Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Who is like the wise man? And
who knows the interpretation of a thing
? A man's
wisdom makes
his face shine
, and the hardness
of his face is changed.
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter
? A man’s
wisdom brightens
his face, and the sternness
of his face is changed.
I
say,
"
Keep the king's
command !"
because of the
oath to
God.
Keep the king’s
command ,
I
say,
because of your
oath before
God.
Don't
be
hasty
to go
out
of
his presence .
Don't
persist in an
evil
thing
, for he does
whatever pleases him,
Do
not
hasten
to leave
his presence ,
and
do
not
persist in a
bad
cause
, for he will
do
whatever he
pleases .
for the king's
word is supreme .
Who can say to him, "
What are you doing? "
For the king’s
word is supreme ,
and
who can say to him, “
What are you doing? ”
Whoever keeps the
commandment
shall
not
come to harm, and his
wise heart will
know
the time and procedure.
Whoever keeps his
command
will
come to no
harm, and a
wise heart knows
the right
time and procedure.
For there is a time and procedure for
every purpose, although
the
misery of
man
is
heavy
on
him.
For there is a right
time and procedure to
every purpose, though
a
man’s
misery weighs
heavily
upon
him.
For
he
doesn't
know
that
which
will be;
for
who can tell him how
it
will
be
?
Since
no
one
knows
what
will happen,
who can tell him what
is
to
come
?
There
is
no man who
has power over the spirit
to contain the
spirit;
neither
does
he
have
power
over the
day of death. There
is
no discharge
in war;
neither
shall
wickedness deliver
those who practice it.
As
no man has power over the wind
to contain it,
so
no
one
has
authority
over his
day of death. As
no one
can
be
discharged
in wartime,
so
wickedness will
not
release
those who practice it.
All this have
I seen, and
applied
my mind to every work
that is done under the sun .
There is a time in
which
one man has
power
over another to his hurt
.
All this I have
seen, applying
my mind to every deed
that is done under the sun ;
there is a time when
one man lords
it
over another to his own
detriment
.
So
I saw the wicked buried.
Indeed
they
came
also
from
holiness.
They
went
and were forgotten
in the city where they did
this
. This also
is vanity
.
Then
too,
I saw the burial
of
the
wicked who
used
to
go
in
and out
of
the
holy
place,
and
they
were praised
in the city where they had
done
so
. This too
is futile
.
Because
sentence against
an
evil
work
is not executed
speedily, therefore
the heart
of
the
sons
of men is
fully set in
them
to
do
evil.
When
the
sentence for
a
crime
is not speedily executed
, the hearts
of men become
fully set on
doing
evil.
Though
a sinner commits
crimes
a hundred times ,
and lives long, yet surely
I know that it will be
better
with those who fear God, who are reverent before
him
.
Although
a sinner does
evil
a hundred times and still
lives long, yet I also
know that it will go
well
with those who fear God, who are reverent in
His
presence
.
But
it shall
not be
well with the
wicked
, neither
shall
he
lengthen
days like a shadow ;
because
he
doesn't
fear
God
.
Yet
because
the
wicked
do
not
fear
God,
it will
not go
well with them
, and
their
days will
not
lengthen
like a shadow.
There is a vanity
which
is done on the earth ,
that
there are righteous men to
whom
it
happens
according
to
the work
of the wicked .
Again
, there are wicked men to
whom
it
happens
according
to
the work
of the righteous. I said
that this also
is vanity
.
There is a futility
that
is done on the earth :
There are righteous men who
get
what
the actions
of the wicked deserve
, and
there are wicked men who
get
what
the actions
of the righteous deserve
. I say
that this too
is futile
.
Then
I commended mirth
, because a man has
no
better
thing
under the sun ,
than to eat ,
and to
drink ,
and to
be joyful:
for that
will accompany him in his labor all
the days of his life which
God has
given
him under the sun.
So
I commended the
enjoyment
of
life
, because there
is
nothing
better
for
a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry.
For this
joy
will accompany him in his labor during
the days of his life that
God gives
him under the sun.
When I applied my heart
to know wisdom ,
and to see
the business
that is
done
on the earth (for
also
there
is
that
neither
day
nor
night
sees
sleep
with
his eyes ),
When I applied my mind
to know wisdom and to observe
the task
that one
performs
on the earth —though
his eyes do
not
see
sleep
in
the
day
or
even
in
the
night—
then
I saw all
the
work of God, that man can't
find
out
the work that is done under the sun ,
because
however
much
a
man
labors
to seek
it out, yet
he won't
find it.
Yes
even though
a
wise man thinks
he
can
comprehend
it
, he won't
be
able
to find
it
.
I saw every
work of God, and
that a
man is
unable
to
comprehend
the work that is done under the sun .
Despite
his
efforts
to search
it out, he cannot
find its
meaning;
even if
the
wise man claims
to
know
, he is
unable
to comprehend
.
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