1 The words of the Preacher, the son of Dawid, king in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). 2 “Vanity of vanities!” saith the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!” 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth …
Category Archives: Ecclesiastes (Qohelet)
Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in mine heart, “Come now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure”; and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad”; and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and …
Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to …
Ecclesiastes 4
1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more …
Ecclesiastes 5
1 Keep your foot when you goest to the house of God (Elohim), and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God (Elohim); …
Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God (Elohim) hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God (Elohim) giveth him not power to eat thereof, but …
Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his …
Ecclesiastes 8
1 Who is as the wise man? And who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel you to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God (Elohim). 3 Be not hasty …
Ecclesiastes 9
1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God (Elohim); no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all; there is one event to …
Ecclesiastes 10
1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool …