Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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
.
Guard your steps when you go to God's
house ;
for
to
draw near to listen is
better
than to give
the sacrifice of fools, for
they
don't
know that they do evil
.
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.
Don't
be rash
with
your
mouth
, and don't
let
your heart be
hasty
to utter anything
before God ;
for
God is in heaven ,
and you on earth. Therefore
let your words be few.
As a dream comes through
many
cares, so the
speech
of
a fool
comes
with many
words.
For
as a dream comes with
a
multitude
of
cares, so a fool's
speech
with a
multitude
of
words.
When you make
a vow to God, do
not
delay
in
fulfilling
it ,
because
He takes
no pleasure in fools. Fulfill
your
vow.
When you vow
a vow to God, don't
defer
to
pay
it ;
for
he has
no pleasure in fools. Pay
that
which
you
vow.
It is better not to
vow than to
make
a
vow and not fulfill
it
.
It is better that
you
should
not vow ,
than that
you
should
vow and not pay
.
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?
Don't
allow
your mouth to lead
you
into
sin .
Don't
protest
before
the messenger that this
was a mistake. Why should God be angry at
your voice,
and destroy the work of your hands?
For as
many
dreams bring
futility
, so
do
many words .
Therefore,
fear God.
For in
the
multitude
of
dreams there
are
vanities
, as
well
as
in
many words :
but
you
must
fear God.
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.
If you see the oppression of the poor ,
and the violent
taking
away
of justice and righteousness in a
district
, don't
marvel
at the matter :
for one official is eyed
by a higher one;
and
there
are officials
over them.
The produce
of the earth is taken
by
all ;
the king himself
profits from the fields
.
Moreover
the profit
of the earth is for
all .
The king profits from the field
.
He who loves money
is
never
satisfied by
money,
and
he who loves wealth
is
never
satisfied
by
income.
This too
is futile
.
He who loves silver
shall
not
be
satisfied with
silver;
nor
he who loves abundance,
with
increase:
this also
is vanity
.
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?
When goods
increase, those who eat
them are
increased
; and
what advantage
is there
to its
owner, except to feast
on
them with his eyes?
The sleep of the
worker
is sweet, whether he eats little or much ,
but the abundance of the rich man
permits
him no
sleep.
The sleep of a
laboring
man
is sweet, whether he eats little or much ;
but the abundance of the rich will
not
allow
him to
sleep.
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded
to
the
harm
of
its owner ,
There is a grievous evil which
I have seen under the sun: wealth kept
by
its owner to
his
harm.
or
wealth
lost
in
a
failed
venture
, so
when
that
man
has a son there is nothing to
pass
on
.
Those
riches
perish
by
misfortune
, and
if
he
has fathered
a son ,
there is nothing 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
.
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
.
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?
This also
is a grievous evil ,
that
in
all
points
as he
came
, so shall
he go
. And
what profit
does he have
who
labors
for the wind?
Moreover,
all his days he eats in darkness, with
much
sorrow
, sickness ,
and anger
.
All his days he also
eats in darkness, he
is
frustrated
, and
has
sickness and wrath
.
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
.
Behold,
that
which
I have seen to be good and proper
is
for
one
to eat and to
drink, and to enjoy
good
in all his
labor ,
in
which
he
labors
under the sun ,
all
the days of his
life which
God has given him ;
for this is his portion
.
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.
Every
man
also
to
whom
God has given riches and wealth, and has given
him power
to eat
of
it
, and
to take
his portion
, and to rejoice in his labor --
this is the
gift of
God.
For a
man
seldom
considers
the days of his life ,
because God keeps
him occupied
with the joy of his heart.
For he
shall
not
often
reflect
on
the days of his life ;
because God occupies
him with the joy of his heart.
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