Dual Panel1Keep <08104> (8798) thy foot <07272> when thou goest <03212> (8799) to the house <01004> of God <0430>_, and be more ready <07138> to hear <08085> (8800)_, than to give <05414> (8800) the sacrifice <02077> of fools <03684>_: for they consider <03045> (8802) not that they do <06213> (8800) evil <07451>_.
2Be not rash <0926> (8762) with thy mouth <06310>_, and let not thine heart <03820> be hasty <04116> (8762) to utter <03318> (8687) [any] thing <01697> before <06440> God <0430>_: for God <0430> [is] in heaven <08064>_, and thou upon earth <0776>_: therefore let thy words <01697> be few <04592>_. {thing: or, word}
3For a dream <02472> cometh <0935> (8802) through the multitude <07230> of business <06045>_; and a fool's <03684> voice <06963> [is known] by multitude <07230> of words <01697>_.
4When thou vowest <05087> (8799) a vow <05088> unto God <0430>_, defer <0309> (8762) not to pay <07999> (8763) it; for [he hath] no pleasure <02656> in fools <03684>_: pay <07999> (8761) that which thou hast vowed <05087> (8799)_.
5Better <02896> [is it] that thou shouldest not vow <05087> (8799)_, than that thou shouldest vow <05087> (8799) and not pay <07999> (8762)_.
6Suffer <05414> (8799) not thy mouth <06310> to cause thy flesh <01320> to sin <02398> (8687)_; neither say <0559> (8799) thou before <06440> the angel <04397>_, that it [was] an error <07684>_: wherefore should God <0430> be angry <07107> (8799) at thy voice <06963>_, and destroy <02254> (8765) the work <04639> of thine hands <03027>_?
7For in the multitude <07230> of dreams <02472> and many <07235> (8687) words <01697> [there are] also [divers] vanities <01892>_: but fear <03372> (8798) thou God <0430>_.
8If thou seest <07200> (8799) the oppression <06233> of the poor <07326> (8802)_, and violent <01499> perverting of judgment <04941> and justice <06664> in a province <04082>_, marvel <08539> (8799) not at the matter <02656>_: for [he that is] higher <01364> than the highest <01364> regardeth <08104> (8802)_; and [there be] higher <01364> than they <05921>_. {at the... Heb. at the will, or, purpose}
9Moreover the profit <03504> of the earth <0776> is for all: the king <04428> [himself] is served <05647> (8738) by the field <07704>_.
10He that loveth <0157> (8802) silver <03701> shall not be satisfied <07646> (8799) with silver <03701>_; nor he that loveth <0157> (8802) abundance <01995> with increase <08393>_: this [is] also vanity <01892>_.
11When goods <02896> increase <07235> (8800)_, they are increased <07231> (8804) that eat <0398> (8802) them: and what good <03788> [is there] to the owners <01167> thereof, saving <0518> the beholding <07207> (8675) <07212> (8801) [of them] with their eyes <05869>_?
12The sleep <08142> of a labouring man <05647> (8802) [is] sweet <04966>_, whether he eat <0398> (8799) little <04592> or much <07235> (8687)_: but the abundance <07647> of the rich <06223> will not suffer <03240> (8688) him to sleep <03462> (8800)_.
13There is <03426> a sore <02470> (8802) evil <07451> [which] I have seen <07200> (8804) under the sun <08121>_, [namely], riches <06239> kept <08104> (8803) for the owners <01167> thereof to their hurt <07451>_.
14But those riches <06239> perish <06> (8804) by evil <07451> travail <06045>_: and he begetteth <03205> (8689) a son <01121>_, and [there is] nothing <03972> in his hand <03027>_.
15As he came forth <03318> (8804) of his mother's <0517> womb <0990>_, naked <06174> shall he return <07725> (8799) to go <03212> (8800) as he came <0935> (8804)_, and shall take <05375> (8799) nothing <03972> of his labour <05999>_, which he may carry away <03212> (8686) in his hand <03027>_.
16And this <02090> also [is] a sore <02470> (8802) evil <07451>_, [that] in all points <05980> as he came <0935> (8804)_, so shall he go <03212> (8799)_: and what profit <03504> hath he that hath laboured <05998> (8799) for the wind <07307>_?
17All his days <03117> also he eateth <0398> (8799) in darkness <02822>_, and [he hath] much <07235> (8687) sorrow <03707> (8804) and wrath <07110> with his sickness <02483>_.
18Behold [that] which I have seen <07200> (8804)_: [it is] good <02896> and comely <03303> [for one] to eat <0398> (8800) and to drink <08354> (8800)_, and to enjoy <07200> (8800) the good <02896> of all his labour <05999> that he taketh <05998> (8799) under the sun <08121> all <04557> the days <03117> of his life <02416>_, which God <0430> giveth <05414> (8804) him: for it [is] his portion <02506>_. {It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}
19Every man <0120> also to whom God <0430> hath given <05414> (8804) riches <06239> and wealth <05233>_, and hath given him power <07980> (8689) to eat <0398> (8800) thereof, and to take <05375> (8800) his portion <02506>_, and to rejoice <08055> (8800) in his labour <05999>_; this <02090> [is] the gift <04991> of God <0430>_.
20For he shall not much <07235> (8687) remember <02142> (8799) the days <03117> of his life <02416>_; because God <0430> answereth <06031> (8688) [him] in the joy <08057> of his heart <03820>_. {For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}