Ecclesiastes 6:1-12
I have another evil I have witnessed daily, and it very difficult to comprehend:
the case in which God gives someone riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing that he desires; but God does not give him the ability to enjoy them, and a total stranger gets to enjoy them instead. This is pointless, evil, and sickening.
Suppose a man fathers a 100 children and lives many years, so that he has a long life, but he fails to enjoy himself. Then, even if he were to survive indefinitely and as a result never get buried, I say that it would be better to be stillborn.
For the arrival of a stillborn baby is a useless thing, and its death is shrouded and its name is forgotten.
And although the stillborn has never witnessed or comprehended the sun, this stillborn is more content than the aforementioned father, without enjoying himself, even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over.
Doesn’t everyone eventually end up in the same place?
The purpose of all work is to eat, and yet everyone continues to get hungry persistently.
What advantage has the wise over the foolish, or the individual with experience, if he is destitute?
Better what the eyes can see than empty desire. Yet this too is pointless and batting at the air.
Whatever he is, he was named long ago, and it is understood that he is merely human; additionally, he cannot defeat death which is more powerful.
There are many things that are pointlessness --- how do humans benefit from them?
For who knows what is good for someone during a fleeting shadow of a lifetime? Who knows what will happen after a person is gone?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
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.
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.'
4 For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,
5 Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
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?
7 All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
8 For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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.
11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man?
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?
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Ecclesiastes 7:1-29
A good name is better than perfume, and the day mortality ends than the day of birth.
Better to go to a funeral home than to go to a party place, for all are destined to die; the living should consider this.
Grief is better than laughter, for sadness can improve a person.
The consideration of the wise are of the house of mourning, but the thoughts of fools concern only pleasure.
It is better to hear the ridicule of the wise than to listen to the songs of fools.
For the laughter of fools is as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot; such is pointless.
But oppression can make a wise man crazy; also a gift can corrupt the heart.
The finale is better than its beginning, so the patient are better than the arrogant.
Don’t be quick to get angry, for fools foster anger.
Don’t ask why yesteryear was better than now, because that is a pointless question.
Wisdom is good, along with possessions, an advantage to all who live.
Wisdom is a shelter, wealth is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom enables the one who possesses it to stay alive.
Consider God's abilities: who can make straight what he has distorted?
When things are going well, be content; but when things are going badly, consider that God made the one alongside the other, so that people would not comprehend the future.
In my pointless life, I’ve seen everything — from the righteous person dying for his uprightness to the wicked one who lives a long life and keeps on doing wrong.
So don’t be overly righteous or overly wise; why disappoint yourself?
But don’t be overly wicked, and don’t be foolish; why die any sooner?
Don’t pick and choose such rules; take hold both; for he who regards God will live by both of them.
To a wise man wisdom is better protection than ten government officials.
For there isn’t a righteous person on earth who does only good and never sins.
Also, don’t take seriously every callous word, such as when you overhear a worker speaking badly of you; because often you, as you already know, have spoken badly of others.
By all this I have tested wisdom; I said, “I will acquire wisdom,” However, wisdom evaded me.
The wisdom which exists is distant and deep, so deep, that it can’t be understood.
So I turned myself and my thoughts to know, and find wisdom and the reasons behind things, also to understand how foolish it is to be wicked and how stupid to behave like a fool.
I found more bitter than death the woman who entraps, whose heart is a snare and whose hand encircle like prison chains. The man who pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
The preacher laments — summing up everything reached this conclusion, after a long time: a rarity --- a knowledgeable Teacher, but I found not one teacher among the harlots.
This is the only thing I have discovered, that God made humanity upright, but they have devised many schemes.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.
3 Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
10 Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors.
13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
17 Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
18 [It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
19 The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
22 For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
23 All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it [is] far from me.
24 Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
28 (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
A good name is better than perfume, and the day mortality ends than the day of birth.
Better to go to a funeral home than to go to a party place, for all are destined to die; the living should consider this.
Grief is better than laughter, for sadness can improve a person.
The consideration of the wise are of the house of mourning, but the thoughts of fools concern only pleasure.
It is better to hear the ridicule of the wise than to listen to the songs of fools.
For the laughter of fools is as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot; such is pointless.
But oppression can make a wise man crazy; also a gift can corrupt the heart.
