My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 5
1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
שְׁמֹר [רַגְלֶיךָ כ] (רַגְלְךָ ק) כַּאֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ אֶל־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וְקָרֹוב לִשְׁמֹעַ מִתֵּת הַכְּסִילִים זָבַח כִּי־אֵינָם יֹודְעִים לַעֲשֹׂות רָע׃ (5814)
See also: 1 Samuel 15:22, James 1:19, Hosea 6:6, Hebrews 12:28-29, Proverbs 15:8, Exodus 3:5, Isaiah 1:12-20, 1 Peter 2:1-2, Genesis 28:17, Joshua 5:15, Proverbs 21:27, Exodus 20:26, Psalms 50:8-18, Psalms 89:7, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Isaiah 66:3, 1 Corinthians 11:22, Genesis 28:16-17, Leviticus 19:30, 1 Samuel 13:12-13
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
אַל־תְּבַהֵל עַל־פִּיךָ וְלִבְּךָ אַל־יְמַהֵר לְהֹוצִיא דָבָר לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם וְאַתָּה עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־כֵּן יִהְיוּ דְבָרֶיךָ מְעַטִּים׃ (3558)
See also: Matthew 6:7, Proverbs 10:19, Isaiah 55:9, Matthew 6:9, Luke 11:2, Genesis 18:27, Numbers 30:2-5, Proverbs 29:20, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Genesis 28:20, Proverbs 20:25, James 3:2, Psalms 115:3, Proverbs 15:28, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 18:30, Leviticus 5:4, Judges 11:30, 1 Samuel 14:24-45
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
כִּי בָּא הַחֲלֹום בְּרֹב עִנְיָן וְקֹול כְּסִיל בְּרֹב דְּבָרִים׃ (1228)
See also: Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 17:28, Proverbs 15:2, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Proverbs 10:19, Ecclesiastes 10:12-14, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Job 11:2, Job 13:5, Ecclesiastes 10:3
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר נֶדֶר לֵאלֹהִים אַל־תְּאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמֹו כִּי אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּם׃ (4858)
See also: Matthew 5:33, Numbers 30:2, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Psalms 76:11, Jonah 2:9, Psalms 66:13-14, Psalms 50:14, 1 Samuel 1:11, Proverbs 20:25, Malachi 1:14, Leviticus 22:21, Judges 11:30, Job 22:27, Psalms 119:106, Psalms 5:5, Acts 5:3, Genesis 35:1, Psalms 22:25, Psalms 56:12, Psalms 116:14
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
טֹוב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תִדֹּר מִשֶּׁתִּדֹּור וְלֹא תְשַׁלֵּם׃ (2910)
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
אַל־תִּתֵּן אֶת־פִּיךָ לַחֲטִיא אֶת־בְּשָׂרֶךָ וְאַל־תֹּאמַר לִפְנֵי הַמַּלְאָךְ כִּי שְׁגָגָה הִיא לָמָּה יִקְצֹף הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־קֹולֶךָ וְחִבֵּל אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ׃ (5282)
See also: James 1:26, 2 John 1:8, James 3:2, Ecclesiastes 5:1-2, Malachi 2:7, Leviticus 5:4-6, Proverbs 15:28, Genesis 48:16, Proverbs 10:17, Numbers 15:25, Joshua 9:18, Job 31:30, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, Hebrews 1:14
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
כִּי בְרֹב חֲלֹמֹות וַהֲבָלִים וּדְבָרִים הַרְבֵּה כִּי אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים יְרָא׃ (2018)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:13, Matthew 6:7, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 12:36, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Proverbs 23:17, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Isaiah 50:10-11, Ecclesiastes 7:18, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Colossians 3:22, Ecclesiastes 6:11
8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
אִם־עֹשֶׁק רָשׁ וְגֵזֶל מִשְׁפָּט וָצֶדֶק תִּרְאֶה בַמְּדִינָה אַל־תִּתְמַהּ עַל־הַחֵפֶץ כִּי גָבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם׃ (4513)
See also: Psalms 37:7, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 3:31, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Psalms 82:1, Psalms 109:31, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Exodus 3:9, Proverbs 14:31, 2 Chronicles 19:6, Job 34:19, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Psalms 94:20, Proverbs 24:12, Habakkuk 1:3, Colossians 4:1, Genesis 31:12, Exodus 23:6, 1 Kings 21:19-20, Job 11:11
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
וְיִתְרֹון אֶרֶץ בַּכֹּל [הִיא כ] (הוּא ק) מֶלֶךְ לְשָׂדֶה נֶעֱבָד׃ (1718)
See also: Proverbs 13:23, 1 Kings 4:7-23, Psalms 115:16, Genesis 1:29-30, Genesis 3:23, Psalms 104:14-15, Genesis 3:17-19, Genesis 9:20, 1 Samuel 8:12-17, 1 Chronicles 27:26-31, Proverbs 27:23-27, Proverbs 28:19, Jeremiah 40:10-12, 1 Corinthians 12:22
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
אֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא־יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף וּמִי־אֹהֵב בֶּהָמֹון לֹא תְבוּאָה גַּם־זֶה הָבֶל׃ (1445)
See also: 1 Timothy 6:10, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:24, Luke 12:15, Proverbs 15:16, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Matthew 13:22, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Psalms 62:10, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 27:20, Mark 4:19, Habakkuk 2:5-7, Genesis 13:6, Exodus 20:17, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Ezekiel 7:19
11When 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?
בִּרְבֹות הַטֹּובָה רַבּוּ אֹוכְלֶיהָ וּמַה־כִּשְׁרֹון לִבְעָלֶיהָ כִּי אִם־ [רְאִיַּת כ] (רְאוּת ק) עֵינָיו׃ (3246)
See also: 1 John 2:16, Habakkuk 2:13, Psalms 119:36-37, Proverbs 23:5, Ecclesiastes 6:9, John 6:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 13:5-7, Joshua 7:21-25, 1 Kings 5:13-16, Nehemiah 5:17-18, Ecclesiastes 6:8, Ecclesiastes 11:9, 1 Kings 4:22-23, Jeremiah 17:11
12The 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.
מְתוּקָה שְׁנַת הָעֹבֵד אִם־מְעַט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּה יֹאכֵל וְהַשָּׂבָע לֶעָשִׁיר אֵינֶנּוּ מַנִּיחַ לֹו לִישֹׁון׃ (3512)
See also: Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 3:24, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 104:23, Genesis 48:15, Judges 19:16, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16, Jeremiah 31:26
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
יֵשׁ רָעָה חֹולָה רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עֹשֶׁר שָׁמוּר לִבְעָלָיו לְרָעָתֹו׃ (4678)
See also: Proverbs 4:23, Ecclesiastes 6:1-2, Luke 18:22-23, Genesis 19:14, Psalms 49:10, Ecclesiastes 10:5, Matthew 13:22, Luke 16:22-23, Job 20:20, James 5:1-4, Genesis 14:16, Proverbs 1:11-13, Proverbs 1:19, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 11:24-25, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Isaiah 32:6-8, Jeremiah 17:11
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהֹולִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדֹו מְאוּמָה׃ (1351)
See also: Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 2:26, 1 Peter 1:7, Job 5:5, Job 20:15-29, Proverbs 23:5, Haggai 1:9, Haggai 2:16-17, Matthew 6:19-20, 1 Samuel 2:6-8, 1 Samuel 2:36, 1 Kings 14:26, Job 27:16-17, Psalms 109:9-12, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 13:11, Luke 12:20
15As he came forth of his mother’s 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.
כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אִמֹּו עָרֹום יָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת כְּשֶׁבָּא וּמְאוּמָה לֹא־יִשָּׂא בַעֲמָלֹו שֶׁיֹּלֵךְ בְּיָדֹו׃ (3177)
See also: Job 1:21, 1 Timothy 6:7, Psalms 49:17, Job 5:7, Luke 12:20, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 11:8, James 1:11
16And 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?
וְגַם־זֹה רָעָה חֹולָה כָּל־עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא כֵּן יֵלֵךְ וּמַה־יִּתְרֹון לֹו שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל לָרוּחַ׃ (2825)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Proverbs 11:29, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Mark 8:36, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Hosea 8:7, John 6:27, 1 Samuel 12:21, Ecclesiastes 2:22-23, Ecclesiastes 7:15, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Isaiah 26:18, Jeremiah 2:8, Ecclesiastes 6:2
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
גַּם כָּל־יָמָיו בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יֹאכֵל וְכָעַס הַרְבֵּה וְחָלְיֹו וָקָצֶף׃ (1254)
See also: Psalms 127:2, Genesis 3:17, Psalms 13:2, Ecclesiastes 2:22, 1 Samuel 2:9, 1 Kings 17:12, 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 5:27, 2 Chronicles 16:10-12, 2 Chronicles 24:24-25, Job 21:25, Psalms 78:33, Psalms 90:7-11, Psalms 102:9, Proverbs 1:27-29, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ezekiel 4:16-17, Acts 12:23, 1 Corinthians 11:30-32
18Behold 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.
הִנֵּה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִיתִי אָנִי טֹוב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶה לֶאֶכֹול־וְלִשְׁתֹּות וְלִרְאֹות טֹובָה בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹו ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּחַת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מִסְפַּר יְמֵי־ [חַיָּו כ] (חַיָּיו ק) אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן־לֹו הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי־הוּא חֶלְקֹו׃ (7783)
See also: Psalms 128:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Nehemiah 8:10, Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 8:15, 1 Timothy 6:17, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, 1 Timothy 4:3, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Jeremiah 52:34, Genesis 48:15, Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 11:8, 1 Corinthians 7:31
19Every 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.
גַּם כָּל־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לֹו הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׁר וּנְכָסִים וְהִשְׁלִיטֹו לֶאֱכֹל מִמֶּנּוּ וְלָשֵׂאת אֶת־חֶלְקֹו וְלִשְׂמֹחַ בַּעֲמָלֹו זֹה מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִיא׃ (5378)
See also: Deuteronomy 8:18, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 6:2, 2 Chronicles 1:12, Ecclesiastes 2:24-26, 1 Kings 3:13, Proverbs 21:20, Job 1:21, 1 Chronicles 29:12
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
כִּי לֹא הַרְבֵּה יִזְכֹּר אֶת־יְמֵי חַיָּיו כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבֹּו׃ (2079)
See also: Psalms 37:16, Isaiah 65:13-14, Isaiah 65:21-24, Job 11:16, Psalms 4:6-7, Romans 5:1, Deuteronomy 28:8-12, Deuteronomy 28:47, Isaiah 64:5, Romans 5:5-11