1 Who is as the wise 2450 man? and who knoweth 3045 the interpretation 6592 of a thing 1697? a man's 120 wisdom 2451 maketh his face 6440 to shine 215, and the boldness 5797 of his face 6440 shall be changed 8132.
2 I counsel thee to keep 8104 the king's 4428 commandment 6310, and that in regard 1700 of the oath 7621 of God 430.
3 Be not hasty 926 to go out 3212 of his sight 6440: stand 5975 not in an evil 7451 thing 1697; for he doeth 6213 whatsoever pleaseth 2654 him.
4 Where the word 1697 of a king 4428 is, there is power 7983: and who may say 559 unto him, What doest 6213 thou?
5 Whoso keepeth 8104 the commandment 4687 shall feel 3045 no evil 7451 thing 1697: and a wise man's 2450 heart 3820 discerneth 3045 both time 6256 and judgment 4941.
6 Because to every purpose 2656 there is 3426 time 6256 and judgment 4941, therefore the misery 7451 of man 120 is great 7227 upon him.
7 For he knoweth 3045 not that which shall be: for who can tell 5046 him when it shall be?
8 There is no man 120 that hath power 7989 over the spirit 7307 to retain 3607 the spirit 7307; neither hath he power 7983 in the day 3117 of death 4194: and there is no discharge 4917 in that war 4421; neither shall wickedness 7562 deliver 4422 those that are given 1167 to it.
9 All this have I seen 7200, and applied 5414 my heart 3820 unto every work 4639 that is done 6213 under the sun 8121: there is a time 6256 wherein one man 120 ruleth 7980 over another to his own hurt 7451.
10 And so 3651 I saw 7200 the wicked 7563 buried 6912, who had come 935 and gone 1980 from the place 4725 of the holy 6918, and they were forgotten 7911 in the city 5892 where they had so done 6213: this is also vanity 1892.
11 Because sentence 6599 against an evil 7451 work 4639 is not executed 6213 speedily 4120, therefore the heart 3820 of the sons 1121 of men 120 is fully set 4390 in them to do 6213 evil 7451.
12 Though a sinner 2398 do 6213 evil 7451 an hundred times 3967, and his days be prolonged 748, yet surely I know 3045 that it shall be well 2896 with them that fear 3373 God 430, which fear 3372 before 6440 him:
13 But it shall not be well 2896 with the wicked 7563, neither shall he prolong 748 his days 3117, which are as a shadow 6738; because he feareth 3373 not before 6440 God 430.
14 There is 3426 a vanity 1892 which is done 6213 upon the earth 776; that there be just 6662 men, unto whom it happeneth 5060 according to the work 4639 of the wicked 7563; again, there be 3426 wicked 7563 men, to whom it happeneth 5060 according to the work 4639 of the righteous 6662: I said 559 that this also 1571 is vanity 1892.
15 Then I commended 7623 mirth 8057, because a man 120 hath no better thing 2896 under the sun 8121, than to eat 398, and to drink 8354, and to be merry 8055: for that shall abide 3867 with him of his labour 5999 the days 3117 of his life 2416, which God 430 giveth 5414 him under the sun 8121.
16 When I applied 5414 mine heart 3820 to know 3045 wisdom 2451, and to see 7200 the business 6045 that is done 6213 upon the earth 776: (for also there is that neither day 3117 nor night 3915 seeth 7200 sleep 8142 with his eyes 5869:)
17 Then I beheld 7200 all the work 4639 of God 430, that a man 120 cannot 3201 find out 4672 the work 4639 that is done 6213 under the sun 8121: because 834 though 7945 a man 120 labour 5998 to seek it out 1245, yet he shall not find 4672 it; yea further; though a wise 2450 man think 559 to know 3045 it, yet shall he not be able 3201 to find 4672 it.