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ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:1 @Words of a preacher , son of David , king in Jerusalem : ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:2 @Vanity of vanities , said the Preacher , Vanity of vanities : the whole [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:3 @What advantage [is ] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:4 @A generation is going , and a generation is coming , and the earth to the age is standing . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:5 @Also , the sun hath risen , and the sun hath gone in , and unto its place panting it is rising there . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:6 @Going unto the south , and turning round unto the north , turning round , turning round , the wind is going , and by its circuits the wind hath returned . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:7 @All the streams are going unto the sea , and the sea is not full ; unto a place whither the streams are going , thither they are turning back to go . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:8 @All these things are wearying ; a man is not able to speak , the eye is not satisfied by seeing , nor filled is the ear from hearing . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:9 @What [is ] that which hath been ? it [is ] that which is , and what [is ] that which hath been done ? it [is ] that which is done , and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:10 @There is a thing of which [one ] saith : 'See this , it [is ] new !' already it hath been in the ages that were before us ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:11 @There is not a remembrance of former [generations ]; and also of the latter that are , there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:12 @I , a preacher , have been king over Israel in Jerusalem . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:13 @And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens . It [is ] a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:14 @I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun , and lo , the whole [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:15 @A crooked thing [one ] is not able to make straight , and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:16 @I -- I spake with my heart , saying , 'I , lo , I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem , and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge . ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:17 @And I give my heart to know wisdom , and to know madness and folly : I have known that even this [is ] vexation of spirit ; ylt @Ecclesiastes:1:18 @for , in abundance of wisdom [is ] abundance of sadness , and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain .' ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:1 @I said in my heart , 'Pray , come , I try thee with mirth , and look thou on gladness ;' and lo , even it [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:2 @Of laughter I said , 'Foolish !' and of mirth , 'What [is ] this it is doing ?' ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:3 @I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite , (and my heart leading in wisdom ), and to take hold on folly till that I see where [is ] this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens , the number of the days of their lives . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:4 @I made great my works , I builded for me houses , I planted for me vineyards . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:5 @I made for me gardens and paradises , and I planted in them trees of every fruit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:6 @I made for me pools of water , to water from them a forest shooting forth trees . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:7 @I got men-servants , and maid-servants , and sons of the house were to me ; also , I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:8 @I gathered for me also silver and gold , and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces . I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers , and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:9 @And I became great , and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem ; also , my wisdom stood with me . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:10 @And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them ; I withheld not my heart from any joy , for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour , and this hath been my portion , from all my labour , ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:11 @and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done , and on the labour that I have laboured to do , and lo , the whole [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit , and there is no advantage under the sun ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:12 @And I turned to see wisdom , and madness , and folly , but what [is ] the man who cometh after the king ? that which [is ] already -- they have done it ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:13 @And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly , like the advantage of the light above the darkness . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:14 @The wise ! -- his eyes [are ] in his head , and the fool in darkness is walking , and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all ; ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:15 @and I said in my heart , 'As it happeneth with the fool , it happeneth also with me , and why am I then more wise ?' And I spake in my heart , that also this [is ] vanity : ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:16 @That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age , for that which [is ] already , [in ] the days that are coming is all forgotten , and how dieth the wise ? with the fool ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:17 @And I have hated life , for sad to me [is ] the work that hath been done under the sun , for the whole [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:18 @And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun , because I leave it to a man who is after me . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:19 @And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish ? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at , and that I have done wisely under the sun ! this also [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:20 @And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:21 @For there is a man whose labour [is ] in wisdom , and in knowledge , and in equity , and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion ! Even this [is ] vanity and a great evil . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:22 @For what hath been to a man by all his labour , and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:23 @For all his days are sorrows , and his travail sadness ; even at night his heart hath not lain down ; this also [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:24 @There is nothing good in a man who eateth , and hath drunk , and hath shewn his soul good in his labour . This also I have seen that it [is ] from the hand of God . ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:25 @For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:2:26 @For to a man who [is ] good before Him , He hath given wisdom , and knowledge , and joy ; and to a sinner He hath given travail , to gather and to heap up , to give to the good before God . Even this [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:1 @To everything -- a season , and a time to every delight under the heavens : ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:2 @A time to bring forth , And a time to die . A time to plant , And a time to eradicate the planted . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:3 @A time to slay , And a time to heal , A time to break down , And a time to build up . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:4 @A time to weep , And a time to laugh . A time to mourn , And a time to skip . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:5 @A time to cast away stones , And a time to heap up stones . A time to embrace , And a time to be far from embracing . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:6 @A time to seek , And a time to destroy . A time to keep , And a time to cast away . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:7 @A time to rend , And a time to sew . A time to be silent , And a time to speak . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:8 @A time to love , And a time to hate . A time of war , And a time of peace . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:9 @What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:10 @I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:11 @The whole He hath made beautiful in its season ; also , that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:12 @I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life , ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:13 @yea , even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour , it [is ] a gift of God . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:14 @I have known that all that God doth is to the age , to it nothing is to be added , and from it nothing is to be withdrawn ; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:15 @What is that which hath been ? already it is , and that which [is ] to be hath already been , and God requireth that which is pursued . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:16 @And again , I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there [is ] the wicked ; and the place of righteousness -- there [is ] the wicked . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:17 @I said in my heart , 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge , for a time [is ] to every matter and for every work there .' ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:18 @I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them , so as to see that they themselves [are ] beasts . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:19 @For an event [is to ] the sons of man , and an event [is to ] the beasts , even one event [is ] to them ; as the death of this , so [is ] the death of that ; and one spirit [is ] to all , and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing , for the whole [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:20 @The whole are going unto one place , the whole have been from the dust , and the whole are turning back unto the dust . ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:21 @Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high , and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:3:22 @And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works , for it [is ] his portion ; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:1 @And I have turned , and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun , and lo , the tear of the oppressed , and they have no comforter ; and at the hand of their oppressors [is ] power , and they have no comforter . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:2 @And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:3 @And better than both of them [is ] he who hath not yet been , in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:4 @And I have seen all the labour , and all the benefit of the work , because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour . Even this [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:5 @The fool is clasping his hands , and eating his own flesh : ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:6 @'Better [is ] a handful [with ] quietness , than two handfuls [with ] labour and vexation of spirit .' ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:7 @And I have turned , and I see a vain thing under the sun : ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:8 @There is one , and there is not a second ; even son or brother he hath not , and there is no end to all his labour ! His eye also is not satisfied with riches , and [he saith not ], 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good ?' This also is vanity , it is a sad travail . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:9 @The two [are ] better than the one , in that they have a good reward by their labour . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:10 @For if they fall , the one raiseth up his companion , but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:11 @Also , if two lie down , then they have heat , but how hath one heat ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:12 @And if the one strengthen himself , the two stand against him ; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:13 @Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king , who hath not known to be warned any more . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:14 @For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign , for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor . ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:15 @I have seen all the living , who are walking under the sun , with the second youth who doth stand in his place ; ylt @Ecclesiastes:4:16 @there is no end to all the people , to all who were before them ; also , the latter rejoice not in him . Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:1 @Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God , and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice , for they do not know they do evil . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:2 @Cause not thy mouth to hasten , and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God , for God is in the heavens , and thou on the earth , therefore let thy words be few . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:3 @For the dream hath come by abundance of business , and the voice of a fool by abundance of words . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:4 @When thou vowest a vow to God , delay not to complete it , for there is no pleasure in fools ; that which thou vowest -- complete . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:5 @Better that thou do not vow , than that thou dost vow and dost not complete . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:6 @Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin , nor say before the messenger , that 'it [is ] an error ,' why is God wroth because of thy voice , and hath destroyed the work of thy hands ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:7 @For , in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound ; but fear thou God . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:8 @If oppression of the poor , and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province , do not marvel at the matter , for a higher than the high is observing , and high ones [are ] over them . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:9 @And the abundance of a land is for all . A king for a field is served . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:10 @Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with ] silver , nor he who is in love with stores [with ] increase . Even this [is ] vanity . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:11 @In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied , and what benefit [is ] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:12 @Sweet [is ] the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much ; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:13 @There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun : wealth kept for its possessor , for his evil . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:14 @And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business , and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand ! ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:15 @As he came out from the belly of his mother , naked he turneth back to go as he came , and he taketh not away anything of his labour , that doth go in his hand . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:16 @And this also [is ] a painful evil , just as he came , so he goeth , and what advantage [is ] to him who laboureth for wind ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:17 @Also all his days in darkness he consumeth , and sadness , and wrath , and sickness abound . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:18 @Lo , that which I have seen : [It is ] good , because beautiful , to eat , and to drink , and to see good in all one 's labour that he laboureth at under the sun , the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him , for it [is ] his portion . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:19 @Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches , and hath given him power to eat of it , and to accept his portion , and to rejoice in his labour , this is a gift of God . ylt @Ecclesiastes:5:20 @For he doth not much remember the days of his life , for God is answering through the joy of his heart . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:1 @There is an evil that I have seen under the sun , and it [is ] great on man : ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:2 @A man to whom God giveth wealth , and riches , and honour , and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth , and God giveth him not power to eat of it , but a stranger eateth it ; this [is ] vanity , and it [is ] an evil disease . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:3 @If a man doth beget a hundred , and live many years , and is great , because they are the days of his years , and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness , and also he hath not had a grave , I have said , 'Better than he [is ] the untimely birth .' ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:4 @For in vanity he came in , and in darkness he goeth , and in darkness his name is covered , ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:5 @Even the sun he hath not seen nor known , more rest hath this than that . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:6 @And though he had lived a thousand years twice over , yet good he hath not seen ; to the same place doth not every one go ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:7 @All the labour of man [is ] for his mouth , and yet the soul is not filled . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:8 @For what advantage [is ] to the wise above the fool ? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:9 @Better [is ] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul . This also [is ] vanity and vexation of spirit . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:10 @What [is ] that which hath been ? already is its name called , and it is known that it [is ] man , and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he . ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:11 @For there are many things multiplying vanity ; what advantage [is ] to man ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:6:12 @For who knoweth what [is ] good for a man in life , the number of the days of the life of his vanity , and he maketh them as a shadow ? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun ? ylt @Ecclesiastes:7:1 @Better [is ] a name than good perfume , And the day of death than the day of birth .

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