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1 # Who is as the wise <02450> man? and who knoweth <03045> (8802) the interpretation <06592> of a thing <01697>? a man's <0120> wisdom <02451> maketh his face <06440> to shine <0215> (8686), and the boldness <05797> of his face <06440> shall be changed <08132> (8792).
2 I counsel thee to keep <08104> (8798) the king's <04428> commandment <06310>, and that in regard <01700> of the oath <07621> of God <0430>.
3 Be not hasty <0926> (8735) to go out <03212> (8799) of his sight <06440>: stand <05975> (8799) not in an evil <07451> thing <01697>; for he doeth <06213> (8799) whatsoever pleaseth <02654> (8799) him.
4 Where the word <01697> of a king <04428> is, there is power <07983>: and who may say <0559> (8799) unto him, What doest <06213> (8799) thou?
5 Whoso keepeth <08104> (8802) the commandment <04687> shall feel <03045> (8799) no evil <07451> thing <01697>: and a wise man's <02450> heart <03820> discerneth <03045> (8799) both time <06256> and judgment <04941> .
6 # Because to every purpose <02656> there is <03426> time <06256> and judgment <04941>, therefore the misery <07451> of man <0120> is great <07227> upon him.
7 For he knoweth <03045> (8802) not that which shall be: for who can tell <05046> (8686) him when it shall be?
8 There is no man <0120> that hath power <07989> over the spirit <07307> to retain <03607> (8800) the spirit <07307>; neither hath he power <07983> in the day <03117> of death <04194>: and there is no discharge <04917> in that war <04421>; neither shall wickedness <07562> deliver <04422> (8762) those that are given <01167> to it.
9 # All this have I seen <07200> (8804), and applied <05414> (8800) my heart <03820> unto every work <04639> that is done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>: there is a time <06256> wherein one man <0120> ruleth <07980> (8804) over another to his own hurt <07451>.
10 And so <03651> I saw <07200> (8804) the wicked <07563> buried <06912> (8803), who had come <0935> (8804) and gone <01980> (8762) from the place <04725> of the holy <06918>, and they were forgotten <07911> (8691) in the city <05892> where they had so done <06213> (8804): this is also vanity <01892>.
11 Because sentence <06599> against an evil <07451> work <04639> is not executed <06213> (8738) speedily <04120>, therefore the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> is fully set <04390> (8804) in them to do <06213> (8800) evil <07451>.
12 Though a sinner <02398> (8802) do <06213> (8802) evil <07451> an hundred times <03967>, and his days be prolonged <0748> (8688), yet surely I know <03045> (8802) that it shall be well <02896> with them that fear <03373> God <0430>, which fear <03372> (8799) before <06440> him:
13 But it shall not be well <02896> with the wicked <07563>, neither shall he prolong <0748> (8686) his days <03117>, which are as a shadow <06738>; because he feareth <03373> not before <06440> God <0430>.
14 # There is <03426> a vanity <01892> which is done <06213> (8738) upon the earth <0776>; that there be just <06662> men, unto whom it happeneth <05060> (8688) according to the work <04639> of the wicked <07563>; again, there be <03426> wicked <07563> men, to whom it happeneth <05060> (8688) according to the work <04639> of the righteous <06662>: I said <0559> (8804) that this also <01571> is vanity <01892>.
15 Then I commended <07623> (8765) mirth <08057>, because a man <0120> hath no better thing <02896> under the sun <08121>, than to eat <0398> (8800), and to drink <08354> (8800), and to be merry <08055> (8800): for that shall abide <03867> (8799) with him of his labour <05999> the days <03117> of his life <02416>, which God <0430> giveth <05414> (8804) him under the sun <08121>.
16 When I applied <05414> (8804) mine heart <03820> to know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451>, and to see <07200> (8800) the business <06045> that is done <06213> (8738) upon the earth <0776>: (for also there is that neither day <03117> nor night <03915> seeth <07200> (8802) sleep <08142> with his eyes <05869>:)
17 Then I beheld <07200> (8804) all the work <04639> of God <0430>, that a man <0120> cannot <03201> (8799) find out <04672> (8800) the work <04639> that is done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>: because <0834> though <07945> a man <0120> labour <05998> (8799) to seek it out <01245> (8763), yet he shall not find <04672> (8799) it; yea further; though a wise <02450> man think <0559> (8799) to know <03045> (8800) it, yet shall he not be able <03201> (8799) to find <04672> (8800) it.