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Ecclesiastes (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 23:41, January 20, 2010
, 23:41, January 20, 2010working through sections that stood out. I'll resume from the top down when I have time
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|A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
|A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
|A good name is better than a precious medicine. The Day of your death is better than the day of your birth.
|A good name is better than precious medicine; and the day of your death better than the day of your birth.
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|It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
|It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
|It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. That is how all men end, and living will fix this in his heart.
|It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. That is how all men end, and the living will take this to heart.
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|Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
|Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
|It is better to be sorrowful than to be filled with laughter, through sadness a mans heart is made better.
|Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of one's appearance the heart is made better.
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|I take this to mean that expressing sorrow and sympathy for others in pain helps them to heal
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|The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
|The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
|the wise man keeps a ming on the funeral parlor, the fool keeps his mind on partying.
|The heart of the wise man is as if he was at a funeral; but the heart of fools is partying.
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|It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
|It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
|It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the fool.
|It is better to hear criticism from the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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|Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
|Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
|A wise man will be angry with Oppression, a gift can destroy the heart.
|Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; a gift can destroy the heart.
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|Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
|Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
|It is better to be at the end of something than at the beginning. And a patient man is better than a proud man.
|It is better to be at the end of something than at the beginning: and the patient man is better than the proud man.
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|Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
|Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
|Do not ask why things were better in the past. Because is is foolish to do so.
|Do not ask why things were better in the past. Because it is unwise to do so.
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