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Ecclesiastes 5
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
[It is] better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger (note: Or angel) that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field.
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go [with him] in his hand.
or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Yea, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.