SE MANS EYES ARE IN HIS HEAD; BUT THE FOOL WALKETH IN DARKNESS: AND I MYSELF PERCEIVED ALSO THAT ONE EVENT HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL. # 15 THEN SAID I IN MY HEART, AS IT HAPPENETH TO THE FOOL, SO IT HAPPENETH EVEN TO ME; AND WHY WAS I THEN MORE WISE? THEN I SAID IN MY HEART, THAT THIS ALSO IS VANITY. # 16 FOR THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF THE WISE MORE THAN OF THE FOOL FOR EVER; SEEING THAT WHICH NOW IS IN THE DAYS TO COME SHALL ALL BE FORGOTTEN. AND HOW DIETH THE WISE MAN? AS THE FOOL. # 17 THEREFORE I HATED LIFE; BECAUSE THE WORK THAT IS WROUGHT UNDER THE SUN IS GRIEVOUS UNTO ME: FOR ALL IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT. # 18 YEA, I HATED ALL MY LABOUR WHICH I HAD TAKEN UNDER THE SUN: BECAUSE I SHOULD LEAVE IT UNTO THE MAN THAT SHALL BE AFTER ME. # 19 AND WHO KNOWETH WHETHER HE SHALL BE A WISE MAN OR A FOOL? YET SHALL HE HAVE RULE OVER ALL MY LABOUR WHEREIN I HAVE LABOURED, AND WHEREIN I HAVE SHEWED MYSELF WISE UNDER THE SUN. THIS IS ALSO VANITY. # 20 THEREFORE I WENT ABOUT TO CAUSE MY HEART TO DESPAIR OF ALL THE LABOUR WHICH I TOOK UNDER THE SUN. # 21 FOR THERE IS A MAN WHOSE LABOUR IS IN WISDOM, AND IN KNOWLEDGE, AND IN EQUITY; YET TO A MAN THAT HATH NOT LABOURED THEREIN SHALL HE LEAVE IT FOR HIS PORTION. THIS ALSO IS VANITY AND A GREAT EVIL. # 22 FOR WHAT HATH MAN OF ALL HIS LABOUR, AND OF THE VEXATION OF HIS HEART, WHEREIN HE HATH LABOURED UNDER THE SUN? # 23 FOR ALL HIS DAYS ARE SORROWS, AND HIS TRAVAIL GRIEF; YEA, HIS HEART TAKETH NOT REST IN THE NIGHT. THIS IS ALSO VANITY. # 24 THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A MAN, THAN THAT HE SHOULD EAT AND DRINK, AND THAT HE SHOULD MAKE HIS SOUL ENJOY GOOD IN HIS LABOUR. THIS ALSO I SAW, THAT IT WAS FROM THE HAND OF GOD. # 25 FOR WHO CAN EAT, OR WHO ELSE CAN HASTEN HEREUNTO, MORE THAN I? # 26 FOR GOD GIVETH TO A MAN THAT IS GOOD IN HIS SIGHT WISDOM, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND JOY: BUT TO THE SINNER HE GIVETH TRAVAIL, TO GATHER AND TO HEAP UP, THAT HE MAY GIVE TO HIM THAT IS GOOD BEFORE GOD. THIS ALSO IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT. = CHAPTER 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 BREAK DOWN, AND A TIME TO BUILD UP; # 4 A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH; A TIME TO MOURN, AND A TIME TO DANCE; # 5 A TIME TO CAST AWAY STONES, AND A TIME TO GATHER STONES TOGETHER; A TIME TO EMBRACE, AND A TIME TO REFRAIN FROM EMBRACING; # 6 A TIME TO GET, AND A TIME TO LOSE; A TIME TO KEEP, AND A TIME TO CAST AWAY; # 7 A TIME TO REND, AND A TIME TO SEW; A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE, AND A TIME TO SPEAK; # 8 A TIME TO LOVE, AND A TIME TO HATE; A TIME OF WAR, AND A TIME OF PEACE. # 9 WHAT PROFIT HATH HE THAT WORKETH IN THAT WHEREIN HE LABOURETH? # 10 I HAVE SEEN THE TRAVAIL, WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN TO THE SONS OF MEN TO BE EXERCISED IN IT. # 11 HE HATH MADE EVERY THING BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME: ALSO HE HATH SET THE WORLD IN THEIR HEART, SO THAT NO MAN CAN FIND OUT THE WORK THAT GOD MAKETH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. # 12 I KNOW THAT THERE IS NO GOOD IN THEM, BUT FOR A MAN TO REJOICE, AND TO DO GOOD IN HIS LIFE. # 13 AND ALSO THAT EVERY MAN SHOULD EAT AND DRINK, AND ENJOY THE GOOD OF ALL HIS LABOUR, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. # 14 I KNOW THAT, WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH, IT SHALL BE FOR EVER: NOTHING CAN BE PUT TO IT, NOR ANY THING TAKEN FROM IT: AND GOD DOETH IT, THAT MEN SHOULD FEAR BEFORE HIM. # 15 THAT WHICH HATH BEEN IS NOW; AND THAT WHICH IS TO BE HATH ALREADY BEEN; AND GOD REQUIRETH THAT WHICH IS PAST. # 16 AND MOREOVER I SAW UNDER THE SUN THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT, THAT WICKEDNESS WAS THERE; AND THE PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT INIQUITY WAS THERE. # 17 I SAID IN MINE HEART, GOD SHALL JUDGE THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED: FOR THERE IS A TIME THERE FOR EVERY PURPOSE AND FOR EVERY WORK. # 18 I SAID IN MINE HEART CONCERNING THE ESTATE OF THE SONS OF MEN, THAT GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM, AND THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THAT THEY THEMSELVES ARE BOOK21BIB[.050044]BOOK21.BIB[.050044]    X14|H [4;Ik(&'( k ߫H&P` \RrPP2PPzPP{PPPPP2P~\$\\TD 0D \~ hi) +\ ^( n ^( np\^txY\^ˀ\!kVk<\F˰<˴ˬ\VVkˤ1`@lP ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$.?0123456789<@<SЬTЬ UQS>?\\\\\\\\\`:#@'="\abcdefghi\\\\\\\jklmnopqr\\\\\\\~stuvwxyz\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\{ABCDEFGHI\\\\\\}JKLMNOPQR\\\\\\\\STUVWXYZ\\\\\\0123456789\\\\\  !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ{|}~@ggh<i|o<m<4p<p<k|Zn<l fr rwx<x<x<x޺<w@]@@fjnr]Ze@@|> | |v<H|  |  |xz|  |zt f r   < &^ @&@'*/V,"?Lh:hmBmz|z{x`y~|fN|@@|@͂|@ ݃ƃ<ns<|Ŏ |️|ep|u|-@率|<ﾲ2ֻr||ZRM | ntB|xyvZw|J=|R>|J? nnaa|bddf; NOR HE THAT LOVETH ABUNDANCE WITH INCREASE: THIS IS ALSO VANITY. # 11 WHEN GOODS INCREASE, THEY ARE INCREASED THAT EAT THEM: AND WHAT GOOD IS THERE TO THE OWNERS THEREOF, SAVING THE BEHOLDING OF THEM WITH THEIR EYES? # 12 THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN IS SWEET, WHETHER HE EAT LITTLE OR MUCH: BUT THE ABUNDANCE OF THE RICH WILL NOT SUFFER HIM TO SLEEP. # 13 THERE IS A SORE EVIL WHICH I HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN, NAMELY, RICHES KEPT FOR THE OWNERS THEREOF TO THEIR HURT. # 14 BUT THOSE RICHES PERISH BY EVIL TRAVAIL: AND HE BEGETTETH A SON, AND THERE IS NOTHING IN HIS HAND. # 15 AS HE CAME FORTH OF HIS MOTHERS WOMB, NAKED SHALL HE RETURN TO GO AS HE CAME, AND SHALL TAKE NOTHING OF HIS LABOUR, WHICH HE MAY CARRY AWAY IN HIS HAND. # 16 AND THIS ALSO IS A SORE EVIL, THAT IN ALL POINTS AS HE CAME, SO SHALL HE GO: AND WHAT PROFIT HATH HE THAT HATH LABOURED FOR THE WIND? # 17 ALL HIS DAYS ALSO HE EATETH IN DARKNESS, AND HE HATH MUCH SORROW AND WRATH WITH HIS SICKNESS. # 18 BEHOLD THAT WHICH I HAVE SEEN: IT IS GOOD AND COMELY FOR ONE TO EAT AND TO DRINK, AND TO ENJOY THE GOOD OF ALL HIS LABOUR THAT HE TAKETH UNDER THE SUN ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE, WHICH GOD GIVETH HIM: FOR IT IS HIS PORTION. # 19 EVERY MAN ALSO TO WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN RICHES AND WEALTH, AND HATH GIVEN HIM POWER TO EAT THEREOF, AND TO TAKE HIS PORTION, AND TO REJOICE IN HIS LABOUR; THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD. # 20 FOR HE SHALL NOT MUCH REMEMBER THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE; BECAUSE GOD ANSWERETH HIM IN THE JOY OF HIS HEART. = CHAPTER 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 HATH GIVEN RICHES, WEALTH, AND HONOUR, SO THAT HE WANTETH NOTHING FOR HIS SOUL OF ALL THAT HE DESIRETH, YET GOD GIVETH HIM NOT POWER TO EAT THEREOF, BUT A STRANGER EATETH IT: THIS IS VANITY, AND IT IS AN EVIL DISEASE. # 3 IF A MAN BEGET AN HUNDRED CHILDREN, AND LIVE MANY YEARS, SO THAT THE DAYS OF HIS YEARS BE MANY, AND HIS SOUL BE NOT FILLED WITH GOOD, AND ALSO THAT HE HAVE NO BURIAL; I SAY, THAT AN UNTIMELY BIRTH IS BETTER THAN HE. # 4 FOR HE COMETH IN WITH VANITY, AND DEPARTETH IN DARKNESS, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE COVERED WITH DARKNESS. # 5 MOREOVER HE HATH NOT SEEN THE SUN, NOR KNOWN ANY THING: THIS HATH MORE REST THAN THE OTHER. # 6 YEA, THOUGH HE LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS TWICE TOLD, YET HATH HE SEEN NO GOOD: DO NOT ALL GO TO ONE PLACE? # 7 ALL THE LABOUR OF MAN IS FOR HIS MOUTH, AND YET THE APPETITE IS NOT FILLED. # 8 FOR WHAT HATH THE WISE MORE THAN THE FOOL? WHAT HATH THE POOR, THAT KNOWETH TO WALK BEFORE THE LIVING? # 9 BETTER IS THE SIGHT OF THE EYES THAN THE WANDERING OF THE DESIRE: THIS IS ALSO VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT. # 10 THAT WHICH HATH BEEN IS NAMED ALREADY, AND IT IS KNOWN THAT IT IS MAN: NEITHER MAY HE CONTEND WITH HIM THAT IS MIGHTIER THAN HE. # 11 SEEING THERE BE MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY, WHAT IS MAN THE BETTER? # 12 FOR WHO KNOWETH WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN IN THIS LIFE, ALL THE DAYS OF HIS VAIN LIFE WHICH HE SPENDETH AS A SHADOW? FOR WHO CAN TELL A MAN WHAT SHALL BE AFTER HIM UNDER THE SUN? = CHAPTER 7 # 1 A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT; AND THE DAY OF DEATH THAN THE DAY OF ONES 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 HEART. # 3 SORROW IS BETTER THAN LAUGHTER: FOR BY THE SADNESS OF THE COUNTENANCE THE HEART IS MADE BETTER. # 4 THE HEART OF THE WISE IS IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING; BUT THE HEART OF FOOLS IS IN THE HOUSE OF MIRTH. # 5 IT IS BETTER TO HEAR THE REBUKE OF THE WISE, THAN FOR A MAN TO HEAR THE SONG OF FOOLS. # 6 FOR AS THE CRACKLING OF THORNS UNDER A POT, SO IS THE LAUGHTER OF THE FOOL: THIS ALSO IS VANITY. # 7 SURELY OPPRESSION MAKETH A WISE MAN MAD; AND A GIFT DESTROYETH THE HEART. # 8 BETTER IS THE END OF A THING THAN THE BEGINNING THEREOF: AND THE PATIENT IN SPIRIT IS BETTER THAN THE PROUD IN SPIRIT. # 9 BE NOT HASTY IN THY SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY: FOR ANGER RESTETH IN THE BOSBOOK21BIB[.050044]BOOK21.BIB[.050044]    X14|H [4;Ik(&'( k ߫H&P` \RrPP2PPzPP{PPPPP2P~\$\\TD 0D \~ hi) +\ ^( n ^( np\^txY\^ˀ\!kVk<\F˰<˴ˬ\VVkˤ1`@lP ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$.?0123456789<@<SЬTЬ UQS>?