Ecclesiastes 7
1 pleasant name from oil pleasant and day [the] death from day to beget he
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
2 pleasant to/for to go: went to(wards) house: home mourning from to go: went to(wards) house: home feast in/on/with in which he/she/it end all [the] man and [the] alive to give: put to(wards) 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 pleasant vexation from laughter for in/on/with evil face be good heart
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 heart wise in/on/with house: home mourning and heart fool in/on/with house: home joy
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 pleasant to/for to hear: hear rebuke wise from man: anyone to hear: hear song fool
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 for like/as voice: sound [the] thorn underneath: under [the] pot so laughter [the] fool and also this vanity
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 for [the] oppression to boast: rave madly wise and to perish [obj] heart gift
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 pleasant end word: thing from first: beginning his pleasant slow spirit from high spirit
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 not to dismay in/on/with spirit: temper your to/for to provoke for vexation in/on/with bosom: embrace fool to rest
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 not to say what? to be which/that [the] day [the] first: previous to be pleasant from these for not from wisdom to ask upon this
Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 pleasant wisdom with inheritance and advantage to/for to see: see [the] sun
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 for in/on/with shadow [the] wisdom in/on/with shadow [the] silver: money and advantage knowledge [the] wisdom to live master: owning her
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 to see: examine [obj] deed: work [the] God for who? be able to/for be straight [obj] which to pervert him
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
14 in/on/with day welfare to be in/on/with good and in/on/with day distress: harm to see: examine also [obj] this to/for close this to make [the] God upon cause which/that not to find [the] man 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 [obj] [the] all to see: see in/on/with day vanity my there righteous to perish in/on/with righteousness his and there wicked to prolong in/on/with distress: evil his
All this have I 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 not to be righteous to multiply and not be wise advantage to/for what? be desolate: destroyed
Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 not be wicked to multiply and not to be fool to/for what? to die in/on/with not time your
Do not be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 pleasant which to grasp in/on/with this and also from this not to rest [obj] hand your for afraid God to come out: come [obj] all their
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
19 [the] wisdom be strong to/for wise from ten domineering which to be in/on/with city
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 for man nothing righteous in/on/with land: country/planet which to make: do good and not to sin
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
21 also to/for all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak not to give: put heart your which not to hear: hear [obj] servant/slave your to lighten you
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 for also beat many to know heart your which also (you(m. s.) *Q(K)*) to lighten another
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 all this to test in/on/with wisdom to say be wise and he/she/it distant from me
All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.
24 distant what? which/that to be and deep deep who? to find him
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 to turn: turn I and heart my to/for to know and to/for to spy and to seek wisdom and explanation and to/for to know wickedness loin 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 to find I bitter from death [obj] [the] woman which he/she/it net and net heart her bond hand her pleasant to/for face: before [the] God to escape from her and to sin to capture in/on/with 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 to see: behold! this to find to say preacher one to/for one to/for to find explanation
Look, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
28 which still to seek soul my and not to find man one from thousand to find and woman in/on/with all these not to find
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29 to/for alone to see: behold! this to find which to make [the] God [obj] [the] man upright and they(masc.) to seek invention many
Look, this only have I found, that God made humankind upright, but they search for many schemes.
