Ecclesiastes 7
1 [is] good A name more than ointment good and [the] day of death more than [the] day of being born he.
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 [is] good To go to a house of mourning more than to go to a house of a feast in that this [is] [the] end of every person and the living person he will give to heart his.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 [is] good Vexation more than laughter for by sadness of face it will be good a heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 [the] heart of Wise people [is] in a house of mourning and [the] heart of fools [is] in a house of gladness.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 [is] good To listen to [the] rebuke of a wise [person] more than someone [who] listens to [the] song of fools.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For like [the] sound of thorns under the pot so [the] laughter of the fool and also this [is] futility.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 For oppression it will make look foolish a wise [person] so it may destroy a heart a bribe.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 [is] good [the] end of A matter more than beginning its [is] good a [person] patient of spirit more than a [person] proud of spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 May not you be hasty in spirit your to become angry for anger in [the] bosom of fools it settles.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 May not you say why? was it that the days former they were good more than these for not from wisdom you have asked on this.
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 [is] good Wisdom with an inheritance and [is] an advantage to [those who] see the sun.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 For [is] a shade wisdom [is] a shade money and [the] advantage of knowledge wisdom it preserves alive owners its.
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Consider [the] work of God for who? is he able to straighten [that] which he has bent it.
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 On a day of good be in good and on a day of adversity consider also this exactly as this he has made God on reason that not he will find out humankind after him anything.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 Everything I have seen in [the] days of futility my there [is] a righteous [person] [who] perishes in righteousness his and there [is] a wicked [person] [who] prolongs in evil his.
All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 May not you be righteous greatly and may not you make yourself wise excess why? will you destroy yourself.
Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 May not you be wicked greatly and may not you be a fool why? will you die at not time your.
Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 [is] good That you will take hold on this and also from this may not you give rest to hand your for [one] fearing God he will go out all of them.
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 Wisdom it gives strength to the wise [person] more than ten rulers who they are in the city.
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 For a person there not [is] righteous [person] on the earth who he does good and not he sins.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Also to all the words which people speak may not you give heart your that not you will hear servant your cursing you.
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 For also times many it knows heart your that also (you *Q(K)*) you have cursed others.
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 All this I have put to [the] test by wisdom I said let me be wise and it [was] far from me.
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 [is] far away Whatever [that] which has been and deep - deep who? will he find out it.
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 I turned I heart my to know and to examine and to seek wisdom and an explanation and to know wickedness stupidity and the folly madness.
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 And [was] finding I bitter more than death the woman who she [is] snares and [is] nets heart her [are] fetters hands her a [person] good before God he escapes from her and a sinner he is captured by her.
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Consider this I have found she said Teacher one to one to find an explanation.
“Behold, I have found this,” says Kohelet, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Which again it has sought self my and not I have found a man one of a thousand I have found and a woman among all these not I have found.
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 Only consider this I have found that he made God humankind upright and they they have sought schemes many.
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
