1 Keep 8104 thy foot 7272 when thou goest 3212 to the house 1004 of God 430, and be more ready 7138 to hear 8085, than to give 5414 the sacrifice 2077 of fools 3684: for they consider 3045 not that they do 6213 evil 7451.
2 Be not rash 926 with thy mouth 6310, and let not thine heart 3820 be hasty 4116 to utter 3318 any thing 1697 before 6440 God 430: for God 430 is in heaven 8064, and thou upon earth 776: therefore let thy words 1697 be few 4592.
3 For a dream 2472 cometh 935 through the multitude 7230 of business 6045; and a fool's 3684 voice 6963 is known by multitude 7230 of words 1697.
4 When thou vowest 5087 a vow 5088 unto God 430, defer 309 not to pay 7999 it; for he hath no pleasure 2656 in fools 3684: pay 7999 that which thou hast vowed 5087.
5 Better 2896 is it that thou shouldest not vow 5087, than that thou shouldest vow 5087 and not pay 7999.
6 Suffer 5414 not thy mouth 6310 to cause thy flesh 1320 to sin 2398; neither say 559 thou before 6440 the angel 4397, that it was an error 7684: wherefore should God 430 be angry 7107 at thy voice 6963, and destroy 2254 the work 4639 of thine hands 3027?
7 For in the multitude 7230 of dreams 2472 and many 7235 words 1697 there are also divers vanities 1892: but fear 3372 thou God 430.
8 If thou seest 7200 the oppression 6233 of the poor 7326, and violent 1499 perverting of judgment 4941 and justice 6664 in a province 4082, marvel 8539 not at the matter 2656: for he that is higher 1364 than the highest 1364 regardeth 8104; and there be higher 1364 than they 5921.
9 Moreover the profit 3504 of the earth 776 is for all: the king 4428 himself is served 5647 by the field 7704.
10 He that loveth 157 silver 3701 shall not be satisfied 7646 with silver 3701; nor he that loveth 157 abundance 1995 with increase 8393: this is also vanity 1892.
11 When goods 2896 increase 7235, they are increased 7231 that eat 398 them: and what good 3788 is there to the owners 1167 thereof, saving 518 the beholding 7207 7212 of them with their eyes 5869?
12 The sleep 8142 of a labouring man 5647 is sweet 4966, whether he eat 398 little 4592 or much 7235: but the abundance 7647 of the rich 6223 will not suffer 3240 him to sleep 3462.
13 There is 3426 a sore 2470 evil 7451 which I have seen 7200 under the sun 8121, namely, riches 6239 kept 8104 for the owners 1167 thereof to their hurt 7451.
14 But those riches 6239 perish 6 by evil 7451 travail 6045: and he begetteth 3205 a son 1121, and there is nothing 3972 in his hand 3027.
15 As he came forth 3318 of his mother's 517 womb 990, naked 6174 shall he return 7725 to go 3212 as he came 935, and shall take 5375 nothing 3972 of his labour 5999, which he may carry away 3212 in his hand 3027.
16 And this 2090 also is a sore 2470 evil 7451, that in all points 5980 as he came 935, so shall he go 3212: and what profit 3504 hath he that hath laboured 5998 for the wind 7307?
17 All his days 3117 also he eateth 398 in darkness 2822, and he hath much 7235 sorrow 3707 and wrath 7110 with his sickness 2483.
18 Behold that which I have seen 7200: it is good 2896 and comely 3303 for one to eat 398 and to drink 8354, and to enjoy 7200 the good 2896 of all his labour 5999 that he taketh 5998 under the sun 8121 all 4557 the days 3117 of his life 2416, which God 430 giveth 5414 him: for it is his portion 2506.
19 Every man 120 also to whom God 430 hath given 5414 riches 6239 and wealth 5233, and hath given him power 7980 to eat 398 thereof, and to take 5375 his portion 2506, and to rejoice 8055 in his labour 5999; this 2090 is the gift 4991 of God 430.
20 For he shall not much 7235 remember 2142 the days 3117 of his life 2416; because God 430 answereth 6031 him in the joy 8057 of his heart 3820.