The finale is better than its beginning, so the patient are better than the arrogant.
Don’t be quick to get angry, for fools foster anger.
Don’t ask why yesteryear was better than now, because that is a pointless question.
Wisdom is good, along with possessions, an advantage to all who live.
Wisdom is a shelter, wealth is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom enables the one who possesses it to stay alive.
Consider God's abilities: who can make straight what he has distorted?
When things are going well, be content; but when things are going badly, consider that God made the one alongside the other, so that people would not comprehend the future.
In my pointless life, I’ve seen everything — from the righteous person dying for his uprightness to the wicked one who lives a long life and keeps on doing wrong.
So don’t be overly righteous or overly wise; why disappoint yourself?
But don’t be overly wicked, and don’t be foolish; why die any sooner?
Don’t pick and choose such rules; take hold both; for he who regards God will live by both of them.
To a wise man wisdom is better protection than ten government officials.
For there isn’t a righteous person on earth who does only good and never sins.
Also, don’t take seriously every callous word, such as when you overhear a worker speaking badly of you; because often you, as you already know, have spoken badly of others.
By all this I have tested wisdom; I said, “I will acquire wisdom,” However, wisdom evaded me.
The wisdom which exists is distant and deep, so deep, that it can’t be understood.
So I turned myself and my thoughts to know, and find wisdom and the reasons behind things, also to understand how foolish it is to be wicked and how stupid to behave like a fool.
I found more bitter than death the woman who entraps, whose heart is a snare and whose hand encircle like prison chains. The man who pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
The preacher laments — summing up everything reached this conclusion, after a long time: a rarity --- a knowledgeable Teacher, but I found not one teacher among the harlots.
This is the only thing I have discovered, that God made humanity upright, but they have devised many schemes.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.
3 Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
10 Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors.
13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging [himself] in his wrong.
16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
17 Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
18 [It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.
19 The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
22 For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
23 All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it [is] far from me.
24 Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
28 (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
Whose wise, understanding things --- analyze and interpret them. Wisdom brightens a man’s face, softening its hardness.
Obey the ruler as you have vowed to do. Don’t always be trying to escape your duty, even when unpleasant. For the ruler punishes those who disobey.
The ruler's command is backed by great power, and no one can withstand it or question it.
Those who obey will not be punished. The wise man will find the means to do what is commanded.
Yes, there is a time and place for everything, though man’s problems swamp him; for how can he avoid what he is clueless of?
No one can will his spirit from departing; no one has the power to prevent their own death, for there is no escaping that obligation and dark battle. Certainly a man’s wickedness is not going to help him then.
I have pondered all that goes on here in the world, where people have the power to harm each other.
I have seen wicked men buried, and as their friends returned from the cemetery, having forgotten all the dead man’s evil deeds, these men were praised in the very city where they carried out their many crimes! Very strange!
God does not punish sinners instantly, people believe it is safe to do wrong.
But though a man sins a hundred times and still lives, I know very well that those who regard God will fair far better.
The wicked, will not live forever, good lives—their days shall ebb away as quickly as shadows because they don’t consider God.
There are strange events occurring upon the earth: Providence seemingly treats some righteous men as though they were wicked, and some wicked men as though they were good. This is all very complex and upsetting!
Then I decided to waste my time having fun because I imagined that there was nothing better anywhere than that a man should eat, drink, and make merry, with the hope that such happiness would stick with him through all the hard work that God provides humanity everywhere.
In my search for wisdom I witnessed all that was going on everywhere across the planet— activities, day and night. Rationally, only God sees everything, and even the wisest man who says he knows everything, doesn’t!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.
3 Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.
4 Where the word of a king [is] power [is], and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.
6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
9 All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also [is] vanity.
11 Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also [is] vanity.
15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.
16 When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
Whose wise, understanding things --- analyze and interpret them. Wisdom brightens a man’s face, softening its hardness.
Obey the ruler as you have vowed to do. Don’t always be trying to escape your duty, even when unpleasant. For the ruler punishes those who disobey.
The ruler's command is backed by great power, and no one can withstand it or question it.
Those who obey will not be punished. The wise man will find the means to do what is commanded.
Yes, there is a time and place for everything, though man’s problems swamp him; for how can he avoid what he is clueless of?
No one can will his spirit from departing; no one has the power to prevent their own death, for there is no escaping that obligation and dark battle. Certainly a man’s wickedness is not going to help him then.
I have pondered all that goes on here in the world, where people have the power to harm each other.
I have seen wicked men buried, and as their friends returned from the cemetery, having forgotten all the dead man’s evil deeds, these men were praised in the very city where they carried out their many crimes! Very strange!
God does not punish sinners instantly, people believe it is safe to do wrong.
But though a man sins a hundred times and still lives, I know very well that those who regard God will fair far better.
The wicked, will not live forever, good lives—their days shall ebb away as quickly as shadows because they don’t consider God.
There are strange events occurring upon the earth: Providence seemingly treats some righteous men as though they were wicked, and some wicked men as though they were good. This is all very complex and upsetting!
Then I decided to waste my time having fun because I imagined that there was nothing better anywhere than that a man should eat, drink, and make merry, with the hope that such happiness would stick with him through all the hard work that God provides humanity everywhere.
In my search for wisdom I witnessed all that was going on everywhere across the planet— activities, day and night. Rationally, only God sees everything, and even the wisest man who says he knows everything, doesn’t!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
2 I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.
3 Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.
4 Where the word of a king [is] power [is], and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'
5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.
6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
9 All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also [is] vanity.
11 Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.
13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also [is] vanity.
15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.
16 When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-18
I considered all of this, sifted through it and concluded that the righteous and the wise, with their deeds, are in God’s hands. An individual cannot realize whether these people and deeds will be rewarded with love or with hatred; it's up for grabs.
Anything can occur to anyone; the same thing can happen to the righteous or the wicked --- to the good and clean and to the unclean --- to someone who offers a sacrifice and to someone who doesn’t; it's the same for a righteous individual as for the wicked ------ for someone who takes an oath rashly or as someone with trepidation.
This is another evil among all those occurring daily ---- the same events can occur to anyone. Truly, the human mind is filled with evil; and as long as one lives, folly plays a part; after which each dies.
For as long as a person is linked with the living, there remains hope — better to be a living mongrel than a dead aristocrat!
The living know that their end will come, but the dead can contribute nothing; there is no longer any for such to gain, because all memory of them is forgotten.
What they wanted, what they despised and what they envied all vanished long ago. They no longer take part in anything happening here and now.
So go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a contentment, for God has already accepted your deeds.
Let your clothing be pure, and never fail to be pleasant.
Enjoy life with the wife you have loved throughout your meaningless life that God has provided, all the days of your pointless existence; for that is your allotted portion in life and through your labor that you accomplished daily.
Whatever task comes your way to do, do it with all your ability; because in the grave, where you are destined to go, there is neither working nor planning, neither knowledge nor wisdom.
An additional thing I observed daily is that races aren’t won by the swift or fights by the strong, and that food doesn’t go to the wise or wealth to the intelligent or favor to the experts; rather, time and happenstance reigns.
For people are clueless when their time will come any more than fish taken in the fatal net or birds caught in a trap; similarly, people are snared at an unfortunate time, when suddenly it catches up with them.
Here is something else I have seen as wisdom under the sun --- rather important: There was a small town with few inhabitance; and a great king came to attack it; he surrounded it and built massive siege-machines against it.
Now there was found there a man who was poor but wise, and by his wisdom he saved the city; yet afterwards, nobody remembered that poor man.
So, although I say that wisdom is better than might, nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom goes unappreciated; nobody pays attention to what he says.
A wise man speaking quietly is more worth heeding than the shouting of a ruler commanding fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but a person who makes a mistake can undermine a lot of good.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole
[is] before them.
2 The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.
3 This [is] an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.
4 But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.
5 For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
6 Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.
7 Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
9 See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
12 For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
13 This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
14 A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
15 and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
16 And I said, `Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
17 The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
18 Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
I considered all of this, sifted through it and concluded that the righteous and the wise, with their deeds, are in God’s hands. An individual cannot realize whether these people and deeds will be rewarded with love or with hatred; it's up for grabs.
Anything can occur to anyone; the same thing can happen to the righteous or the wicked --- to the good and clean and to the unclean --- to someone who offers a sacrifice and to someone who doesn’t; it's the same for a righteous individual as for the wicked ------ for someone who takes an oath rashly or as someone with trepidation.
This is another evil among all those occurring daily ---- the same events can occur to anyone. Truly, the human mind is filled with evil; and as long as one lives, folly plays a part; after which each dies.
For as long as a person is linked with the living, there remains hope — better to be a living mongrel than a dead aristocrat!
The living know that their end will come, but the dead can contribute nothing; there is no longer any for such to gain, because all memory of them is forgotten.
What they wanted, what they despised and what they envied all vanished long ago. They no longer take part in anything happening here and now.
So go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a contentment, for God has already accepted your deeds.
Let your clothing be pure, and never fail to be pleasant.
Enjoy life with the wife you have loved throughout your meaningless life that God has provided, all the days of your pointless existence; for that is your allotted portion in life and through your labor that you accomplished daily.
Whatever task comes your way to do, do it with all your ability; because in the grave, where you are destined to go, there is neither working nor planning, neither knowledge nor wisdom.
An additional thing I observed daily is that races aren’t won by the swift or fights by the strong, and that food doesn’t go to the wise or wealth to the intelligent or favor to the experts; rather, time and happenstance reigns.
For people are clueless when their time will come any more than fish taken in the fatal net or birds caught in a trap; similarly, people are snared at an unfortunate time, when suddenly it catches up with them.
Here is something else I have seen as wisdom under the sun --- rather important: There was a small town with few inhabitance; and a great king came to attack it; he surrounded it and built massive siege-machines against it.
Now there was found there a man who was poor but wise, and by his wisdom he saved the city; yet afterwards, nobody remembered that poor man.
So, although I say that wisdom is better than might, nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom goes unappreciated; nobody pays attention to what he says.
A wise man speaking quietly is more worth heeding than the shouting of a ruler commanding fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but a person who makes a mistake can undermine a lot of good.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole
[is] before them.
2 The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.
3 This [is] an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.
4 But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.
5 For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
6 Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.
7 Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head.
9 See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
11 I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.
12 For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
13 This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
14 A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
15 and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
16 And I said, `Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
17 The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
18 Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
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Ecclesiastes 10:1-20
Just as dead flies spoils perfume, so a little studipity outweighs wisdom and honor.
A wise man’s heart steers him correctly, but a fool’s heart leads him astray...
When a fool visits, he makes no good sense --- showing everyone for the fool he is.
If a ruler gets upset at you, remain at your post, because coolness under pressure soothes great offenses.
Another evil I have seen happen is the kind of mistake rulers can make.
The superficial are promoted to high positions, while the diligent occupy humble places.
I have seen servants transported, while princes walk on foot like slaves.
He who digs a pit may fall into it --- he who knocks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
He who quarries stones may get hit by a falling rock --- he who chops wood puts himself at risk.
If the tool is blunt, and it remains unsharpened, the user will have to exert greater effort; however, an expert has the advantage of his skill.
If a snake strikes before it is charmed, the snake-charmer takes no advantage.
The words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
What he says begins as nonsense and ends with wicked madness.
A fool will not shut up, yet no one knows what the future will reveal — can anyone inform an individual what will transpire after his death?
The efforts of a fool tuckers him out; he doesn’t even know his way around!
Miserable is the country, where the ruler is a child, and the leaders start their parties at daybreak!
Happy is the country when the ruler has a good upbringing, and the princes eat at traditional times, in order to remain strong, not to get drunk!
When the owner is lazy, the roof rots; when hands are idle, the house is drafty.
Parties were designed for a good time, wine adds cheer to life, and money has an answer for everything.
Don’t insult rulers, not even in your thoughts; and don’t insult the wealthy, not even in your bedroom; for a stool pigeon may carry tales -- a parrot may just repeat what was said.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
2 The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
3 And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He [is] a fool.'
4 If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
6 He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
7 I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
9 Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.
10 If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.
11 If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
12 Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness.
14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
20 Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.
Just as dead flies spoils perfume, so a little studipity outweighs wisdom and honor.
A wise man’s heart steers him correctly, but a fool’s heart leads him astray...
When a fool visits, he makes no good sense --- showing everyone for the fool he is.
If a ruler gets upset at you, remain at your post, because coolness under pressure soothes great offenses.
Another evil I have seen happen is the kind of mistake rulers can make.
The superficial are promoted to high positions, while the diligent occupy humble places.
I have seen servants transported, while princes walk on foot like slaves.
He who digs a pit may fall into it --- he who knocks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
He who quarries stones may get hit by a falling rock --- he who chops wood puts himself at risk.
If the tool is blunt, and it remains unsharpened, the user will have to exert greater effort; however, an expert has the advantage of his skill.
If a snake strikes before it is charmed, the snake-charmer takes no advantage.
The words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
What he says begins as nonsense and ends with wicked madness.
A fool will not shut up, yet no one knows what the future will reveal — can anyone inform an individual what will transpire after his death?
The efforts of a fool tuckers him out; he doesn’t even know his way around!
Miserable is the country, where the ruler is a child, and the leaders start their parties at daybreak!
Happy is the country when the ruler has a good upbringing, and the princes eat at traditional times, in order to remain strong, not to get drunk!
When the owner is lazy, the roof rots; when hands are idle, the house is drafty.
Parties were designed for a good time, wine adds cheer to life, and money has an answer for everything.
Don’t insult rulers, not even in your thoughts; and don’t insult the wealthy, not even in your bedroom; for a stool pigeon may carry tales -- a parrot may just repeat what was said.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly!
2 The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
3 And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He [is] a fool.'
4 If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
6 He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
7 I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
9 Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them.
10 If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.
11 If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
12 Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness.
14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
16 Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.
18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
20 Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-10
Sow generosity, and someday you will reap a reward.
Share what you have among seven or eight others, because you never know when disaster may strike.
Rain clouds bring rain. A tree lies in whichever direction it falls.
If the weather concerns you and you don’t plant seeds, you won’t harvest a crop.
No one can explain how the bones of a baby in the womb form. So how can anyone explain what God is doing? After all, he created everything.
Plant seeds at dawn and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Nothing on earth is more beautiful than a dawning sun.
Even if you live to a ripe old age, you should try to embrace each day, because darkness will soon come and last a long time. Nothing makes sense.
Be cheerful and enjoy your youth! Do what you like and find pleasure in what you observe. But don’t forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
Rid yourself of worry and pain, because the magical moments of youth fade.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.
4 Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.
5 As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming [is] vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
10 And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
Sow generosity, and someday you will reap a reward.
Share what you have among seven or eight others, because you never know when disaster may strike.
Rain clouds bring rain. A tree lies in whichever direction it falls.
If the weather concerns you and you don’t plant seeds, you won’t harvest a crop.
No one can explain how the bones of a baby in the womb form. So how can anyone explain what God is doing? After all, he created everything.
Plant seeds at dawn and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.
Nothing on earth is more beautiful than a dawning sun.
Even if you live to a ripe old age, you should try to embrace each day, because darkness will soon come and last a long time. Nothing makes sense.
Be cheerful and enjoy your youth! Do what you like and find pleasure in what you observe. But don’t forget that God will judge you for everything you do.
Rid yourself of worry and pain, because the magical moments of youth fade.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
2 Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.
3 If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.
4 Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.
5 As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
7 Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming [is] vanity.
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
10 And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
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Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Remember your Creator while you're young, before the ravages of age, and a day approaches when you will say, "Life no longer gives me pleasure."
Remember Him before the sun and the moon and the stars --- all light diminishes --- before clouds return after the rain;
Remember Him on the day when the home security trembles, and men of courage are bent over vomiting; when the women stop milling grain, because there is so little; when the women at the windows can not see outside.
Remember Him when the doors to the streets are bolted; when the noise of industry fades; when a person is startled by the sound of a bird --- yet their singing is very faint;
Remember Him when they will be afraid to climb a hill, and horror will stalk the way, the almond tree is ignored, the locust plague arrives, and the caper berry has no [aphrodisiac] effect — because the person is headed for his eternality, and the mourners are already gathering in the public arena.
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped the golden bowl is cracked, the pitcher is shattered at the spring, the pulley is broken over the well.
Dust returns to the earth, as it was, and the spirit returns to God, who gave it!
Pointless! Meaningless! — cries the Preacher ----- Nothing at all matters!
Not only was the preacher wise, he also taught the people what he knew; he also considered, researched and corrected many ethical sayings.
The preacher worked to develop an attractive writing style, in which he expressed the truth matter of factly.
The sayings of the wise are as sharp as the spiked rod, and as fences erected by the reaping masters, they have been given and presented by one shepherd.
In addition, child, take heed: one can write many books — endlessly; and one can study so much that it makes one tired.
Here is the grand finale, now that you have heard everything: Regard God, and keep His Laws; this is what being human is all about.
For God will judge whatever we do, including every secret ---- good or bad.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
6 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.
7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.
10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth.
11 Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
Remember your Creator while you're young, before the ravages of age, and a day approaches when you will say, "Life no longer gives me pleasure."
Remember Him before the sun and the moon and the stars --- all light diminishes --- before clouds return after the rain;
Remember Him on the day when the home security trembles, and men of courage are bent over vomiting; when the women stop milling grain, because there is so little; when the women at the windows can not see outside.
Remember Him when the doors to the streets are bolted; when the noise of industry fades; when a person is startled by the sound of a bird --- yet their singing is very faint;
Remember Him when they will be afraid to climb a hill, and horror will stalk the way, the almond tree is ignored, the locust plague arrives, and the caper berry has no [aphrodisiac] effect — because the person is headed for his eternality, and the mourners are already gathering in the public arena.
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped the golden bowl is cracked, the pitcher is shattered at the spring, the pulley is broken over the well.
Dust returns to the earth, as it was, and the spirit returns to God, who gave it!
Pointless! Meaningless! — cries the Preacher ----- Nothing at all matters!
Not only was the preacher wise, he also taught the people what he knew; he also considered, researched and corrected many ethical sayings.
The preacher worked to develop an attractive writing style, in which he expressed the truth matter of factly.
The sayings of the wise are as sharp as the spiked rod, and as fences erected by the reaping masters, they have been given and presented by one shepherd.
In addition, child, take heed: one can write many books — endlessly; and one can study so much that it makes one tired.
Here is the grand finale, now that you have heard everything: Regard God, and keep His Laws; this is what being human is all about.
For God will judge whatever we do, including every secret ---- good or bad.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
4 And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down.
5 Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.
6 While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.
7 And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity.
9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.
10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth.
11 Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.
12 And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
13 The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
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Song of Solomon 1:1-17 This book is a love story between The Church of Christ (the Bride) and Christ (the Groom).
Starting the Song of Songs.
He kisses me with the kiss of his mouth. For your love is better than wine.
Provide scents with the best perfumes. Your name is like fine oil rendered; young maidens adore You .
Entice me to follow You; we shall run. The king led me into his cellars; we mindful of a love greater than wine, shall be enraptured. You make us happy; all righteous people love You.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am tan, yet fair, as the tabernacles of Kedar, as the skins of Solomon.
See that I am dark because the sun has tanned me; the sons of my mother reviled me, they made me a keeper in vineries; I kept not my vinery.
Declare to your spouse (you who I deeply love), show to me, where you lay --- resting at noon; I am like one veiled, after the flocks of my company.
Ah you fairest among women, if you don't understand, go out, and follow after the flocks; and feed the lambs, beside the shepherds' tents.
Your cheeks are fair, adorned with chains.
We shall make for you golden ornaments, set with silver beads.
When the king was in his resting place, my ointment gave his odor.
My darling is a bundle of myrrh to me; he shall dwell between my breasts.
My darling is to me as a grove of cypress, among the vineries of Engedi.
Listen! my love, You are fair. Your eyes are like doves.
Listen! my darling, You are fair and shapely; our bed is as a bed of flowers
The beams of our houses be of cedar; our rafters are of cypress. I'm a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The Song of Songs, that [is] Solomon's.
2 Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] thy loves than wine.
3 For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
5 Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
6 Fear me not, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.
7 Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
8 If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
9 To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
10 Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.
11 Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
12 While the king [is] in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.
13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.
14 A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
15 Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves!
16 Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green,
17 The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Starting the Song of Songs.
He kisses me with the kiss of his mouth. For your love is better than wine.
Provide scents with the best perfumes. Your name is like fine oil rendered; young maidens adore You .
Entice me to follow You; we shall run. The king led me into his cellars; we mindful of a love greater than wine, shall be enraptured. You make us happy; all righteous people love You.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am tan, yet fair, as the tabernacles of Kedar, as the skins of Solomon.
See that I am dark because the sun has tanned me; the sons of my mother reviled me, they made me a keeper in vineries; I kept not my vinery.
