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Ecclesiastes 5 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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1 Be not hasty with thy mouth, And let not thy heart be swift To utter anything before God; For God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: Therefore let thy words be few.
1 Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
2 For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; And a fool’s voice is with a multitude of words.
2 Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
3 Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, Defer not to pay it; For [he has] no pleasure in fools: Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
4 [It is] better that thou shouldest not vow, Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
4 When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
5 Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; And say not in the presence of God, It was an error: Lest God be angry at thy voice, And destroy the works of thy hands.
5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
6 For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: But fear thou God.
6 Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
7 If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, Wonder not at the matter: For [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, And high ones over them.
7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.
8 Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: The king [is dependent on] the tilled field.
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
9 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: And who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? This is also vanity.
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
10 In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: And what virtue has the owner, But the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
11 The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eat little or much: But to one who is satiated with wealth, There is none that suffers him to sleep.
11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
12 There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [Namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13 And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: And [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
14 As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, He shall return back as he came, And he shall receive nothing for his labor, That it should go [with him] in his hand.
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 And this is also an evil infirmity: For as he came, so also shall he return: And what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?
15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
17 Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] To eat and to drink, And to see good In all his labor in Which he may labor under the sun, [All] the number of the days of his life Which God has given to him: For it is his portion.
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
18 Yea, and [as for] every man to whom God has given Wealth and possessions, and has given him Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, And to rejoice in his labor; This is the gift of God.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
19 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; For God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. 20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
Cross references (19)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 James 1:19; Hebrews 12:28–29; Proverbs 15:8; 1 Peter 2:1–2; Isaiah 1:12–20
  2. 2 Matthew 6:7; Proverbs 10:19; Isaiah 55:9; Matthew 6:9; Numbers 30:2–5
  3. 3 Proverbs 15:2; Ecclesiastes 10:12–14; Proverbs 10:19; Job 11:2
  4. 4 Numbers 30:2; Matthew 5:33; Deuteronomy 23:21–23; Psalm 76:11; Psalm 66:13–14
  5. 5 Acts 5:4; Deuteronomy 23:22; Proverbs 20:25
  6. 6 James 1:26; 2 John 8; James 3:2; Ecclesiastes 5:1–2; Malachi 2:7
  7. 7 Matthew 12:36; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Isaiah 50:10–11
  8. 8 Psalm 12:5; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 3:16; 1 Kings 21:19–20; Psalm 58:10–11
  9. 9 Psalm 115:16; 1 Kings 4:7–23; Genesis 1:29–30; Psalm 104:14–15; 1 Chronicles 27:26–31
  10. 10 1 Timothy 6:10; Matthew 6:24; Luke 12:15; Matthew 6:19; Ecclesiastes 4:8
  11. 11 1 John 2:16; Habakkuk 2:13; Psalm 119:36–37; Proverbs 23:5; Ecclesiastes 6:9
  12. 12 Proverbs 3:24; Psalm 4:8; Jeremiah 31:26; Psalm 127:2
  13. 13 Ecclesiastes 6:1–2; Luke 18:22–23; Luke 16:22–23; Genesis 19:14; James 5:1–4
  14. 14 Ecclesiastes 2:26; Haggai 2:16–17; Haggai 1:9; Job 20:15–29; Proverbs 23:5
  15. 15 Psalm 49:17; Job 1:21; 1 Timothy 6:7; Luke 12:20
  16. 16 Proverbs 11:29; Ecclesiastes 1:3; Mark 8:36; Ecclesiastes 5:13; John 6:27
  17. 17 Psalm 127:2; 2 Chronicles 24:24–25; Proverbs 1:27–29; Job 21:25; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
  18. 18 Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 3:12–13; Ecclesiastes 9:7; 1 Timothy 6:17
  19. 19 Deuteronomy 8:18; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 6:2; 2 Chronicles 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:24–26

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences