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his righteousness, and there is a wicked man discharge in that war; neither shall wicked= that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. ness deliver those that are given to it. 16 Be not righteous over-much; neither make thyself over-wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

9 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.

17 Be not over-much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

10 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.

Il 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.

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

23 ¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

13 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. 14 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.

251 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the rea- 15 ¶ Then I commended mirth, because a son of things, and to know the wickedness of man hath no better thing under the sun, than folly, even of foolishness and madness: 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.

26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

16 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 :)

27 Behold, this have I found, (saith the Preacher,) counting one by one, to find out the account;

17 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

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea but a woman among all those have I not farther, though a wise man think to know it, found. yet shall he not be able to find it. CHAP. IX.

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. CHAP. VIII.

declare all this, that the righteous, and OR I in even the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

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THO is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and 2 All things come alike to all: there is one the boldness of his face shall be changed. event to the righteous, and to the wicked;

2 I counsel thee to keep the king's com-to the good, and to the clean, and to the unmandment, and that in regard of the oath of clean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him God. that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that fear not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever eth an oath. pleaseth him. 3 This is an evil among all things that are 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power; done under the sun, that there is one event unto and who may say unto him, What doest thou? all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall full of evil, and madness is in their heart while feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart they live, and after that they go to the dead. discerneth both time and judgment. 4 For to him that is joined to all the liv6 Because to every purpose there is time ing there is hope: for a living dog is better and judgment; therefore the misery of man than a dead lion. is great upon him.

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

8 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

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and the envy, is now perished; neither have

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e a portion for ever in any thing that therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall under the sun.

be endangered thereby.

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength : but wisdom is profitable to direct.

11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are
gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow
up himself.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth
chievous madness.
is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mis-

14 A fool also is full of words: a man can-
not tell what shall be; and what shall be af-
ter him, who can tell him?

o thy way, eat thy bread with joy,| nk thy wine with a merry heart; for w accepteth thy works.

thy garments be always white; and head lack no ointment.

ve joyfully with the wife whom thou all the days of the life of thy vanity, he hath given thee under the sun, all ys of thy vanity: for that is thy porthis life, and in thy labour which thou under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do h thy might; for there is no work, nor ce, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the e, whither thou goest.

I returned, and saw under the sun, he race is not to the swift, nor the battle e strong, neither yet bread to the wise, vet riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill; but time and ce happeneth to them all.

For man also knoweth not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and he birds that are caught in the snare; so the sons of men snared in an evil time, en it falleth suddenly upon them. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under sun, and it seemed great unto me: There was a little city,and few men within and there came a great king against it, and thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedsieged it,and built great bulwarks against it. chamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise voice, and that which hath wings shall tell man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city, the matter. et no man remembered that same poor man.

20 Curse not the king, no not in thy

15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness !

18 By much slothfulness the building de cayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

19 1 A feast is made for laughter, and all things. wine maketh merry: but money answereth

CHAP. XI.

16 Then said I, wisdom is better than

CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou

trength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

shalt find it many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; 17 The words of wise men are heard in for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon quiet, more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

the earth.

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. CHAP. X.

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty fall toward the south, or toward the north, themselves upon the earth: and if the tree in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

5 As thou knowest not what is the way the womb of her that is with child; even of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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EAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacitieth great offences.

5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou this or that, or whether they both shall knowest not whether shall prosper, either alike good.

71 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. Áll

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the
rich sit in low place.

7 I have seen servants upon horses, and
princes walking as servants upon the earth. that cometh is vanity.

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it;

9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth;

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and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt heart, and in the sight of thine ess

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know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

CHAP. XII.

REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be. broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern:

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it, of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt all is vanity. say, I have no pleasure in them;

2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

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 be darkened;

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low: and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird; and all the daughters of musick shall be brought

low:

5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets :

8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher;

9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

10 The Preacher sought to find out accept able words; and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¶ The SONG of SOLOMON.
CHAP. I.
which is Solomon's.

my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. THE Song of songs, with the kisses of his unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved

mouth for thy love is better than wine.

3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments, thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4 Draw me, we will run after thee. The king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of

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3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love.

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shep- 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusa

herds' tents.

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9 I have compared thee, O my love, to company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11 We will make thee borders of gold, with studs of silver.

12 While the King sitteth at his table,

lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

9 My beloved is like aroe, or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looks

SOLOMON'S SONG. forth at the windows, shewing himself ugh the lattice.

My beloved spake, and said unto Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come

CHAP. IV.

thou art fair,

thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

ay:

I For lo, the winter is past, the rain is r and gone;

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2 The flowers appear on the earth; the e of the singing of birds is come, and the ce of the turtle is heard in our land 13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, d the vines with the tender grape give a od smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, d come away.

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and
thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a
piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
4 Thy neck is like the tower of David, build-
ed for an armoury, whereon there hang a thou-
sand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes
that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my
spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from
the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir
and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the
mountains of the leopards.

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister,
;
him whom my thou hast ravished heart with
one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse!
how much better is thy love than wine! and
the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the ho ney-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with

140 my dove, that art in the clefts of e rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let e see thy countenance, let me hear thy pice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy counnance is comely.

15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that poil the vines; for our vines have tender Tapes.

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he eedeth among the lilies.

17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn,my beloved, and be thou like a roe Or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. CHAP. III.

my soul loveth: I sought him, but found him not.

21 will rise now, and go about the city in The streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

3 The watchmen that go about the city found me to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and in-spikenard; to the chamber of her that conceived me.

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and

5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusa-cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, waters, and streams from Lebanon. till he please.

6 ¶ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple; the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

21 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I his espousals, and in the day of the gladness defile them?

of his heart.

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's ; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.

9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of

the wood of Lebanon.

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of the door, and my bowels were moved for her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the him.

5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but 1 could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me.

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that

I am sick of love.

91 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved,that thou dost so charge us?

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief est among ten thousand.

11 His head is as the most fine gold; his locks are bushy, and black as a raven :

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly

set:

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh:

14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires:

concubines, and they praised her.

10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib.

13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. CHAP. VII.

HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman:

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies:

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins:

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus :

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple: the King is held in the galleries.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree,

15 His legs are as pillars of marble set up-and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. on sockets of fine gold; his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars:

16 His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. CHAP. VI.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweet

WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou ly, causing the lips of those that are asleep

fairest among women? whither is thy Deloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

41 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

to speak.

10 I am my beloved's and his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee,

5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me thy hair is as a flock of O my beloved. goats that appear from Gilead:

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her: the daughters saw

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CHAP. VIII.

that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalein.

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