5:1 Keep 8104 8798 thy foot 7272 when thou goest 3212 8799 to the house 1004 of God 430, and be more ready 7138 to hear 8085 8800, than to give 5414 8800 the sacrifice 2077 of fools 3684: for they consider 3045 8802 not that they do 6213 8800 evil 7451.

5:2 Be not rash 926 8762 with thy mouth 6310, and let not thine heart 3820 be hasty 4116 8762 to utter 3318 8687 [any] thing 1697 before 6440 God 430: for God 430 [is] in heaven 8064, and thou upon earth 776: therefore let thy words 1697 be few 4592.(thing: or, word)

5:3 For a dream 2472 cometh 935 8802 through the multitude 7230 of business 6045; and a fool's 3684 voice 6963 [is known] by multitude 7230 of words 1697.

5:4 When thou vowest 5087 8799 a vow 5088 unto God 430, defer 309 8762 not to pay 7999 8763 it; for [he hath] no pleasure 2656 in fools 3684: pay 7999 8761 that which thou hast vowed 5087 8799.

5:5 Better 2896 [is it] that thou shouldest not vow 5087 8799, than that thou shouldest vow 5087 8799 and not pay 7999 8762.

5:6 Suffer 5414 8799 not thy mouth 6310 to cause thy flesh 1320 to sin 2398 8687; neither say 559 8799 thou before 6440 the angel 4397, that it [was] an error 7684: wherefore should God 430 be angry 7107 8799 at thy voice 6963, and destroy 2254 8765 the work 4639 of thine hands 3027?

5:7 For in the multitude 7230 of dreams 2472 and many 7235 8687 words 1697 [there are] also [divers] vanities 1892: but fear 3372 8798 thou God 430.

5:8 If thou seest 7200 8799 the oppression 6233 of the poor 7326 8802, and violent 1499 perverting of judgment 4941 and justice 6664 in a province 4082, marvel 8539 8799 not at the matter 2656: for [he that is] higher 1364 than the highest 1364 regardeth 8104 8802; and [there be] higher 1364 than they 5921.(at the…: Heb. at the will, or, purpose)

5:9 Moreover the profit 3504 of the earth 776 is for all: the king 4428 [himself] is served 5647 8738 by the field 7704.

5:10 He that loveth 157 8802 silver 3701 shall not be satisfied 7646 8799 with silver 3701; nor he that loveth 157 8802 abundance 1995 with increase 8393: this [is] also vanity 1892.

5:11 When goods 2896 increase 7235 8800, they are increased 7231 8804 that eat 398 8802 them: and what good 3788 [is there] to the owners 1167 thereof, saving 518 the beholding 7207 8675 7212 8801 [of them] with their eyes 5869?

5:12 The sleep 8142 of a labouring man 5647 8802 [is] sweet 4966, whether he eat 398 8799 little 4592 or much 7235 8687: but the abundance 7647 of the rich 6223 will not suffer 3240 8688 him to sleep 3462 8800.

5:13 There is 3426 a sore 2470 8802 evil 7451 [which] I have seen 7200 8804 under the sun 8121, [namely], riches 6239 kept 8104 8803 for the owners 1167 thereof to their hurt 7451.

5:14 But those riches 6239 perish 6 8804 by evil 7451 travail 6045: and he begetteth 3205 8689 a son 1121, and [there is] nothing 3972 in his hand 3027.

5:15 As he came forth 3318 8804 of his mother's 517 womb 990, naked 6174 shall he return 7725 8799 to go 3212 8800 as he came 935 8804, and shall take 5375 8799 nothing 3972 of his labour 5999, which he may carry away 3212 8686 in his hand 3027.

5:16 And this 2090 also [is] a sore 2470 8802 evil 7451, [that] in all points 5980 as he came 935 8804, so shall he go 3212 8799: and what profit 3504 hath he that hath laboured 5998 8799 for the wind 7307?

5:17 All his days 3117 also he eateth 398 8799 in darkness 2822, and [he hath] much 7235 8687 sorrow 3707 8804 and wrath 7110 with his sickness 2483.

5:18 Behold [that] which I have seen 7200 8804: [it is] good 2896 and comely 3303 [for one] to eat 398 8800 and to drink 8354 8800, and to enjoy 7200 8800 the good 2896 of all his labour 5999 that he taketh 5998 8799 under the sun 8121 all 4557 the days 3117 of his life 2416, which God 430 giveth 5414 8804 him: for it [is] his portion 2506.(It is good…: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc)(all the days: Heb. the number of the days)

5:19 Every man 120 also to whom God 430 hath given 5414 8804 riches 6239 and wealth 5233, and hath given him power 7980 8689 to eat 398 8800 thereof, and to take 5375 8800 his portion 2506, and to rejoice 8055 8800 in his labour 5999; this 2090 [is] the gift 4991 of God 430.

5:20 For he shall not much 7235 8687 remember 2142 8799 the days 3117 of his life 2416; because God 430 answereth 6031 8688 [him] in the joy 8057 of his heart 3820.(For…: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc)

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