My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 7
1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
טֹוב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טֹוב וְיֹום הַמָּוֶת מִיֹּום הִוָּלְדֹו׃ (1464)
See also: Proverbs 22:1, Revelation 14:13, Ecclesiastes 4:2, Song of Solomon 1:3, Jonah 4:3, 2 Corinthians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 1:21-23, Proverbs 27:9, Ecclesiastes 10:1, Genesis 44:7, Ruth 3:14, Nehemiah 6:13, Job 3:17, Proverbs 15:30, Isaiah 56:5, Isaiah 57:1-2, Psalms 133:2, Luke 10:20, John 13:2
2It 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.
טֹוב לָלֶכֶת אֶל־בֵּית־אֵבֶל מִלֶּכֶת אֶל־בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא סֹוף כָּל־הָאָדָם וְהַחַי יִתֵּן אֶל־לִבֹּו׃ (3970)
See also: Psalms 90:12, James 4:9, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Deuteronomy 32:29, Jeremiah 16:8, Hebrews 9:27, Deuteronomy 32:46, Esther 1:10, 1 Peter 4:7, Ecclesiastes 2:2, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Haggai 1:5, Philippians 3:19, 1 Peter 4:3-4, Genesis 48:1-22, Genesis 49:2-33, Genesis 50:15-17, Numbers 23:10, Job 1:4-5, Ecclesiastes 2:14
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
טֹוב כַּעַס מִשְּׂחֹק כִּי־בְרֹעַ פָּנִים יִיטַב לֵב׃ (1160)
See also: 2 Corinthians 7:9-11, Romans 5:3-4, James 4:8-10, John 16:20-22, Jeremiah 31:15-20, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Hebrews 12:10-11, James 1:2-4, Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Jeremiah 31:8-9, Daniel 10:19, Zechariah 12:10-14, Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25, Psalms 126:5-6, Jeremiah 50:4-5, Daniel 9:3-19, Daniel 10:2-3
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָה׃ (1572)
See also: Matthew 8:14-16, 1 Samuel 25:36, Luke 7:12-13, 1 Samuel 30:16, 1 Kings 20:16, Nehemiah 2:2-5, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 53:3-4, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57, Daniel 5:1-4, Daniel 5:30, Hosea 7:5, Mark 5:38-43, Mark 6:21-29, John 11:31-35, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Kings 1:41, Ecclesiastes 2:1, Nahum 1:10
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
טֹוב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִים׃ (2639)
See also: Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 15:31-32, Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 13:18, Proverbs 17:10, Psalms 69:12, Proverbs 13:13, Proverbs 14:13, Proverbs 27:6
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
כִּי כְקֹול הַסִּירִים תַּחַת הַסִּיר כֵּן שְׂחֹק הַכְּסִיל וְגַם־זֶה הָבֶל׃ (2295)
See also: Psalms 58:9, Psalms 118:12, Ecclesiastes 2:2, Luke 6:25, Proverbs 29:9, Isaiah 65:13-15, Amos 8:10, Luke 16:25, 2 Peter 2:13-17, Jude 1:12-13
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהֹולֵל חָכָם וִיאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָה׃ (1605)
See also: Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:8, Proverbs 17:23, Deuteronomy 28:33-34, Deuteronomy 28:65, 1 Samuel 8:3, Proverbs 17:8, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 1:23, 1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Samuel 12:3, Isaiah 33:15, 1 Samuel 21:14, Hosea 4:11
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
טֹוב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֵרֵאשִׁיתֹו טֹוב אֶרֶךְ־רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רוּחַ׃ (2515)
See also: James 1:19, Hebrews 10:36, Psalms 126:5-6, Proverbs 14:29, Job 42:12, 1 Peter 1:13, James 5:11, Proverbs 15:18, James 5:8, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Proverbs 16:32, Luke 21:19, Galatians 5:22, Luke 16:25, Romans 2:7-8, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 28:25, 1 Peter 2:20-21, Ephesians 4:2, Isaiah 10:24-25
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
אַל־תְּבַהֵל בְּרוּחֲךָ לִכְעֹוס כִּי כַעַס בְּחֵיק כְּסִילִים יָנוּחַ׃ (1434)
See also: Ephesians 4:26, Ephesians 4:31, Proverbs 14:29, James 1:19, Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 26:23-26, Genesis 34:7-8, Genesis 34:30-31, 1 Samuel 25:21-22, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 19:43, Esther 3:5-6, Job 5:2, Genesis 4:5-6, Genesis 34:25-26, 2 Samuel 13:28, Mark 6:19, Genesis 4:8
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
אַל־תֹּאמַר מֶה הָיָה שֶׁהַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָיוּ טֹובִים מֵאֵלֶּה כִּי לֹא מֵחָכְמָה שָׁאַלְתָּ עַל־זֶה׃ (2929)
See also: Psalms 14:2-3, Genesis 6:11-12, Judges 6:13, Ecclesiastes 1:9, Isaiah 50:1, Romans 1:22-32, Jeremiah 44:17-19, Romans 3:9-19, Genesis 24:54, 1 Samuel 25:10
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
טֹובָה חָכְמָה עִם־נַחֲלָה וְיֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ (1800)
See also: 1 Kings 3:9, Ecclesiastes 11:7, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 21:20, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Proverbs 14:24, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, Ecclesiastes 10:19, 1 Kings 3:6-9, Job 22:2, Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 9:15-18, Luke 16:8-9
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
כִּי בְּצֵל הַחָכְמָה בְּצֵל הַכָּסֶף וְיִתְרֹון דַּעַת הַחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶיהָ׃ (2281)
See also: Proverbs 4:7, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Proverbs 8:35, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 2:7, Proverbs 3:18, Isaiah 33:6, Judges 9:15, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 18:10-11, Proverbs 18:11, John 12:50, John 17:3, Deuteronomy 32:47, Job 1:10, Psalms 57:1, Proverbs 2:11, Proverbs 8:19, Proverbs 9:11
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
רְאֵה אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי מִי יוּכַל לְתַקֵּן אֵת אֲשֶׁר עִוְּתֹו׃ (3223)
See also: Isaiah 45:7, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Job 12:14, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Psalms 107:43, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 14:27, Luke 12:26, Romans 9:15, Ephesians 1:11, Job 37:14, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 46:10-11, Romans 9:19, Job 9:12, Job 11:10, Job 34:29, Psalms 8:3
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
בְּיֹום טֹובָה הֱיֵה בְטֹוב וּבְיֹום רָעָה רְאֵה גַּם אֶת־זֶה לְעֻמַּת־זֶה עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־דִּבְרַת שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא הָאָדָם אַחֲרָיו מְאוּמָה׃ (3683)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:1, Colossians 3:2, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Deuteronomy 8:3, Ecclesiastes 12:13, James 5:13, Deuteronomy 28:47, Ecclesiastes 11:8, Isaiah 26:11, 1 Kings 17:17-18, 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, Job 10:1-2, Psalms 30:11-12, Psalms 40:3, Psalms 50:22, Psalms 94:12-13, Psalms 119:71, Jeremiah 23:20, Micah 6:9
15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
אֶת־הַכֹּל רָאִיתִי בִּימֵי הֶבְלִי יֵשׁ צַדִּיק אֹבֵד בְּצִדְקֹו וְיֵשׁ רָשָׁע מַאֲרִיךְ בְּרָעָתֹו׃ (3744)
See also: Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Job 4:7, Psalms 73:3-13, Matthew 23:34-35, Psalms 73:4, Ecclesiastes 9:1-2, Ecclesiastes 9:13, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 47:9, 1 Samuel 22:18-19, 1 Kings 21:13, 2 Chronicles 24:21-22, Job 9:22-23, Job 21:7-15, Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 3:16
16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
אַל־תְּהִי צַדִּיק הַרְבֵּה וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּם יֹותֵר לָמָּה תִּשֹּׁומֵם׃ (3244)
See also: Romans 12:3, Proverbs 25:16, Colossians 2:18, Matthew 6:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:18, James 3:13-17, Ecclesiastes 1:18, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Genesis 3:6, Colossians 2:23, Luke 18:12, Job 11:12, Job 28:28, Proverbs 23:4, 1 Corinthians 3:20, Matthew 9:14, Matthew 15:2-9, Matthew 23:5, Matthew 23:23-24, Matthew 23:29
17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
אַל־תִּרְשַׁע הַרְבֵּה וְאַל־תְּהִי סָכָל לָמָּה תָמוּת בְּלֹא עִתֶּךָ׃ (3219)
See also: Proverbs 10:27, Job 22:16, Psalms 55:23, Acts 12:23, Job 15:32, Proverbs 11:3, Acts 5:5, Acts 5:10, Genesis 38:7-10, 1 Samuel 25:38, James 1:21, Acts 16:28, Jeremiah 2:33-34, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 16:20
18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
טֹוב אֲשֶׁר תֶּאֱחֹז בָּזֶה וְגַם־מִזֶּה אַל־תַּנַּח אֶת־יָדֶךָ כִּי־יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים יֵצֵא אֶת־כֻּלָּם׃ (2892)
See also: Proverbs 31:30, Nehemiah 2:20, Proverbs 14:26, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Proverbs 29:25, Proverbs 12:13, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Malachi 4:2, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Luke 1:50, Luke 11:42, 1 Kings 18:12, Psalms 25:12-14, Psalms 145:19-20, Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 8:20, Ecclesiastes 2:3
19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
הַחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִיר׃ (2471)
