Dual Panel1Who [is] as the wise <02450> [man]? and who knoweth <03045> (8802) the interpretation <06592> of a thing <01697>_? a man's <0120> wisdom <02451> maketh his face <06440> to shine <0215> (8686)_, and the boldness <05797> of his face <06440> shall be changed <08132> (8792)_. {the boldness: Heb. the strength}
2I [counsel thee] to keep <08104> (8798) the king's <04428> commandment <06310>_, and [that] in regard <01700> of the oath <07621> of God <0430>_.
3Be not hasty <0926> (8735) to go out <03212> (8799) of his sight <06440>_: stand <05975> (8799) not in an evil <07451> thing <01697>_; for he doeth <06213> (8799) whatsoever pleaseth <02654> (8799) him.
4Where the word <01697> of a king <04428> [is, there is] power <07983>_: and who may say <0559> (8799) unto him, What doest <06213> (8799) thou?
5Whoso keepeth <08104> (8802) the commandment <04687> shall feel <03045> (8799) no evil <07451> thing <01697>_: and a wise man's <02450> heart <03820> discerneth <03045> (8799) both time <06256> and judgment <04941>_. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
6Because to every purpose <02656> there is <03426> time <06256> and judgment <04941>_, therefore the misery <07451> of man <0120> [is] great <07227> upon him.
7For he knoweth <03045> (8802) not that which shall be: for who can tell <05046> (8686) him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}
8[There is] no man <0120> that hath power <07989> over the spirit <07307> to retain <03607> (8800) the spirit <07307>_; neither [hath he] power <07983> in the day <03117> of death <04194>_: and [there is] no discharge <04917> in [that] war <04421>_; neither shall wickedness <07562> deliver <04422> (8762) those that are given <01167> to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
9All this have I seen <07200> (8804)_, and applied <05414> (8800) my heart <03820> unto every work <04639> that is done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>_: [there is] a time <06256> wherein one man <0120> ruleth <07980> (8804) over another to his own hurt <07451>_.
10And so <03651> I saw <07200> (8804) the wicked <07563> buried <06912> (8803)_, who had come <0935> (8804) and gone <01980> (8762) from the place <04725> of the holy <06918>_, and they were forgotten <07911> (8691) in the city <05892> where they had so done <06213> (8804)_: this [is] also vanity <01892>_.
11Because sentence <06599> against an evil <07451> work <04639> is not executed <06213> (8738) speedily <04120>_, therefore the heart <03820> of the sons <01121> of men <0120> is fully set <04390> (8804) in them to do <06213> (8800) evil <07451>_.
12Though a sinner <02398> (8802) do <06213> (8802) evil <07451> an hundred times <03967>_, and his [days] be prolonged <0748> (8688)_, yet surely I know <03045> (8802) that it shall be well <02896> with them that fear <03373> God <0430>_, which fear <03372> (8799) before <06440> him:
13But it shall not be well <02896> with the wicked <07563>_, neither shall he prolong <0748> (8686) [his] days <03117>_, [which are] as a shadow <06738>_; because he feareth <03373> not before <06440> God <0430>_.
14There is <03426> a vanity <01892> which is done <06213> (8738) upon the earth <0776>_; that there be just <06662> [men], unto whom it happeneth <05060> (8688) according to the work <04639> of the wicked <07563>_; again, there be <03426> wicked <07563> [men], to whom it happeneth <05060> (8688) according to the work <04639> of the righteous <06662>_: I said <0559> (8804) that this also <01571> [is] vanity <01892>_.
15Then I commended <07623> (8765) mirth <08057>_, because a man <0120> hath no better thing <02896> under the sun <08121>_, than to eat <0398> (8800)_, and to drink <08354> (8800)_, and to be merry <08055> (8800)_: for that shall abide <03867> (8799) with him of his labour <05999> the days <03117> of his life <02416>_, which God <0430> giveth <05414> (8804) him under the sun <08121>_.
16When I applied <05414> (8804) mine heart <03820> to know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451>_, and to see <07200> (8800) the business <06045> that is done <06213> (8738) upon the earth <0776>_: (for also [there is that] neither day <03117> nor night <03915> seeth <07200> (8802) sleep <08142> with his eyes <05869>:)
17Then I beheld <07200> (8804) all the work <04639> of God <0430>_, that a man <0120> cannot <03201> (8799) find out <04672> (8800) the work <04639> that is done <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121>_: because <0834> though <07945> a man <0120> labour <05998> (8799) to seek [it] out <01245> (8763)_, yet he shall not find <04672> (8799) [it]; yea further; though a wise <02450> [man] think <0559> (8799) to know <03045> (8800) [it], yet shall he not be able <03201> (8799) to find <04672> (8800) [it].