Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God ,
and
be
more
ready
to hear ,
than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider
not that they do evil.
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.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine
heart be hasty to utter any
thing
before God :
for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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.
For a dream cometh through
the
multitude of business ;
and a fool's voice is
known
by
multitude of words.
For a dream cometh with
a
multitude of business ,
and a fool's voice with
a
multitude of words.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast
vowed
.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest
.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it
was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine
hands?
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?
For in the multitude of dreams and
many
words
there are also
divers
vanities: but fear thou God.
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities ,
and
in
many
words
: but fear thou God.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting
of judgment
and
justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he
that
is
higher than the highest
regardeth; and there be
higher than they.
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.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king `
himself '
is served by the field.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is
also vanity.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance ,
with increase: this also is
vanity.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them :
and what good
is there to the owners
thereof, saving
the beholding of them with their
eyes?
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?
The sleep of a labouring
man is sweet, whether he eat little or much :
but the abundance
of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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.
There is a sore
evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for
the owners
thereof to their
hurt .
There is a grievous
evil which I have seen under the sun, `
namely '
, riches kept by
the owner
thereof to his
hurt :
But
those riches perish by evil travail:
and he begetteth
a son, and
there is nothing in his hand.
and
those riches perish by evil adventure;
and if
he hath
begotten
a son, there is nothing in his hand.
As he came forth of
his mother's womb, naked shall he return
to
go as he came, and shall take nothing of
his labour
, which he may carry away in his hand.
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.
And this also is a sore
evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath
laboured
for the wind?
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?
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much
sorrow
and wrath with
his
sickness
.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is
sore
vexed,
and
hath sickness
and wrath.
Behold that which I have seen :
it
is
good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the
good of
all his labour
that
he taketh
under the sun all the days of his life ,
which God giveth
him: for it
is his portion.
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.
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 labour;
this is the gift of God.
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.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth `
him '
in the joy of his heart.
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