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| [13] Consider the work of God; | | [13] Consider the work of God; |
| who can make straight what he has made crooked? | | who can make straight what he has made crooked? |
− | [14] | + | [14] In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. |
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− | In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
| + | [15] In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing. |
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− | In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing. | |
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| [16] Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself? | | [16] Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself? |
| [17] Be not wicked overmuch, neither be a fool; why should you die before your time? | | [17] Be not wicked overmuch, neither be a fool; why should you die before your time? |
| [18] It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all. | | [18] It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all. |
− | [19] | + | [19] Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city. |
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− | Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city. | |
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− | [20] | + | [20] Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. |
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− | Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
| + | [21] Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you; |
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− | Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you; | |
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| [22] your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others. | | [22] your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others. |
− | [23] | + | [23] All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, "I will be wise"; but it was far from me. |
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− | All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, "I will be wise"; but it was far from me. | |
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| [24] That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out? | | [24] That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out? |
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| [27] Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum, | | [27] Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum, |
| [28] which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. | | [28] which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. |
− | [29] Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices. | + | [29] Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices. |
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| ==Chapter .8== | | ==Chapter .8== |
| [1] Who is like the wise man? | | [1] Who is like the wise man? |