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Ecclesiastes (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 23:15, January 21, 2010
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|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.
|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.
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|Who is like the wise man? And who knows how to interpret a thing? Wisdom makes a mans face shine like the sun, and changes the boldness of it.
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|Added like the sun because it means shining as in glowing or beaming, not shining like and oily forehead.
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|I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
|I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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|I suggest that you keep the king's commandment, and do it in regard to the oath of God.
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|Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
|Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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|Do not rush to get out of his sight. Do not do any evil. He does whatever he pleases.
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|Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
|Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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|When a king speaks there is power behind his words. Who may say to him, What have you done?
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|Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
|Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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|Those who keep his commandments will feel no evil. A wise mans heart discerns both time and judgement.
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|Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
|Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
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|To every purpose there is time and judgement, therefor a man's misery is great upon him.
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|For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
|For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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|He does not know what will come: Who can tell him when it will be?
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|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.
|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.
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|There is no man with enough power over the spirit to retain it; He does not have power over the day of his death: There is no discharge in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that are given to it either.
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|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.
|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.
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|I have seen all this, and applied my heart to every work that is done here on earth: there is a time when one mans rule over another hurts him.
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|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.
|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.
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|I saw the wicked who came and went from holy places buried, and forgotten in the city where they did this: This too is vanity.
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|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.
|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.
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|The hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil, because justice is not delivered for evil works rapidly enough.
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|These two parts of the KJV make no sense together, tremendous grammatical ambiguity.
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|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:
|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:
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|A sinner may commit evil acts hundreds of times, and he may live a long time, but I absolutely know that those who show fear before God will be well.
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|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.
|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.
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|The wicked will not be well, however, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow; because he does not fear God.
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|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.
|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.
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|There is a vanity done here on earth; Something that the wicked do to just men; and righteous men do to the wicked too: This too is vanity.
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|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.
|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.
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|I commended mirth, because men have nothing better here on earth than to ear, drink, and be merry: that will allow him to tollerate the days of work in the life that God has given him here.
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|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:)
|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:)
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|When I applied my mind to seeking wisdom, and to see what is done on earth, because days and night do not sleep with their eyes.
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|word analysis said mind needed to be used more often to stress the intellectual side of the bible
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|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.
|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.
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|Then I noticed all the work of God, so great that man cannot discover th extent of work done here on earth: A man may labor to seek it out, but he will not find it; even more, while a wise man might think he knows it he will not be able to find it.
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==Chapter 9==
==Chapter 9==