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Ecclesiastes 5
1Keep thy footwhenthou goesttothehouseofGodH430,anddrawneartohear,ratherthantogivethesacrificeoffools:fortheyknownotthattheydoevil. 2Benotrashwiththy mouth,andletnotthy heartbehastytoutteranythingH1697before God:forGodisintheheavens,andthouuponearth;thereforelet thywordsH1697befew. 3Foradream comeththroughthemultitudeofbusiness,andafool's voicethroughamultitudeofwords. 5Betterisitthatthou shouldestnotvow,thanthatthou shouldestvowandnotpay. 6Suffernotthy mouthtocausethy fleshtosin; neithersaythoubeforetheangel,thatitwasaninadvertence. WhereforeshouldGodH430bewrothatthy voice,anddestroytheworkofthy hands? 7Forinthemultitudeofdreamsarevanities;sowithmany words:butfear God. 8Ifthou seesttheoppressionofthepoor,andviolent pervertingofjudgmentandjusticeinaprovince, marvelnotatthematter;forahigherthanthehighiswatching,andtherearehigherthanthey. 9Moreovertheearthiseverywayprofitable:theking [himself]isdependent uponthefield. 10Hethatloveth silvershallnotbesatisfiedwithsilver,norhethatlovethabundanceH7235withincreaseH7235.Thisalsoisvanity. 11WhengoodsincreaseH7235,theyareincreasedH7235thateatH398them;andwhat profitistheretotheowner thereof,exceptthebeholding [ofthem]withhiseyes? 12Thesleepofthelabourerissweet,whetherhehaveeaten littleormuch;butthefulnessoftherichH6239doth not sufferhimtosleep. 13ThereisagrievousevilH7451thatIhaveseenunderthesun:richesH6239keptfortheowners thereoftotheirhurt; 14orthoseriches perishbysomeevil circumstance,andifhehavebegottenason,thereisnothinginhishandH3027. 15AshecameH935forthfromhismother's womb, nakedshallhegoH935awayagainashecameH935,andshalltakenothingofhislabour,whichhemaycarryawayinhishand. 16AndthisalsoH1571isagrievous evil,thatinallpointsashecamesodothhegoaway,andwhatprofit hathhe,inhaving labouredforthewind? 17AllhisdaysH3117alsoheeatethindarkness,andhathmuchvexation,andsickness,andirritation. 18BeholdwhatIhaveseen goodandcomely: [itis]toeatH398andtodrink,andtoenjoy goodinallhislabour wherewith [manH120] labourethunderthesun,allthedaysofhislifewhichGodH430hathgivenH5414him:forthatishisportionH2506. 19EverymanalsotowhomGodH430hath given richesandwealth,andpowertoeat thereof,andtotakehisportionandtorejoiceinhislabour:thatisagiftofGodH430. 20For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart. Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5
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