Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
A good
name is
better
than fine
perfume, and one’s
day of death is
better
than his
day of birth.
Better
`is'
a name than good
perfume, And the
day of death than the
day of birth.
It
is
better to enter
a house of mourning than a house of feasting
, since
death
is the end of every
man
, and the living should
take
this
to
heart.
Better to go
unto
a house of mourning ,
Than to
go
unto
a house of banqueting
, For
that
is the end of all
men
, And the living layeth
`it'
unto
his
heart.
Sorrow
is
better than laughter, for a
sad
countenance
is
good
for
the heart.
Better `is'
sorrow
than laughter, For by
the sadness
of
the
face
the
heart becometh
better
.
The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning, but
the heart of fools is
in the
house of pleasure
.
The heart of the wise `
is '
in a
house of mourning, And
the heart of fools in a
house of mirth
.
It
is
better to heed
a wise
man’s
rebuke than to
listen
to the
song of fools .
Better to hear
a rebuke of
a
wise
man,
Than `for'
a
man
to hear
a
song of fools ,
For like
the crackling
of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the
fool .
This too
is futile
.
For as
the noise
of thorns under the pot, So `
is '
the laughter of a
fool ,
even
this `
is '
vanity
.
Surely extortion
turns
a
wise man
into
a
fool
, and a bribe
corrupts
the heart.
Surely oppression
maketh
the
wise mad
, And a gift
destroyeth
the heart.
The end of a matter
is
better
than the
beginning, and
a
patient spirit is
better
than a
proud
one
.
Better
`is'
the latter
end of a thing
than its
beginning, Better
`is'
the
patient of
spirit ,
than the
haughty
of
spirit
.
Do
not
be quickly
provoked
in your
spirit, for anger settles
in the lap
of a
fool
.
Be not
hasty
in thy
spirit to
be
angry
, For anger in the bosom
of fools
resteth
.
Do
not
say, “Why
were
the old
days better than these? ”
For it
is
unwise
of you
to
ask
about
this.
Say not
thou
, `What
was
it,
That
the former
days were
better than these? '
For thou
hast
not
asked
wisely
of this.
Wisdom ,
like
an
inheritance,
is good, and it benefits
those who
see
the sun.
Wisdom `
is '
good with
an
inheritance
, And an
advantage
`
it is'
to
those beholding
the sun.
For wisdom, like
money ,
is a shelter
, and the advantage of knowledge
is
that
wisdom
preserves
the life
of its
owner
.
For wisdom `is'
a
defense
, money `
is '
a defence
, And the advantage of the knowledge
of wisdom
`is',
She
reviveth
her
possessors
.
Consider
the work of God :
Who can
straighten
what
He has
bent
?
See
the work of God ,
For
who is
able
to
make
straight
that
which
He made
crooked
?
In the
day of prosperity ,
be joyful
, but
in the
day of adversity,
consider this :
God has
made one
of
these
along
with
the
other
, so
that a
man cannot
discover
anything that
will
come
after him.
In a
day of prosperity be in
gladness
, And
in a
day of evil
consider .
Also
this over-against
that
hath
God made, To
the
intent
that man doth
not
find
anything after him.
In
my
futile
life
I have seen
both
of these:
A righteous man
perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked
man
living
long
in his wickedness
.
The
whole
I have considered
in
the
days
of my
vanity.
There
is
a righteous one
perishing in his righteousness, and there
is
a wrong-doer
prolonging
`himself'
in his wrong
.
Do
not
be overly
righteous, and
do
not
make
yourself
too wise .
Why should
you
destroy
yourself
?
Be not
over-
righteous, nor
show
thyself
too wise ,
why art
thou
desolate
?
Do not be
excessively
wicked
, and
do
not
be a fool .
Why should
you
die before
your
time?
Do not much
wrong
, neither
be thou
a fool ,
why dost
thou
die within
thy
time?
It is good to
grasp
the
one
and not
let
the
other
slip
from your
hand .
For he
who
fears
God will
follow
both
warnings
.
`
It is '
good that
thou
dost
lay
hold
on
this,
and also,
from that
withdrawest
not
thy
hand ,
for whoso
is
fearing
God goeth
out
with
them
all
.
Wisdom
makes
the wise man stronger
than ten
rulers in a city.
The wisdom
giveth
strength
to
a
wise man ,
more
than wealth
the
rulers who
have
been
in a city.
Surely
there is no
righteous man on earth who
does
good and never
sins
.
Because
there is not
a
righteous man on earth that
doth
good and sinneth
not
.
Do
not
pay
attention
to every
word
that is
spoken
, or
you
may
hear your
servant cursing
you
.
Also
to all
the
words
that they
speak
give
not
thy
heart
, that
thou
hear not
thy
servant reviling
thee
.
For you
know
in
your
heart
that
many times you
yourself
have
cursed
others.
For many times also
hath
thy
heart
known
that
thou
thyself
also
hast
reviled
others.
All this I tested
by wisdom ,
saying
, “
I resolve
to
be
wise .”
But
it was
beyond
me.
All this I have
tried
by wisdom ;
I
have
said
, `
I am
wise ,'
and
it `is'
far
from
me.
What
exists
is out
of
reach
and very
deep .
Who can
fathom
it?
Far
off
`
is '
that
which
hath
been,
and deep ,
deep,
who doth
find
it?
I directed
my mind
to
understand
, to explore,
to search out wisdom and explanations
, and to understand
the stupidity
of wickedness
and
the
folly of madness.
I have
turned
round,
also
my heart
, to know
and
to search ,
and
to
seek
out wisdom ,
and reason
, and to know
the wrong
of folly ,
and
of foolishness
the
madness.
And I find
more bitter than death the woman who
is
a
snare,
whose heart is a
net,
and whose
hands are chains.
The man
who
pleases
God escapes
her, but the sinner is ensnared
.
And I am
finding
more bitter than death ,
the woman whose heart `
is '
nets
and snares,
her
hands `
are '
bands;
the good
before
God escapeth
from
her, but the sinner is captured
by
her
.
“Behold,”
says
the
Teacher
, “
I have discovered
this
by
adding
one thing
to another
to find an
explanation.
See
, this
I have found,
said
the
Preacher,
one to one,
to find out
the
reason
While
my soul was
still
searching
but
not finding
, among
a thousand
I have found one
upright
man
, but
among all these I have not found one
such
woman
.
(that
still
my soul had
sought,
and
I
had
not found)
, One
man,
a teacher,
I have found, and
a
woman
among all these I have not found.
Only
this have
I
found:
I have discovered
that God made men
upright, but
they have sought out many schemes
. ”
See,
this alone
I have found,
that God made man
upright, and
they --
they
have sought out many devices
.
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