are caught in the snare1 even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time1 when it falls suddenly on them4 #jji3jac ,i have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way1 and it seemed great to me4 #jji3jad ,there was a little city1 and few men within it2 and a great king came against it1 besieged it1 and built great bulwarks against it4 #jji3jae ,now a poor wise man was found in it1 and he by his wisdom delivered the city2 yet no man remembered that same poor man4 #jji3jaf ,then said ,i1 ,wisdom is better than strength4 ,nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised1 and his words are not heard4 #jji3jag ,the words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools4 #jji3jah ,wisdom is better than weapons of war2 but one sinner destroys much good4 #jaj3jja ,dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor2 so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor4 #jaj3jjb ,a wise man's heart is at his right hand1 but a fool's heart at his left4 #jaj3jjc ,yes also1 when the fool walks by the way1 his understanding fails him1 and he says to everyone that he is a fool4 #jaj3jjd ,if the spirit of the ruler rises up against you1 don't leave your place2 for gentleness lays great offenses to rest4 #jaj3jje ,there is an evil which ,i have seen under the sun1 the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler4 #jaj3jjf ,folly is set in great dignity1 and the rich sit in a low place4 #jaj3jjg ,i have seen servants on horses1 and princes walking like servants on the earth4 #jaj3jjh ,he who digs a pit may fall into it2 and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake4 #jaj3jji ,whoever carves out stones may be injured by them4 ,whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby4 #jaj3jaj ,if the axe is blunt1 and one doesn't sharpen the edge1 then he must use more strength2 but skill brings success4 #jaj3jaa ,if the snake bites before it is charmed1 then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue4 #jaj3jab ,the words of a wise man's mouth are gracious2 but a fool is swallowed by his own lips4 #jaj3jac ,the beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness2 and the end of his talk is mischievous madness4 #jaj3jad ,a fool also multiplies words4 ,man doesn't know what will be2 and that which will be after him1 who can tell him8 #jaj3jae ,the labor of fools wearies every one of them2 for he doesn't know how to go to the city4 #jaj3jaf ,woe to you1 land1 when your king is a child1 and your princes eat in the morning6 #jaj3jag ,happy are you1 land1 when your king is the son of nobles1 and your princes eat in due season1 for strength1 and not for drunkenness6 #jaj3jah ,by slothfulness the roof sinks in2 and through idleness of the hands the house leaks4 #jaj3jai ,a feast is made for laughter1 and wine makes the life glad2 and money is the answer for all things4 #jaj3jbj ,don't curse the king1 no1 not in your thoughts2 and don't curse the rich in your bedchamber3 for a bird of the sky may carry your voice1 and that which has wings may tell the matter4 #jaa3jja ,cast your bread on the waters2 for you shall find it after many days4 #jaa3jjb ,give a portion to seven1 yes1 even to eight2 for you don't know what evil will be on the earth4 #jaa3jjc ,if the clouds are full of rain1 they empty themselves on the earth2 and if a tree falls toward the south1 or toward the north1 in the place where the tree falls1 there shall it be4 #jaa3jjd ,he who observes the wind won't sow2 and he who regards the clouds won't reap4 #jaa3jje ,as you don't know what is the way of the wind1 nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child2 even so you don't know the work of ,god who does all4 #jaa3jjf ,in the morning sow your seed1 and in the evening don't withhold your hand2 for you don't know which will prosper1 whether this or that1 or whether they both will be equally good4 #jaa3jjg ,truly the light is sweet1 and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun4 #jaa3jjh ,yes1 if a man lives many years1 let him rejoice in them all2 but let him remember the days of darkness1 for they shall be many4 ,all that comes is vanity4 #jaa3jji ,rejoice1 young man1 in your youth1 and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth1 and walk in the ways of your heart1 and in the sight of your eyes2 but know that for all these things ,god will bring you into judgment4 #jaa3jaj ,therefore remove sorrow from your heart1 and put away evil from your flesh2 for youth and the dawn of life are vanity4 #jab3jja ,remember also your ,creator in the days of your youth1 before the evil days come1 and the years draw near1 when you will say1 ,i have no pleasure in them2 #jab3jjb ,before the sun1 the light1 the moon1 and the stars are darkened1 and the clouds return after the rain2 #jab3jjc 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 who look out of the windows are darkened1 #jab3jjd and the doors shall be shut in the street2 when the sound of the grinding is low1 and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird1 and all the daughters of music shall be brought low2 #jab3jje yes1 they shall be afraid of heights1 and terrors will be in the way2 and the almond tree shall blossom1 and the grasshopper shall be a burden1 and desire shall fail2 because man goes to his everlasting home1 and the mourners go about the streets3 #jab3jjf before the silver cord is severed1 or the golden bowl is broken1 or the pitcher is broken at the spring1 or the wheel broken at the cistern1 #jab3jjg and the dust returns to the earth as it was1 and the spirit returns to ,god who gave it4 #jab3jjh ,vanity of vanities1 says the ,preacher4 ,all is vanity6 #jab3jji ,further1 because the ,preacher was wise1 he still taught the people knowledge4 ,yes1 he pondered1 sought out1 and set in order many proverbs4 #jab3jaj ,the ,preacher sought to find out acceptable words1 and that which was written blamelessly1 words of truth4 #jab3jaa ,the words of the wise are like goads2 and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies1 which are given from one shepherd4 #jab3jab ,furthermore1 my son1 be admonished3 of making many books there is no end2 and much study is a weariness of the flesh4 #jab3jac ,this is the end of the matter4 ,all has been heard4 ,fear ,god1 and keep his commandments2 for this is the whole duty of man4 #jab3jad ,for ,god will bring every work into judgment1 with every hidden thing1 whether it is good1 or whether it is evil4