Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Better
`is'
a name than good
perfume, And the
day of death than the
day of birth.
A good
name is
better
than fine
perfume, and one’s
day of death is
better
than his
day of birth.
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.
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
`is'
sorrow than laughter, For by
the
sadness
of
the
face
the heart becometh
better
.
Sorrow is
better
than laughter, for a
sad
countenance
is
good
for
the heart.
The heart of the wise `
is '
in a
house of mourning, And
the heart of fools in a
house of mirth
.
The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning, but
the heart of fools is
in the
house of pleasure
.
Better to hear
a
rebuke
of
a wise man,
Than `for'
a
man
to hear
a
song of fools ,
It
is
better to heed
a wise man’s
rebuke
than to listen
to
the
song of fools .
For as
the noise
of thorns under the pot, So `
is '
the laughter of a
fool ,
even
this `
is '
vanity
.
For like
the crackling
of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the
fool .
This too
is futile
.
Surely oppression
maketh
the
wise mad
, And a gift
destroyeth
the heart.
Surely extortion
turns
a
wise man
into
a
fool
, and a bribe
corrupts
the heart.
Better
`is'
the latter
end of a thing
than its
beginning, Better
`is'
the
patient of
spirit ,
than the
haughty
of
spirit
.
The end of a matter
is
better
than the
beginning, and
a
patient spirit is
better
than a
proud
one
.
Be
not hasty
in thy
spirit to
be
angry
, For anger in the bosom
of fools
resteth
.
Do
not be
quickly
provoked
in your
spirit, for anger settles
in the lap
of a
fool
.
Say
not thou,
`What
was
it
, That
the former
days were
better than these? '
For thou
hast
not
asked
wisely
of this.
Do
not say
, “Why
were
the old
days better than these? ”
For it
is
unwise
of you
to
ask
about
this.
Wisdom `is'
good
with
an inheritance, And an
advantage
`
it is'
to
those beholding
the sun.
Wisdom ,
like
an inheritance, is
good,
and it benefits
those who
see
the sun.
For wisdom `is'
a
defense
, money `
is '
a defence
, And the advantage of the
knowledge of
wisdom
`
is ',
She
reviveth
her
possessors
.
For wisdom, like
money ,
is a shelter
, and the advantage of knowledge is that
wisdom
preserves
the
life
of
its
owner
.
See
the work of God ,
For
who is
able
to
make
straight
that
which
He made
crooked
?
Consider
the work of God :
Who can
straighten
what
He has
bent
?
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 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.
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
.
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
.
Be
not over-
righteous, nor
show
thyself
too wise ,
why art
thou
desolate
?
Do
not be
overly
righteous, and
do
not
make
yourself
too wise .
Why should
you
destroy
yourself
?
Do not much
wrong
, neither
be thou
a fool ,
why dost
thou
die within
thy
time?
Do not be
excessively
wicked
, and
do
not
be a fool .
Why should
you
die before
your
time?
`
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
.
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
.
The
wisdom giveth
strength
to
a
wise man ,
more
than wealth
the
rulers who
have
been
in a city.
Wisdom makes
the
wise man stronger
than ten
rulers in a city.
Because
there is not
a
righteous man on earth that
doth
good and sinneth
not
.
Surely
there is no
righteous man on earth who
does
good and never
sins
.
Also
to all
the
words
that they
speak
give
not
thy
heart
, that
thou
hear not
thy
servant reviling
thee
.
Do
not
pay
attention
to every
word
that is
spoken
, or
you
may
hear your
servant cursing
you
.
For many
times
also
hath
thy
heart known
that thou
thyself
also
hast
reviled
others.
For you
know
in
your
heart that many
times
you
yourself
have
cursed
others.
All this I have
tried
by wisdom ;
I
have
said
, `
I am
wise ,'
and
it `is'
far
from
me.
All this I tested
by wisdom, saying,
“
I resolve
to
be
wise .”
But
it was
beyond
me.
Far
off
`
is '
that
which
hath
been,
and deep,
deep ,
who doth
find
it?
What
exists
is out
of
reach
and very
deep .
Who can
fathom
it?
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
See,
this
I
have
found
, said
the Preacher
, one to one,
to find out
the
reason
“Behold
, ”
says
the Teacher
, “I
have
discovered
this
by
adding
one thing
to another
to find an
explanation.
(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.
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
.
See,
this alone
I
have found ,
that God made man
upright, and
they
--
they have sought out many devices
.
Only
this have I
found :
I
have
discovered
that God made men
upright, but
they have sought out many schemes
. ”
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