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  12:1 ¶
And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [thee] in which 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
While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor 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 wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding [women] cease because they have become few, and the [women] looking out at the windows be dark; |
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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 they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds [at the mill]; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song 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
and they shall look up, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market: |
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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 be [let go], or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to 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
[before] the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to 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
Elohimº
whoº
gaveºº
it. |
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12:8 ¶
Vanity of vanities, said 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 because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables. |
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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 diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, [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 firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement. |
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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 moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: 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 ¶
Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man. |
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12:13 ¶
Let us hearºº
the conclusionº
of the wholeº
matter:º
Fearººº
Elohim,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 everything that has been overlooked, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil. |
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12:14
Forº
Elohimº
shall bringººº
everyº
workº
into judgment,º
withº
everyº
secret thing,ºº
whetherº
[it be] good,º
or whetherº
[it be] evil.º |
