Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
.
Keep
thy
feet
when thou
goest
unto
a
house of God ,
and
draw near to hear
rather than to give
of fools the
sacrifice
, for
they
do not know 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.
Cause
not thy
mouth
to hasten
, and let
not thy
heart hasten
to bring
out
a word before God, for
God is in the
heavens,
and thou
on the
earth ,
therefore
let thy
words be few.
As
a
dream comes
through
many
cares
, so
the speech
of a fool comes
with
many
words.
For
the
dream hath
come
by
abundance
of
business
, and
the voice
of a fool by
abundance
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 thou
vowest
a vow to God, delay not
to
complete
it, for
there
is
no pleasure in fools ;
that
which
thou
vowest
--
complete
.
It
is
better not to
vow than to
make
a
vow and not fulfill
it
.
Better that
thou
do
not vow ,
than that
thou
dost
vow and dost
not complete
.
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?
Suffer
not thy
mouth to
cause thy
flesh to sin, nor
say
before
the messenger ,
that `it
`is'
an
error,'
why is
God wroth
because
of
thy
voice,
and hath
destroyed
the work of thy
hands?
For as
many
dreams
bring
futility
, so
do
many
words .
Therefore,
fear God.
For, in
the
abundance
of
dreams
both
vanities
and
words abound;
but
fear thou
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 oppression of the poor ,
and violent
taking
away
of judgment
and righteousness thou
seest
in a
province, do not marvel
at the matter ,
for a higher
than
the
high
is
observing
, and high
ones
`
are '
over them.
The produce
of the
earth
is taken
by
all ;
the
king himself
profits
from
the
fields
.
And
the abundance
of a
land
is for
all .
A
king for
a
field
is
served
.
He
who
loves
money
is never
satisfied by
money
, and
he who loves
wealth
is never
satisfied
by
income
. This too
is futile
.
Whoso
is loving
silver
is
not
satisfied `with'
silver
, nor
he who is in
love
with
stores
`with'
increase
. Even
this `
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?
In
the
multiplying
of
good have
its
consumers
been
multiplied
, and
what benefit
`
is '
to its
possessor
except the
sight
of
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.
Sweet
`is'
the sleep of the labourer
whether he eat
little or much ;
and
the sufficiency
of the wealthy
is
not
suffering
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 painful
evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept
for
its possessor
, for
his
evil.
or
wealth lost in a
failed
venture
, so
when
that
man
has
a son there is nothing to
pass
on.
And
that
wealth hath
been
lost in an
evil
business
, and
he
hath
begotten
a son and
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 out
from the
belly
of
his mother
, naked he
turneth
back
to
go
as he came,
and
he taketh
not
away
anything
of
his labour,
that
doth
go
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?
And
this also
`
is '
a painful
evil ,
just
as he
came
, so he goeth,
and
what advantage
`is'
to
him
who
laboureth
for wind?
Moreover,
all his days he
eats
in darkness, with
much
sorrow
, sickness
, and anger
.
Also
all his days in darkness he
consumeth
, and
sadness
, and
wrath
, and sickness
abound
.
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
.
Lo,
that
which
I have seen: `It
is'
good,
because
beautiful,
to eat ,
and to
drink, and to see
good
in all one's
labour
that
he
laboureth
at
under the sun ,
the number
of
the
days of his
life that God hath
given to
him ,
for it
`
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 hath
given wealth and
riches
, and hath
given
him power
to eat
of
it
, and
to accept his portion
, and to rejoice in his labour,
this is a 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
doth
not
much
remember
the days of his life, for
God is
answering
through
the joy of his heart.
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