Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Remember your
Creator
in the
days of your
youth, before
the days of
adversity
come and
the years approach
of
which
you
will
say
, “
I find
no pleasure in them ,”
Remember also
thy
Creators
in days of thy
youth, While
that
the evil
days come not,
Nor
the years have
arrived
, that
thou
sayest,
`
I have
no pleasure in them .'
before
the
light
of
the sun, moon, and stars is
darkened
, and the clouds return
after the rain ,
While
that
the sun is
not
darkened
, and
the
light,
And
the
moon, and the
stars, And the thick
clouds returned
after the rain .
on
the day the
keepers of the house tremble and the
strong
men stoop
, when
those
grinding
cease
because they are
few and those watching
through
windows see
dimly
,
In
the day that
keepers of the house tremble ,
And men of
strength
have
bowed
themselves
, And
grinders
have
ceased,
because they have
become
few .
And those looking
out
at
the
windows have
become
dim
,
when
the
doors to
the street are
shut
and
the sound
of the mill
fades
away
, when
one rises
at the sound
of a
bird and all the
daughters of song grow
faint,
And
doors have
been
shut
in
the street .
When
the noise
of the grinding
is
low
, And
`
one '
riseth
at the voice
of the
bird ,
And all daughters of song are
bowed
down.
when
men
fear
the
heights
and dangers
of the road
, when
the almond tree blossoms
, the grasshopper loses
its
spring
, and the
caper
berry
shrivels—
for then
man goes
to
his eternal
home and mourners walk
the streets
.
Also
of
that
which
is
high
they
are
afraid,
And of the low
places
in
the
way
, And
the almond -
tree is
despised
, And
the grasshopper is
become
a
burden
, And want
is
increased,
For man is
going
unto
his home age-during,
And the
mourners have
gone
round
through
the street
.
Remember
Him
before
the silver cord is snapped
and the golden bowl is
crushed
, before
the pitcher is
shattered
at
the spring
and the wheel is
broken at the well ,
While
that
the silver cord is not
removed,
And the golden bowl broken
, And
the pitcher broken
by
the fountain,
And the wheel broken at the well .
before
the dust returns
to the ground
from
which
it came
and the spirit returns
to God who gave it.
And
the dust returneth
to the earth
as
it was,
And the spirit returneth
to God who gave it.
“Futility
of futilities
, ”
says
the Teacher.
“Everything
is futile!”
Vanity
of vanities
, said
the preacher,
the
whole
`
is '
vanity.
Not
only
was
the Teacher
wise, but
he also
taught the people knowledge ;
he
pondered
, searched
out
, and arranged
many proverbs
.
And
further,
because
the preacher
was
wise, he still
taught the people knowledge, and
gave
ear
, and sought
out
--
he
made
right
many similes
.
The Teacher
searched
to find delightful
sayings
and to
record
accurate
words of truth.
The preacher
sought
to find out
pleasing
words,
and ,
written
`by'
the
upright,
words of truth.
The
words of the wise are like
goads, and the
anthologies
of
the masters are
like
firmly
embedded
nails
driven
by a
single
Shepherd.
Words of the wise `
are '
as
goads, and as
fences
planted
`by'
the masters of
collections,
they
have
been
given
by one
shepherd.
And by
these, my son, be further
warned :
There
is
no
end
to
the making of many books, and much study wearies
the body
.
And further,
from
these, my son, be warned ;
the making of many books hath
no
end
, and much study `is'
a
weariness
of
the flesh
.
When
all
has
been
heard,
the conclusion
of the matter is
this
: Fear God and keep His commandments
, because
this is the whole duty
of man.
The end
of the whole
matter let
us
hear
: --
`
Fear God ,
and keep His commands
, for
this `
is '
the whole of man.
For God will
bring every
deed
into judgment, along
with every hidden thing, whether good or evil
.
For every
work
doth
God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad
. '
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