Declare to your spouse (you who I deeply love), show to me, where you lay --- resting at noon; I am like one veiled, after the flocks of my company.
Ah you fairest among women, if you don't understand, go out, and follow after the flocks; and feed the lambs, beside the shepherds' tents.
Your cheeks are fair, adorned with chains.
We shall make for you golden ornaments, set with silver beads.
When the king was in his resting place, my ointment gave his odor.
My darling is a bundle of myrrh to me; he shall dwell between my breasts.
My darling is to me as a grove of cypress, among the vineries of Engedi.
Listen! my love, You are fair. Your eyes are like doves.
Listen! my darling, You are fair and shapely; our bed is as a bed of flowers
The beams of our houses be of cedar; our rafters are of cypress. I'm a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The Song of Songs, that [is] Solomon's.
2 Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] thy loves than wine.
3 For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
5 Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
6 Fear me not, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.
7 Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
8 If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
9 To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
10 Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.
11 Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
12 While the king [is] in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.
13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.
14 A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
15 Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves!
16 Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green,
17 The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Song of Solomon 2:1-17
As a lovely lily among briars, so is my friend among the daughters!
As a sweet smelling citron among trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I delighted, and sat down, and his fruit most sweet to my taste.
He hath brought me in unto a winery, and his proclaims His love to me.
Nourish me with grape-cakes, fill me with citrus, for I'm love sick.
His left hand under my head, and his right doth embrace me.
I have urged you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelle or by the doe of the field, Stir not up nor awaken love until she is ready!
The sound of my beloved! Hear Him coming, leaping mountains, skipping hills.
My beloved like a gazelle, or a young one of the doe. Listen -- He is standing behind our wall, peeking at the windows, blooming upon the lattice.
My beloved answering said to me, "Get up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
See wintertime is over, the rain stopped-- it is finished.
The flowers have appeared upon earth. The time of the singing has arrived. And the voice of turtledoves is heard.
The fig-tree has ripened her green figs. The sweet-smelling vines give forth fragrance. Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, come away.
My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a hiding place high up. Cause me to see Your face. Cause me to hear Your voice. For Your voice is so sweet, and Your countenance handsome!
Grab the little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards --- even our own sweet-smelling vineyards.
My beloved is mine, and I'm His. He is delightful among the lilies.
Until that day breaks forth, and the shadows fly away. Come back, act as a beloved should ---- like a gazelle or as a young one of the doe, upon the mountains of separation!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 As a lily among the thorns,
2 So [is] my friend among the daughters!
3 As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
4 He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
5 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!
8 The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9 My beloved [is] like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.
10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
11 For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
13 The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.
14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely.
15 Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
17 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!
As a lovely lily among briars, so is my friend among the daughters!
As a sweet smelling citron among trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow I delighted, and sat down, and his fruit most sweet to my taste.
He hath brought me in unto a winery, and his proclaims His love to me.
Nourish me with grape-cakes, fill me with citrus, for I'm love sick.
His left hand under my head, and his right doth embrace me.
I have urged you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelle or by the doe of the field, Stir not up nor awaken love until she is ready!
The sound of my beloved! Hear Him coming, leaping mountains, skipping hills.
My beloved like a gazelle, or a young one of the doe. Listen -- He is standing behind our wall, peeking at the windows, blooming upon the lattice.
My beloved answering said to me, "Get up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
See wintertime is over, the rain stopped-- it is finished.
The flowers have appeared upon earth. The time of the singing has arrived. And the voice of turtledoves is heard.
The fig-tree has ripened her green figs. The sweet-smelling vines give forth fragrance. Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, come away.
My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a hiding place high up. Cause me to see Your face. Cause me to hear Your voice. For Your voice is so sweet, and Your countenance handsome!
Grab the little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards --- even our own sweet-smelling vineyards.
My beloved is mine, and I'm His. He is delightful among the lilies.
Until that day breaks forth, and the shadows fly away. Come back, act as a beloved should ---- like a gazelle or as a young one of the doe, upon the mountains of separation!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 As a lily among the thorns,
2 So [is] my friend among the daughters!
3 As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate.
4 He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love,
5 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love.
6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.
7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!
8 The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
9 My beloved [is] like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.
10 My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,
11 For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone.
12 The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
13 The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away.
14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely.
15 Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
16 My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies,
17 Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!