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Ecclesiastes (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 22:06, January 20, 2010
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|Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
|Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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|Keep on your feet when you enter the house of God, and keep an open mind but do not give sacrifice to fools. They do not pay attention to the fact that they are doing evil deeds.
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|Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
|Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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|Do not speak rashly, and do not hastily speak to God. God is in heaven and you are here on earth, so let your words be few.
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|I don't know what to make of this.
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|For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
|For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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|Just like a dream comes with many things going on, a fool may be known by their high word to substance ratio.
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|Is this what you want?
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|When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
|When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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|When you promise to give something to God then give it to him. God does not take pleasure in fools. Pay what you said that you would.
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|Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
|Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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|It is better not to promise anything than to promise and not deliver.
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|Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
|Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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|Do not talk yourself into a position where you will sin. Do not tell the angels that your vow was an error. If you do God will anger at the sound of your voice and may destroy the work that you have done.
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|For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
|For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
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|In many dreams and many words there are many kinds of vanities, Fear God.
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|If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
|If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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|If you see oppression of the poor and a violent miscarriage of justice don't marvel at it. For God is higher than the highest power on earth, and he is there.
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|Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
|Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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|The profits from the earth are good for everyone. The King himself benefits from the resources from the field.
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|This line could be used to convey a truth about the economy, namely that manufacturing and resource production is the key to economic progress, not the spinning wheels of a service economy.
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|He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
|He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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|The man that loves silver will not be satisfied with silver. He will not love it when his silver is in abundance and increases. This too is vanity.
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|When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
|When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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|When a resource is in abundance those that utilize it multiply. What good does it do the owners of the resource, except that they get to see them.
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|There may be something here about politicians multiplying and consuming our hard work.
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|The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
|The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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|A laboring man enjoys his sleep, even if he has had little to eat. The abundance of a rich man will keep him from sleeping.
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|There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
|There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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|I have noticed another earthly evil. Namely, when the rich hold onto their wealth to their own detriment.
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|But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
|But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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|That wealth will be lost to evil and trying ordeals. If such a man has a son he will have nothing to give him.
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|As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
|As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
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|Just like you are naked when you come from the womb you will go away naked. You can't take your wealth with you when you die.
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|And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
|And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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|It is an evil that man will leave this world exactly as he came to it. What profit does he have? He might as well have been laboring for the wind.
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|All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
|All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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|All of his life he will eat in the dark, with sorrow and anger over his decisions.
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|Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
|Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
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|I have seen that it is good to eat and drink and enjoy your labor here on earth, for all of the days that God gave you. That is your portion here on earth.
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|Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
|Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
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|To every man that God has given wealth and power he has given the means to enjoy them, and take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God.
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|For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
|For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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|He will not remember the days of his life well, God will have answered him in the joy he feels in his heart.
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==Chapter 6==
==Chapter 6==