noyes - Ecclesiastes:1-4

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:1 @ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:2 @ Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:3 @ What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:4 @ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:5 @ The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:6 @ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:7 @ All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:8 @ All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:9 @ The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there any thing of which one may say, "Behold, this is new"? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:11 @ There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:12 @ I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:13 @ And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:14 @ I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:15 @ That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:16 @ I communed with my heart, saying, "Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge."

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:17 @ And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:1:18 @ For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:1 @ I said in my heart, "Come, now, I will try thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure!" But, lo! this also was vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:2 @ I said of laughter, "It is mad;" and of mirth, "What availeth it?"

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:3 @ I thought in my heart to strengthen my body with wine, and, while my heart cleaved to wisdom, to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:4 @ I made me great works. I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:5 @ I made me gardens and parks, and planted in them fruittrees of every kind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:6 @ I made me pools of water, with which to water the grove shooting up trees.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:7 @ I got me menservants and maidservants, and had servants born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:8 @ I heaped me up also silver and gold, and the wealth of kings and of provinces. I got me mensingers and womensingers, and the delight of the sons of men, a chosen woman and chosen women.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:9 @ So I became greater than all that were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:10 @ And whatever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced by means of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:11 @ Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:12 @ Then I turned myself to behold wisdom and senselessness and folly. For what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:13 @ I saw, indeed, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:14 @ The wise mans eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:15 @ Then I said in my heart, "As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:16 @ For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:17 @ Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:18 @ Yea, I hated all my labor which I had performed under the sun, because I must leave it to the man that shall be after me.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:19 @ And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet shall he be lord of all the labor with which I have wearied myself, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:20 @ Therefore I turned to give up my heart to despair in regard to all the labor with which I had wearied myself under the sun.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:21 @ For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:22 @ For what hath man of all his labor, and the striving of his spirit, with which he wearieth himself under the sun?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:23 @ For all his days are grief, and his occupation trouble; even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:24 @ There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and let his soul enjoy good in his labor. But this, as I have seen, cometh from the hand of God.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:25 @ For who can eat, or hasten thereunto more than I?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:2:26 @ For to a man who is good in his sight God giveth wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he giveth the wearisome business of gathering and heaping up, to give it to him who is good before God. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:1 @ For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing under heaven:

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:2 @ A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:3 @ A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to breaking down, and a time to build up.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:4 @ A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:5 @ A time to cast stones asunder, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:6 @ A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:7 @ A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:8 @ A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:9 @ What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:10 @ I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:11 @ God maketh every thing good in its time; but he hath put the world into the heart of man, so that he understandeth not the work which God doeth, from the beginning to the end.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:12 @ I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:13 @ But when a man eateth and drinketh, and enjoyeth good through all his labor, this is the gift of God.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:14 @ I know that whatever God doeth, that shall be for ever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it; and God doeth it that men may fear before him.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:15 @ That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:16 @ Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:17 @ Then said I in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked." For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:18 @ I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:19 @ For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no preeminence above a beast; for all is vanity.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:20 @ All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:21 @ Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:3:22 @ And so I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his labors; for that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:1 @ Then I turned and saw all the oppressions which take place under the sun; and, behold, there were the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there was violence, and they had no comforter.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:2 @ Therefore I praised the dead, who have been long ago dead, more than the living, who are yet alive.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:3 @ Yea, better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work which is done under the sun.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:4 @ And I saw all labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:5 @ The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth his own flesh.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:6 @ Better is a hand full of quietness, than both hands full of weariness and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:7 @ Then I turned and saw other vanity under the sun.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:8 @ There is one who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. "For whom, then, do I labor and deprive myself of good?" This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:9 @ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ For if they fall, the one will lift his fellow up; but woe to him who is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help him up!

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:11 @ Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone?

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:12 @ And if an enemy prevail against one, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:13 @ Better is a child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more be admonished.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:14 @ For out of prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:15 @ I saw that all the living, who walk under the sun, were with the child who stood up in his stead.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:4:16 @ There was no end to all the people before whom he went forth; yet they that come afterwards shall not rejoice in him. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

noyes@Ecclesiastes:5:1 @ Look well to thy feet, when thou goest to the house of God, and draw nigh to hear, rather than to offer sacrifice as fools. For they consider not that they do evil.