Who is as the wise man ? and who knoweth
the interpretation
of a thing
? a man's
wisdom
maketh his face
to shine
, and the boldness
of his face
shall be changed
.
I counsel thee to keep the king's
commandment
, and that in regard
of the oath
of God
.
Be not hasty to go out
of his sight
: stand
not in an evil
thing
; for he doeth
whatsoever pleaseth
him.
Where the word of a king
is, there is power
: and who may say
unto him, What doest
thou?
Whoso keepeth the commandment
shall feel
no evil
thing
: and a wise man's
heart
discerneth
both time
and judgment
.
Because to every purpose there is
time
and judgment
, therefore the misery
of man
is great
upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell
him when it shall be?
There is no man that hath power
over the spirit
to retain
the spirit
; neither hath he power
in the day
of death
: and there is no discharge
in that war
; neither shall wickedness
deliver
those that are given
to it.
All this have I seen, and applied
my heart
unto every work
that is done
under the sun
: there is a time
wherein one man
ruleth
over another to his own hurt
.
And so I saw
the wicked
buried
, who had come
and gone
from the place
of the holy
, and they were forgotten
in the city
where they had so done
: this is also vanity
.
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
.
Though a sinner do
evil
an hundred times
, and his days be prolonged
, yet surely I know
that it shall be well
with them that fear
God
, which fear
before
him:
But it shall not be well with the wicked
, neither shall he prolong
his days
, which are as a shadow
; because he feareth
not before
God
.
There is a vanity
which is done
upon the earth
; that there be just
men , unto whom it happeneth
according to the work
of the wicked
; again, there be
wicked
men , to whom it happeneth
according to the work
of the righteous
: I said
that this also
is vanity
.
Then I commended mirth
, because a man
hath no better thing
under the sun
, than to eat
, and to drink
, and to be merry
: for that shall abide
with him of his labour
the days
of his life
, which God
giveth
him under the sun
.
When I applied mine heart
to know
wisdom
, and to see
the business
that is done
upon the earth
: (for also there is that neither day
nor night
seeth
sleep
with his eyes
:)
Then I beheld all the work
of God
, that a man
cannot
find out
the work
that is done
under the sun
: because
though
a man
labour
to seek it out
, yet he shall not find
it ; yea further; though a wise
man think
to know
it , yet shall he not be able
to find
it .