1Keep8104 thy foot7272 when thou goest3212 to the house1004 of God430, and be more ready7138 to hear8085, than to give5414 the sacrifice2077 of fools3684: for they consider3045 not that they do6213 evil7451.
2Be not rash926 with thy mouth6310, and let not thine heart3820 be hasty4116 to utter3318 any thing1697 before6440 God430: for God430 is in heaven8064, and thou upon earth776: therefore let thy words1697 be few4592.
3For a dream2472 cometh935 through the multitude7230 of business6045; and a fool's3684 voice6963 is known by multitude7230 of words1697.
4When thou vowest5087 a vow5088 unto God430, defer309 not to pay7999 it; for he hath no pleasure2656 in fools3684: pay7999 that which thou hast vowed5087.
5Better2896 is it that thou shouldest not vow5087, than that thou shouldest vow5087 and not pay7999.
6Suffer5414 not thy mouth6310 to cause thy flesh1320 to sin2398; neither say559 thou before6440 the angel4397, that it was an error7684: wherefore should God430 be angry7107 at thy voice6963, and destroy2254 the work4639 of thine hands3027?
7For in the multitude7230 of dreams2472 and many7235 words1697 there are also divers vanities1892: but fear3372 thou God430.
8If thou seest7200 the oppression6233 of the poor7326, and violent1499 perverting of judgment4941 and justice6664 in a province4082, marvel8539 not at the matter2656: for he that is higher1364 than the highest1364 regardeth8104; and there be higher1364 than they5921.
9Moreover the profit3504 of the earth776 is for all: the king4428 himself is served5647 by the field7704.
10He that loveth157 silver3701 shall not be satisfied7646 with silver3701; nor he that loveth157 abundance1995 with increase8393: this is also vanity1892.
11When goods2896 increase7235, they are increased7231 that eat398 them: and what good3788 is there to the owners1167 thereof, saving518 the beholding7207 7212 of them with their eyes5869?
12The sleep8142 of a labouring man5647 is sweet4966, whether he eat398 little4592 or much7235: but the abundance7647 of the rich6223 will not suffer3240 him to sleep3462.
13There is3426 a sore2470 evil7451 which I have seen7200 under the sun8121, namely, riches6239 kept8104 for the owners1167 thereof to their hurt7451.
14But those riches6239 perish6 by evil7451 travail6045: and he begetteth3205 a son1121, and there is nothing3972 in his hand3027.
15As he came forth3318 of his mother's517 womb990, naked6174 shall he return7725 to go3212 as he came935, and shall take5375 nothing3972 of his labour5999, which he may carry away3212 in his hand3027.
16And this2090 also is a sore2470 evil7451, that in all points5980 as he came935, so shall he go3212: and what profit3504 hath he that hath laboured5998 for the wind7307?
17All his days3117 also he eateth398 in darkness2822, and he hath much7235 sorrow3707 and wrath7110 with his sickness2483.
18Behold that which I have seen7200: it is good2896 and comely3303 for one to eat398 and to drink8354, and to enjoy7200 the good2896 of all his labour5999 that he taketh5998 under the sun8121 all4557 the days3117 of his life2416, which God430 giveth5414 him: for it is his portion2506.
19Every man120 also to whom God430 hath given5414 riches6239 and wealth5233, and hath given him power7980 to eat398 thereof, and to take5375 his portion2506, and to rejoice8055 in his labour5999; this2090 is the gift4991 of God430.
20For he shall not much7235 remember2142 the days3117 of his life2416; because God430 answereth6031 him in the joy8057 of his heart3820.