\\\\\\\\\`:#@'="\abcdefghi\\\\\\\jklmnopqr\\\\\\\~stuvwxyz\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\{ABCDEFGHI\\\\\\}JKLMNOPQR\\\\\\\\STUVWXYZ\\\\\\0123456789\\\\\  !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ{|}~@ggh<i|o<m<4p<p<k|Zn<l fr rwx<x<x<x޺<w@]@@fjnr]Ze@@|> | |v<H|  |  |xz|  |zt f r   < &^ @&@'*/V,"?Lh:hmBmz|z{x`y~|fN|@@|@͂|@ ݃ƃ<ns<|Ŏ |️|ep|u|-@率|<ﾲ2ֻr||ZRM | ntB|xyvZw|J=|R>|J? nnaa|bddf BEFORE HIM: # 13 BUT IT SHALL NOT BE WELL WITH THE WICKED, NEITHER SHALL HE PROLONG HIS DAYS, WHICH ARE AS A SHADOW; BECAUSE HE FEARETH NOT BEFORE GOD. # 14 THERE IS A VANITY WHICH IS DONE UPON THE EARTH; THAT THERE BE JUST MEN, UNTO WHOM IT HAPPENETH ACCORDING TO THE WORK OF THE WICKED; AGAIN, THERE BE WICKED MEN, TO WHOM IT HAPPENETH ACCORDING TO THE WORK OF THE RIGHTEOUS: I SAID THAT THIS ALSO IS VANITY. # 15 THEN I COMMENDED MIRTH, BECAUSE A MAN HATH NO BETTER THING UNDER THE SUN, THAN TO EAT, AND TO DRINK, AND TO BE MERRY: FOR THAT SHALL ABIDE WITH HIM OF HIS LABOUR THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE, WHICH GOD GIVETH HIM UNDER THE SUN. # 16 WHEN I APPLIED MINE HEART TO KNOW WISDOM, AND TO SEE THE BUSINESS THAT IS DONE UPON THE EARTH: (FOR ALSO THERE IS THAT NEITHER DAY NOR NIGHT SEETH SLEEP WITH HIS EYES:) # 17 THEN I BEHELD ALL THE WORK OF GOD, THAT A MAN CANNOT FIND OUT THE WORK THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN: BECAUSE THOUGH A MAN LABOUR TO SEEK IT OUT, YET HE SHALL NOT FIND IT; YEA FARTHER; THOUGH A WISE MAN THINK TO KNOW IT, YET SHALL HE NOT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. = CHAPTER 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: 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 THE RIGHTEOUS, AND TO THE WICKED; TO THE GOOD AND TO THE CLEAN, AND TO THE UNCLEAN; TO HIM THAT SACRIFICETH, AND TO HIM THAT SACRIFICETH NOT: AS IS THE GOOD, SO IS THE SINNER; AND HE THAT SWEARETH, AS HE THAT FEARETH AN OATH. # 3 THIS IS AN EVIL AMONG ALL THINGS THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN, THAT THERE IS ONE EVENT UNTO ALL: YEA, ALSO THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN IS FULL OF EVIL, AND MADNESS IS IN THEIR HEART WHILE THEY LIVE, AND AFTER THAT THEY GO TO THE DEAD. # 4 FOR TO HIM THAT IS JOINED TO ALL THE LIVING THERE IS HOPE: FOR A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION. # 5 FOR THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY SHALL DIE: BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOT ANY THING, NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MORE A REWARD; FOR THE MEMORY OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN. # 6 ALSO THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR HATRED, AND THEIR ENVY, IS NOW PERISHED; NEITHER HAVE THEY ANY MORE A PORTION FOR EVER IN ANY THING THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN. # 7 GO THY WAY, EAT THY BREAD WITH JOY, AND DRINK THY WINE WITH A MERRY HEART; FOR GOD NOW ACCEPTETH THY WORKS. # 8 LET THY GARMENTS BE ALWAYS WHITE; AND LET THY HEAD LACK NO OINTMENT. # 9 LIVE JOYFULLY WITH THE WIFE WHOM THOU LOVEST ALL THE DAYS OF THE LIFE OF THY VANITY, WHICH HE HATH GIVEN THEE UNDER THE SUN, ALL THE DAYS OF THY VANITY: FOR THAT IS THY PORTION IN THIS