rotherham Ecclesiastes:4-6
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:1 @ Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:2 @ So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, more than the living, who were living, still;
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:3 @ and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:4 @ Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:5 @ The dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:6 @ Better a handfulwith quietness, than both hands, fullwith toil, and feeding on wind.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:7 @ Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:8 @ Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches, neither For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:9 @ Better are two, than one, in that they have a good reward for their toil.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ For, if the one should fall, would raise up his companion, but alas! for him who is alone when he falleth, with no second to raise him up!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:11 @ Moreover, if two lie together, then have they warmth, but how can, one, have warmth?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:12 @ And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:13 @ Better a boy poor and wise, than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:14 @ For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:15 @ I saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the others place:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:4:16 @ There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he came, yet, they who should come later, would not rejoice in him, surely, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:1 @ Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice, for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:2 @ Be not rash with thy mouth, and, with thy heart, be not in haste to bring forth a word, before God, for, God, is in the heavens, and, thou, upon the earth, for this cause, let thy words be few.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:3 @ For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and, the voice of a dullard, is with a multitude of words.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:4 @ When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards, what thou vowest, pay!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:5 @ Better that thou shouldest not vow, than vow, and not pay.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:6 @ Do not let thy mouth cause thy flesh to sin, neither say thou, before the messenger, that it was, a mistake, wherefore should God be indignant at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:7 @ For amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, but, towards God, be thou reverent.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:8 @ If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:9 @ And, the profit of the earth, is, for all, a king, by the field, is served.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:10 @ He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue,-even this, was vanity.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:11 @ When blessings are increased, increased are the eaters thereof, what profit, then, to the owner of them saving the sight of his eyes?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:12 @ Sweet the sleep of the labourer, whether, little or much, he eat, but, the surfeit of the rich man, will not suffer him to sleep.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:13 @ Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:14 @ and those riches perish, by being ill employed, and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:15 @ As he came from his mothers womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:16 @ Even this, moreover, is an incurable evil, altogether as he came, so, shall he depart, what profit then shall he have who toileth for the wind?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:17 @ Even all his days,
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:18 @ Lo! what, I myself, have seen Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all ones toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:19 @ yet, as regardeth every man, to whom God hath given wealth and goods, and granted him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to find gladness in his toil, this, is, the gift of God.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:5:20 @ Though it be not much, let him remember the days of his life, for, God, beareth witness, by the gladness of his heart.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:1 @ Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun, and it is, common, among men:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:2 @ A man to whom God giveth riches and gains and honour, so that nothing doth he lack for his soulof all that he craveth, and yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but, a man unknown, eateth it, this, was vanity, and, an incurable evil, it was.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:3 @ Though a man should beget a hundred children, and live, many years, so that many should be the days of his years but, his own soul, should not be satisfied with the good, and he should not even have, a burial, I said, Better than he, is an untimely birth!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:4 @ For, in vain, it came in, and, in darkness, it departeth, and, with darkness, its name, is covered:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:5 @ even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know, more quietness, hath this than the other.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:6 @ Even though one hath lived a thousand years twice told, yet, good, hath he not seen, is it not, unto one place, that, all, are going?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:7 @ All the toil of man, is for his mouth, though, even the desire, is not satisfied!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:8 @ For what profit hath the wise man, over the dullard? What can, the poor man, knowso as to walk before the living?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:9 @ Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:10 @ Whatsoever one may be, long ago, was he called by his name, and it is known that it is Son of Earth, he cannot, therefore, contend with one stronger than he.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:11 @ Seeing there are things in abundance which make vanity abound, what profit hath man?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:6:12 @ For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow, for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:1 @ Better a name, than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of ones birth.
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