Ecclesiastes · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ecclesiastes 11 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Послѝ хлѣ́бъ тво́й на лицѐ воды̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ во мно́жествѣ дні́й ѡ҆брѧ́щеши є҆го̀.
1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
2 Да́ждь ча́сть седми́мъ и҆ ѻ҆сми́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не вѣ́си, что̀ бꙋ́детъ лꙋка́во на землѝ.
2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
3 А҆́ще и҆спо́лнѧтсѧ ѡ҆́блацы дождѧ̀, на зе́млю и҆злива́ютъ: и҆ а҆́ще паде́тъ дре́во на ю҆́гъ, и҆ а҆́ще на сѣ́веръ, на мѣ́стѣ, и҆дѣ́же паде́тъ дре́во, та́мѡ бꙋ́детъ.
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
4 Блюды́й вѣ́тра не сѣ́етъ, и҆ сматрѧ́ѧй во ѡ҆́блацѣхъ не по́жнетъ.
4 He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
5 Въ ни́хже нѣ́сть вѣ́дый, кі́и пꙋ́ть дꙋ́ха, ꙗ҆́коже кѡ́сти во чре́вѣ ражда́ющїѧ: та́кѡ не ᲂу҆разꙋмѣ́еши дѣ́лъ бж҃їихъ, є҆ли̑ка сотвори́тъ всѧ́чєскаѧ.
5 As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.
6 Въ заꙋ́трїи сѣ́й сѣ́мѧ твоѐ, и҆ въ ве́черъ да не ѡ҆ставлѧ́етъ рꙋка̀ твоѧ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ не вѣ́си, ко́е произы́детъ сїѐ и҆лѝ ѻ҆́но, и҆ а҆́ще ѻ҆боѧ̀ вкꙋ́пѣ блага̑ѧ.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
7 И҆ сла́дко свѣ́тъ, и҆ бла́го ѻ҆чи́ма зрѣ́ти со́лнце:
7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
8 ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́ще и҆ мнѡ́га лѣ̑та поживе́тъ человѣ́къ, и҆ ѡ҆ всѣ́хъ си́хъ возвесели́тсѧ, и҆ помѧне́тъ дни̑ тьмы̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́зи бꙋ́дꙋтъ: всѐ грѧдꙋ́щее сꙋета̀.
8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
9 Весели́сѧ, ю҆́ноше, во ю҆́ности твое́й, и҆ да ᲂу҆блажи́тъ тѧ̀ се́рдце твоѐ во дне́хъ ю҆́ности твоеѧ̀, и҆ ходѝ въ пꙋте́хъ се́рдца твоегѡ̀ непоро́ченъ и҆ не въ видѣ́нїи ѻ҆́чїю твоє́ю: и҆ разꙋмѣ́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆ всѣ́хъ си́хъ приведе́тъ тѧ̀ бг҃ъ на сꙋ́дъ:
9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 и҆ ѿста́ви ꙗ҆́рость ѿ се́рдца твоегѡ̀, и҆ ѿри́ни лꙋка́вство ѿ пло́ти твоеѧ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ ю҆́ность и҆ безꙋ́мїе сꙋета̀.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 11:6; Proverbs 19:17; Matthew 10:42; Hebrews 6:10; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 2 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Job 5:19; Psalm 112:9; Luke 6:30–35; Proverbs 6:16
- 3 Psalm 65:9–13; Isaiah 55:10–11; 1 John 3:17; Luke 13:7; 1 Kings 18:45
- 4 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 3:27; Proverbs 22:13
- 5 John 3:8; Psalm 92:5; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 40:28
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:10–11; Isaiah 55:10; Haggai 1:6–11; Hosea 10:12; 2 Corinthians 9:6
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:11; Matthew 5:45; Proverbs 15:30; Psalm 84:11; Job 33:30
- 8 John 12:35; Deuteronomy 32:29; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Joel 2:2; Job 14:10
- 9 Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 John 2:15–16; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Lamentations 3:27
- 10 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Timothy 2:22; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 12:1
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)