Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Keep
thy
foot
when thou
goest
to the house of God ;
for
to
draw nigh
to hear
is
better
than to give
the sacrifice of fools :
for
they
know
not that they do evil
.
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
.
Be
not rash
with
thy
mouth
, and let
not thy
heart
be hasty to utter anything
before God ;
for
God is in heaven ,
and thou
upon
earth :
therefore
let thy
words be few.
Do
not be
quick
to
speak
, and do
not be hasty in
your
heart
to utter a
word
before God .
After
all,
God is in heaven and you
are
on
earth .
So
let your
words be few.
For
a dream cometh
with
a
multitude
of
business
, and
a fool's
voice
with a
multitude
of
words.
As
a dream comes
through
many
cares
, so
the
speech
of
a fool
comes
with many
words.
When thou
vowest
a vow unto
God, defer
not to
pay
it ;
for
he hath
no pleasure in fools :
pay
that
which
thou
vowest
.
When you
make
a vow to
God, do
not delay
in
fulfilling
it ,
because
He takes
no pleasure in fools. Fulfill
your
vow.
Better
is
it that
thou
shouldest
not vow ,
than that
thou
shouldest
vow and not pay
.
It is
better
not to
vow than to
make
a
vow and not fulfill
it
.
Suffer
not thy
mouth to
cause thy
flesh to sin ;
neither
say
thou
before
the
angel
, that is
was an
error:
wherefore
should God be angry at
thy
voice,
and destroy the work of thy
hands?
Do
not let
your
mouth cause your
flesh to sin, and
do
not
tell
the
messenger
that your
vow
was a
mistake.
Why
should God be angry with
your
words
and destroy the work of your
hands?
For in
the
multitude
of
dreams there
are
vanities
, and
in
many words :
but
fear thou
God.
For as
many
dreams bring
futility
, so
do
many words .
Therefore,
fear God.
If thou
seest
the oppression of the poor ,
and the violent
taking
away
of justice and righteousness in a
province, marvel
not at the matter :
for one higher
than
the
high
regardeth;
and there
are
higher than
they
.
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
.
Moreover
the profit
of the earth is for
all :
the king `
himself '
is
served
by
the field
.
The produce
of the earth is taken
by
all ;
the king himself profits
from
the fields
.
He that
loveth
silver
shall
not
be
satisfied with
silver;
nor
he
that
loveth
abundance
, with
increase:
this also
is vanity
.
He who
loves
money
is
never
satisfied by
money
, and
he
who
loves
wealth
is
never
satisfied
by
income.
This too
is futile
.
When goods
increase, they
are
increased
that
eat
them; and
what advantage
is there
to the owner thereof
, save
the
beholding
`of
them '
with his eyes?
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?
The sleep of a
laboring
man
is sweet, whether he eat
little or much ;
but the fulness
of the rich will
not
suffer
him to
sleep.
The sleep of the
worker
is sweet, whether he eats
little or much ,
but the abundance
of the rich man
permits
him no
sleep.
There is a grievous evil which
I have seen under the sun ,
`namely',
riches
kept
by
the owner thereof
to
his
hurt:
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun :
wealth
hoarded
to
the harm
of
its
owner ,
and
those
riches
perish
by
evil
adventure;
and
if
he
hath
begotten
a son
, there is nothing in
his
hand
.
or
wealth
lost
in
a failed
venture
, so
when
that
man
has
a
son
there is nothing to
pass
on
.
As he
came forth
from his mother's
womb, naked
shall
he go
again as he came,
and
shall
take
nothing for his labor ,
which
he
may
carry away
in his hand
.
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
.
And
this also
is a grievous evil ,
that
in
all
points
as he
came
, so shall
he go:
and
what profit
hath
he that
he laboreth
for the wind?
This too
is a grievous evil :
Exactly
as a
man
is
born
, so he will
depart.
What does
he gain
as
he toils
for the wind?
All his days also
he eateth
in darkness, and
he
is
sore
vexed
, and
hath
sickness and wrath
.
Moreover,
all his days he eats
in darkness, with
much
sorrow
, sickness ,
and anger
.
Behold,
that
which
I have seen to be good and to
be
comely
is
for
one
to eat and to
drink, and to enjoy
good
in all his
labor ,
wherein
he
laboreth
under the sun ,
all
the days of his
life which
God hath
given him :
for this is his portion
.
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
.
Every
man
also
to
whom
God hath
given riches and wealth, and hath
given
him power
to eat
thereof
, and
to take
his portion
, and to rejoice in his labor -
this is the
gift of
God.
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.
For he
shall
not
much
remember
the days of his life ;
because God answereth
`
him '
in
the joy of his heart.
For a
man
seldom
considers
the days of his life ,
because God keeps
him occupied
with
the joy of his heart.
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