See also: Ecclesiastes 9:16, Proverbs 24:5, 1 Chronicles 12:32, Proverbs 8:14, Proverbs 21:22, Isaiah 33:6, 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:28, Colossians 1:9-11, 2 Samuel 20:22, Ecclesiastes 9:13-18, Daniel 2:23, Joshua 8:4, Ecclesiastes 2:13, Daniel 1:4, 2 Samuel 20:16-22, 2 Kings 2:12
20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה־טֹּוב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָא׃ (1601)
See also: Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:8, Isaiah 53:6, Romans 7:15, James 3:2, Proverbs 20:9, 1 Kings 8:46, Psalms 143:2, Job 15:14-16, Isaiah 64:6, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Romans 3:12, Galatians 5:17, Psalms 130:3, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 8:21, Job 4:17, Galatians 3:11, Philippians 3:9, Romans 7:23
21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
גַּם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּרוּ אַל־תִּתֵּן לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תִשְׁמַע אֶת־עַבְדְּךָ מְקַלְלֶךָ׃ (4099)
See also: Proverbs 30:10, Ecclesiastes 10:20, Isaiah 29:21, 1 Samuel 24:9, 2 Samuel 16:10, 2 Samuel 19:19, 1 Corinthians 13:5-7
22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
כִּי גַּם־פְּעָמִים רַבֹּות יָדַע לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר גַּם־ [אַתְּ כ] (אַתָּה ק) קִלַּלְתָּ אֲחֵרִים׃ (3347)
See also: John 8:9, Romans 2:15, James 3:9, 1 Kings 2:44, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 18:32-35, John 8:7-9, 1 Samuel 3:13
23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
כָּל־זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחֹוקָה מִמֶּנִּי׃ (1873)
See also: Job 28:12, Romans 1:22, Ecclesiastes 7:28, Ecclesiastes 8:17, Genesis 3:5, Job 28:20, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Kings 3:11-12, 1 Kings 11:1-8, Ecclesiastes 1:17
24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
רָחֹוק מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה וְעָמֹק ׀ עָמֹק מִי יִמְצָאֶנּוּ׃ (1352)
See also: Psalms 92:5, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Romans 11:33, Isaiah 55:8-9, 1 Timothy 6:16, Job 28:28, Psalms 139:6, Job 11:7-8, Job 28:12-23, Psalms 36:6, Deuteronomy 30:11-14, Ecclesiastes 1:8
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
סַבֹּותִי אֲנִי וְלִבִּי לָדַעַת וְלָתוּר וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה וְחֶשְׁבֹּון וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הֹולֵלֹות׃ (4780)
See also: Proverbs 2:2, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 22:17, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 10:13, Mark 7:22, Joshua 7:13, Ecclesiastes 8:9, Genesis 34:7, 2 Samuel 13:12, Proverbs 17:12, Proverbs 26:11, Ecclesiastes 2:1-3, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 2:20, Ecclesiastes 3:16-17, Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 8:16
26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
וּמֹוצֶא אֲנִי מַר מִמָּוֶת אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־הִיא מְצֹודִים וַחֲרָמִים לִבָּהּ אֲסוּרִים יָדֶיהָ טֹוב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים יִמָּלֵט מִמֶּנָּה וְחֹוטֵא יִלָּכֶד בָּהּ׃ (3639)
See also: Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 5:3-5, Proverbs 23:28, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:4, Proverbs 2:18-19, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Genesis 39:12, Nehemiah 13:26, Proverbs 2:19, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:21-27, Proverbs 23:27-28, Exodus 10:7, 1 Kings 21:25, Job 31:9, Numbers 31:16, Judges 16:8, Judges 16:18-21, Judges 16:19
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
רְאֵה זֶה מָצָאתִי אָמְרָה קֹהֶלֶת אַחַת לְאַחַת לִמְצֹא חֶשְׁבֹּון׃ (2915)
28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
אֲשֶׁר עֹוד־בִּקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי אָדָם אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי וְאִשָּׁה בְכָל־אֵלֶּה לֹא מָצָאתִי׃ (3728)
See also: Proverbs 31:10, Job 33:23, Psalms 12:1, 1 Kings 11:1-3, Ecclesiastes 7:23-24, Isaiah 26:9, 1 Kings 11:3, Proverbs 20:6
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
לְבַד רְאֵה־זֶה מָצָאתִי אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם יָשָׁר וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנֹות רַבִּים׃ (4205)
See also: Proverbs 19:21, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 1:26, Psalms 14:3, Jeremiah 4:22, Romans 3:12, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 6:11-12, Mark 7:8-9, Titus 3:3, Genesis 3:6-7, Psalms 99:8, Psalms 106:39, Jeremiah 2:12-13, Ephesians 2:2-3, Genesis 11:4-6, Job 15:14, Psalms 33:15, Psalms 106:29