LIFE, AND IN THY LABOUR WHICH THOU TAKEST UNDER THE SUN. # 10 WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT; FOR THERE IS NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM, IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST. # 11 I RETURNED, AND SAW UNDER THE SUN, THAT THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT, NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG, NEITHER YET BREAD TO THE WISE, NOR YET RICHES TO MEN OF UNDERSTANDING, NOR YET FAVOUR TO MEN OF SKILL; BUT TIME AND CHANCE HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL. # 12 FOR MAN ALSO KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME: AS THE FISHES THAT ARE TAKEN IN AN EVIL NET, AND AS THE BIRDS THAT ARE CAUGHT IN THE SNARE; SO ARE THE SONS OF MEN SNARED IN AN EVIL TIME, WHEN IT FALLETH SUDDENLY UPON THEM. # 13 THIS WISDOM HAVE I SEEN ALSO UNDER THE SUN, AND IT SEEMED GREAT UNTO ME: # 14 THERE WAS A LITTLE CITY, AND FEW MEN WITHIN IT; AND THERE CAME A GREAT KING AGAINST IT, AND BESIEGED IT, AND BUILT GREAT BULWARKS AGAINST IT: # 15 NOW THERE WAS FOUND IN IT A POOR WISE MAN, AND HE BY HIS WISDOM DELIVERED THE CITY; YET NO MAN REMEMBERED THAT SAME POOR MAN. # 16 THEN SAID I, WISDOM IS BETTER THAN STRENGTH: NEVERTHELESS THE POOR MANS WISDOM IS DESPISED, AND HIS WORDS ARE NOT HEARD. # 17 THE WORDS OF WISE MEN ARE HEARD IN QUIET MORE THAN THE CRY OF HIM THAT RULETH AMONG FOOLS. # 18 WISDOM IS BETTER THAN WEAPONS OF WAR: BUT ONE SINNER DESTROYETH MUCH GOOD. = CHAPTER 10 # 1 DEAD FLIES CAUSE THE OINTMENBOOK21BIB[.050044]BOOK21.BIB[.050044]    X14|H [4;Ik(&'( k ߫H&P` \RrPP2PPzPP{PPPPP2P~\$\\TD 0D \~ hi) +\ ^( n ^( np\^txY\^ˀ\!kVk<\F˰<˴ˬ\VVkˤ1`@lP ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$.?0123456789<@<SЬTЬ UQS>?\\\\\\\\\`:#@'="\abcdefghi\\\\\\\jklmnopqr\\\\\\\~stuvwxyz\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\{ABCDEFGHI\\\\\\}JKLMNOPQR\\\\\\\\STUVWXYZ\\\\\\0123456789\\\\\  !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ{|}~@ggh<i|o<m<4p<p<k|Zn<l fr rwx<x<x<x޺<w@]@@fjnr]Ze@@|> | |v<H|  |  |xz|  |zt f r   < &^ @&@'*/V,"?Lh:hmBmz|z{x`y~|fN|@@|@͂|@ ݃ƃ<ns<|Ŏ |️|ep|u|-@率|<ﾲ2ֻr||ZRM | ntB|xyvZw|J=|R>|J? nnaa|bddfOT IN THY THOUGHT; AND CURSE NOT THE RICH IN THY BEDCHAMBER: FOR A BIRD OF THE AIR SHALL CARRY THE VOICE, AND THAT WHICH HATH WINGS SHALL TELL THE MATTER. = CHAPTER 11 # 1 CAST THY BREAD UPON THE WATERS: FOR THOU SHALT FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS. # 2 GIVE A PORTION TO SEVEN, AND ALSO TO EIGHT; FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT EVIL SHALL BE UPON THE EARTH. # 3 IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, THEY EMPTY THEMSELVES UPON THE EARTH: AND IF THE TREE FALL TOWARD THE SOUTH, OR TOWARD THE NORTH, IN THE PLACE WHERE THE TREE FALLETH, THERE IT SHALL BE. # 4 HE THAT OBSERVETH THE WIND SHALL NOT SOW; AND HE THAT REGARDETH THE CLOUDS SHALL NOT REAP. # 5 AS THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT, NOR HOW THE BONES DO GROW IN THE WOMB OF HER THAT IS WITH CHILD: EVEN SO THOU KNOWEST NOT THE WORKS OF GOD WHO MAKETH ALL. # 6 IN THE MORNING SOW THY SEED, AND IN THE EVENING WITHHOLD NOT THINE HAND: FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHETHER SHALL PROSPER, EITHER THIS OR THAT, OR WHETHER THEY BOTH SHALL BE ALIKE GOOD. # 7 TRULY THE LIGHT IS SWEET, AND A PLEASANT THING IT IS FOR THE EYES TO BEHOLD THE SUN: # 8 BUT IF A MAN LIVE MANY YEARS, AND REJOICE IN THEM ALL; YET LET HIM REMEMBER THE DAYS OF DARKNESS; FOR THEY SHALL BE MANY. ALL THAT COMETH IS VANITY. # 9 REJOICE, O YOUNG MAN, IN THY YOUTH; AND LET THY HEART CHEER THEE IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, AND WALK IN THE WAYS OF THINE HEART, AND IN THE SIGHT OF THINE EYES: BUT KNOW THOU, THAT FOR ALL THESE THINGS GOD WILL BRING THEE INTO JUDGMENT. # 10 THEREFORE REMOVE SORROW FROM THY HEART, AND PUT AWAY EVIL FROM THY FLESH: FOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH ARE VANITY. = CHAPTER 12 # 1 REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH, WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT, NOR THE YEARS DRAW NIGH, WHEN THOU SHALT SAY, I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THEM; # 2 WHILE THE SUN, OR THE LIGHT, OR THE MOON, OR THE STARS, BE NOT DARKENED, NOR THE CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN: # 3 IN THE DAY WHEN THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE SHALL TREMBLE, AND THE STRONG MEN SHALL BOW THEMSELVES, AND THE GRINDERS CEASE BECAUSE THEY ARE FEW, AND THOSE THAT LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOWS BE DARKENED, # 4 AND THE DOORS SHALL BE SHUT IN THE STREETS, WHEN THE SOUND OF THE GRINDING IS LOW, AND HE SHALL RISE UP AT THE VOICE OF THE BIRD, AND ALL THE DAUGHTERS OF MUSICK SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; # 5 ALSO WHEN THEY SHALL BE AFRAID OF THAT WHICH IS HIGH, AND FEARS SHALL BE IN THE WAY, AND THE ALMOND TREE SHALL FLOURISH, AND THE GRASSHOPPER SHALL BE A BURDEN, AND DESIRE SHALL FAIL: BECAUSE MAN GOETH TO HIS LONG HOME, AND THE MOURNERS GO ABOUT THE STREETS: # 6 OR EVER THE SILVER CORD BE LOOSED, OR THE GOLDEN BOWL BE BROKEN, OR THE PITCHER BE BROKEN AT THE FOUNTAIN, OR THE WHEEL BROKEN AT THE CISTERN. # 7 THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS: AND THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD WHO GAVE IT. # 8 VANITY OF VANITIES, SAITH THE PREACHER; ALL IS VANITY. # 9 AND MOREOVER, BECAUSE THE PREACHER WAS WISE, HE STILL TAUGHT THE PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE; YEA, HE GAVE GOOD HEED, AND SOUGHT OUT, AND SET IN ORDER MANY PROVERBS. # 10 THE PREACHER SOUGHT TO FIND OUT ACCEPTABLE WORDS: AND THAT WHICH WAS WRITTEN WAS UPRIGHT, EVEN WORDS OF TRUTH. # 11 THE WORDS OF THE WISE ARE AS GOADS, AND AS NAILS FASTENED BY THE MASTERS OF ASSEMBLIES, WHICH ARE GIVEN FROM ONE SHEPHERD. # 12 AND FURTHER, BY THESE, MY SON, BE ADMONISHED: OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END; AND MUCH STUDY IS A WEARINESS OF THE FLESH. # 13 LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: FOR THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. # 14 FOR GOD SHALL BRING EVERY WORK INTO JUDGMENT, WITH EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER IT BE GOOD, OR WHETHER IT BE EVIL. 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