rotherham Ecclesiastes:7-9
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:1 @ Better a name, than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of ones birth.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:2 @ Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, and, the living, should take it to his heart.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:3 @ Better is grief than laughter, for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:4 @ The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:5 @ Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:6 @ For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, even this, then, was vanity.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:7 @ For, oppression, maddeneth the wise, and a bribe, destroyeth the understanding.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:8 @ Better the latter end of a thing, than the beginning thereof, Better a patient spirit, than a haughty spirit.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:9 @ Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:10 @ Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:11 @ Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, and a profit, to such as see the sun.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:12 @ For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver, but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:13 @ Consider the work of God, for who can straighten what he hath bent?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:14 @ In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but, in the day of misfortune, consider, Even the one equally with the other, hath God made, to the end man might find outafter himnothing.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:15 @ Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:16 @ Do not become so very righteous, neither count thyself wise beyond measure, wherefore shouldst thou destroy thyself?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:17 @ Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish, wherefore shouldst thou die, before thy time?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:18 @ It is well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:19 @ Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:20 @ For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:21 @ Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:22 @ For truly, many times, thy heart knoweth, that, even thou thyself, hast reviled others.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:23 @ All this, have I proved by wisdom, I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:24 @ Far away, is that which hath been, and deep, deep, who can find it out?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:25 @ Resolved, I, in my heart, to know and search out, and to seek wisdom, and a conclusion, and to know lawlessness stupidity, and folly to be madness.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:26 @ I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:27 @ See! this, have I found, saith the Proclaimer one by one, to find a conclusion;
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:28 @ what my soul still sought, yet I found not, one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:7:29 @ Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:1 @ Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:2 @ I, The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:3 @ Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:4 @ Where the word of a king is, there is power, who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:5 @ He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:6 @ For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:7 @ For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:8 @ No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war, neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:9 @ All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:10 @ And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered,, that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, even this, was vanity.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:11 @ Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedilyon this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:12 @ Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:13 @ but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow, because he standeth not in awe before God.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:14 @ Here was a vain thing which was done upon the earththat there were righteous men unto whom it happened according to the work of the lawless, and there were lawless men, unto whom it happened according to the work of the righteous, I said, that, even this, was vanity.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:15 @ Then extolled I, gladness, in that there was nothing better for a man, under the sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be glad, since, that, should tarry with him in his toil, for the days of his life which God had given him under the sun.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:16 @ When I gave my heart, to know wisdom, and to consider the business that was done upon the earth, then surely, by day and by night, there was one who suffered not his eyes, to sleep.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:8:17 @ Then I considered all the work of God, that man could not find out the work that was done under the sun, inasmuch as man toileth in seeking and yet cannot find, yea, even though the wise man should say he knoweth, yet can he not find it out.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:1 @ For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:2 @ Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice, as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:3 @ This was a misfortune in all that was done under the sun, that, one destiny, had they all, yea also, the heart of the sons of men, was full of wickedness, and, madness, was in their heart, while they lived, and, after that,
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:4 @ For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope,-inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a dead lion.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:5 @ For, the living, knew that they should die,-but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:6 @ Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished, and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age-abiding, in aught that was done under the sun.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:7 @ Go thy wayeat, with gladness, thy food, and drink, with a happy heart, thy wine, when already God is well pleased with thy works.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:8 @ Continually, let thy garments be white, and, ointment upon thy bead, let it not be lacking.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:9 @ Enjoy life, with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity, for, that, is thy portion in life, and in thy toil wherewith, thou, art toiling under the sun.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:10 @ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do, for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:11 @ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well-informed, comeliness, for, time and accident, happened to them all.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:12 @ For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:13 @ Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, and, of great import, was the same unto me:
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:14 @ A little city, and men therein few, and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege-works;
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ but there was found therein, a man, poor wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom, yet, no one, remembered that poor man.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength, although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:17 @ The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard, beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war, but, one sinner, may destroy much good.
rotherham@Ecclesiastes:10:1 @ Dead flies, cause to stink ferment, the oil of the perfumer, More costly than wisdom or honour, is a little folly.
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