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  12:1 ¶
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; |
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12:1 ¶
Rememberºº
nowº
thy Creatorºº
in the daysº
of thy youth,º
whileºº
the evilº
daysº
comeºº
not,º
nor the yearsº
draw nigh,ºº
whenº
thou shalt say,ºº
I have noº
pleasureº
in them; |
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12:2
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; |
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12:2
Whileºº
the sun,º
or the light,º
or the moon,º
or the stars,º
be notº
darkened,ºº
nor the cloudsº
returnºº
afterº
the rain:º |
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12:3
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened, |
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12:3
In the dayº
when the keepersºº
of the houseº
shall tremble,ººº
and the strongº
menºº
shall bowºº
themselves,º
and the grindersºº
ceaseºº
becauseº
they are few,ºº
and those that lookº
outºº
of the windowsº
be darkened,ºº |
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12:4
and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; |
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12:4
And the doorsº
shall be shutºº
in the streets,º
when the soundº
of the grindingº
is low,ºº
and he shall rise upºº
at the voiceº
of the bird,º
and allº
the daughtersº
of musickº
shall be brought low;ºº |
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12:5
yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: |
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12:5
Alsoº
[when] they shall be afraidºº
of [that which is] high,ºº
and fearsº
[shall be] in the way,º
and the almond treeº
shall flourish,ºº
and the grasshopperº
shall be a burden,ºº
and desireº
shall fail:ºº
becauseº
manº
goethºº
toº
his longº
home,º
and the mournersºº
go aboutºº
the streets:º |
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12:6
before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, |
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12:6
Orº
everºº
the silverº
cordº
be loosed,ºººº
or the goldenº
bowlº
be broken,ºº
or the pitcherº
be brokenºº
atº
the fountain,º
or the wheelº
brokenºº
atº
the cistern.º |
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12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. |
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12:7
Then shall the dustº
returnºº
toº
the earthº
as it was:ºº
and the spiritº
shall returnºº
untoº
Godº
whoº
gaveºº
it. |
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12:8 ¶
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. |
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12:8 ¶
Vanityº
of vanities,º
saithºº
the preacher;º
allº
[is] vanity.º |
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12:9
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs. |
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12:9
And moreover,º
because the preacherº
wasºº
wise,º
he stillº
taughtººº
the peopleº
knowledge;º
yea, he gave good heed,ººº
and sought out,ºº
[and] set in orderºº
manyºº
proverbs.º |
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12:10
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth. |
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12:10
The preacherº
soughtºº
to find outºº
acceptableº
words:º
and [that which was] writtenºº
[was] upright,º
[even] wordsº
of truth.º |
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12:11
The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are [the words of] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd. |
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12:11
The wordsº
of the wiseº
[are] as goads,º
and as nailsº
fastenedºº
[by] the mastersº
of assemblies,º
[which] are givenºº
from oneº
shepherd.ºººº |
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12:12
And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. |
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12:12
And further,º
by these,ºº
my son,º
be admonished:ºº
of makingºº
manyºº
booksº
[there is] noº
end;º
and muchºº
studyº
[is] a wearinessº
of the flesh.º |
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12:13 ¶
[This is] the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole [duty] of man. |
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12:13 ¶
Let us hearºº
the conclusionº
of the wholeº
matter:º
Fearººº
God,º
and keepºº
his commandments:º
forº
thisº
[is] the wholeº
[duty] of man.º |
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12:14
For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. |
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12:14
Forº
Godº
shall bringººº
everyº
workº
into judgment,º
withº
everyº
secret thing,ºº
whetherº
[it be] good,º
or whetherº
[it be] evil.º |
