Ecclesiastes · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Ecclesiastes 7 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 Доброе имя лучше дорогой масти, и день смерти - дня рождения.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 Лучше ходить в дом плача об умершем, нежели ходить в дом пира; ибо таков конец всякого человека, и живой приложит это к своему сердцу.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Сетование лучше смеха; потому что при печали лица сердце делается лучше.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 Сердце мудрых - в доме плача, а сердце глупых - в доме веселья.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Лучше слушать обличения от мудрого, нежели слушать песни глупых;
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 потому что смех глупых то же, что треск тернового хвороста под котлом. И это - суета!
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Притесняя других, мудрый делается глупым, и подарки портят сердце.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Конец дела лучше начала его; терпеливый лучше высокомерного.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Не будь духом твоим поспешен на гнев, потому что гнев гнездится в сердце глупых.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Не говори: "отчего это прежние дни были лучше нынешних?", потому что не от мудрости ты спрашиваешь об этом.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Хороша мудрость с наследством, и особенно для видящих солнце:
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 потому что под сенью ее то же, что под сенью серебра; но превосходство знания в том, что мудрость дает жизнь владеющему ею.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Смотри на действование Божие: ибо кто может выпрямить то, что Он сделал кривым?
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 Во дни благополучия пользуйся благом, а во дни несчастья размышляй: то и другое соделал Бог для того, чтобы человек ничего не мог сказать против Него.
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 Всего насмотрелся я в суетные дни мои: праведник гибнет в праведности своей; нечестивый живет долго в нечестии своем.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 Не будь слишком строг, и не выставляй себя слишком мудрым; зачем тебе губить себя?
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Не предавайся греху, и не будь безумен: зачем тебе умирать не в свое время?
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Хорошо, если ты будешь держаться одного и не отнимать руки от другого; потому что кто боится Бога, тот избежит всего того.
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 Мудрость делает мудрого сильнее десяти властителей, которые в городе.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 Нет человека праведного на земле, который делал бы добро и не грешил бы;
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 поэтому не на всякое слово, которое говорят, обращай внимание, чтобы не услышать тебе раба твоего, когда он злословит тебя;
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 ибо сердце твое знает много случаев, когда и сам ты злословил других.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Все это испытал я мудростью; я сказал: "буду я мудрым"; но мудрость далека от меня.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 Далеко то, что было, и глубоко - глубоко: кто постигнет его?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 Обратился я сердцем моим к тому, чтобы узнать, исследовать и изыскать мудрость и разум, и познать нечестие глупости, невежества и безумия, -
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 и нашел я, что горче смерти женщина, потому что она - сеть, и сердце ее - силки, руки ее - оковы; добрый пред Богом спасется от нее, а грешник уловлен будет ею.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Вот это нашел я, сказал Екклесиаст, испытывая одно за другим.
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Чего еще искала душа моя, и я не нашел? - Мужчину одного из тысячи я нашел, а женщину между всеми ими не нашел.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 Только это я нашел, что Бог сотворил человека правым, а люди пустились во многие помыслы.
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 14:13; Proverbs 22:1; Ecclesiastes 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:21–23
- 2 Psalm 90:12; Hebrews 9:27; Deuteronomy 32:29; Deuteronomy 32:46; Philippians 3:19
- 3 2 Corinthians 7:9–11; Romans 5:3–4; James 4:8–10; John 16:20–22; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 4 Matthew 8:14–16; Luke 7:12–13; 1 Samuel 25:36; Nehemiah 2:2–5; Jeremiah 51:39
- 5 Proverbs 15:31–32; Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 17:10
- 6 Psalm 58:9; Psalm 118:12; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Luke 6:25; Jude 12–13
- 7 Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:8; Proverbs 17:23; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Isaiah 1:23
- 8 Hebrews 10:36; Psalm 126:5–6; Proverbs 14:29; 1 Peter 1:13; James 5:11
- 9 James 1:19; Proverbs 14:17; Proverbs 16:32; Ephesians 4:26–27; Proverbs 26:23–26
- 10 Psalm 14:2–3; Genesis 6:11–12; Romans 1:22–32; Isaiah 50:1; Judges 6:13
- 11 Ecclesiastes 11:7; 1 Timothy 6:17–19; Proverbs 8:10–11; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 9:15–18
- 12 Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 2:7; Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:4; Judges 9:15
- 13 Ecclesiastes 1:15; Job 12:14; Psalm 107:43; Isaiah 14:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11
- 14 Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Deuteronomy 8:3; Ecclesiastes 12:13; James 5:13
- 15 Ecclesiastes 8:12–14; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Psalm 73:3–13; Matthew 23:34–35; Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
- 16 Romans 12:3; Proverbs 25:16; Colossians 2:18; James 3:13–17; Matthew 6:1–7
- 17 Proverbs 10:27; Job 22:16; Psalm 55:23; Acts 12:23; Acts 5:10
- 18 Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Malachi 4:2; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Luke 1:50
- 19 Proverbs 21:22; Colossians 1:9–11; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; Proverbs 24:5; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 20 Romans 3:23; Isaiah 53:6; 1 John 1:8–10; James 3:2; Proverbs 20:9
- 21 Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Corinthians 13:5–7
- 22 James 3:9; Matthew 15:19; Matthew 18:32–35; 1 Kings 2:44; John 8:7–9
- 23 Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Genesis 3:5; 1 Kings 11:1–8; 1 Kings 3:11–12
- 24 Romans 11:33; Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 139:6; Job 28:28
- 25 Ecclesiastes 10:13; Joshua 7:13; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Proverbs 17:12; Ecclesiastes 3:16–17
- 26 Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 5:3–5; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:26
- 27 Ecclesiastes 12:8–10; Ecclesiastes 1:1–2
- 28 Job 33:23; Psalm 12:1; 1 Kings 11:1–3; Isaiah 26:9; Ecclesiastes 7:23–24
- 29 Jeremiah 4:22; Genesis 6:11–12; Mark 7:8–9; Titus 3:3; Genesis 5:1
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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).
… about eating and drinking, which he often repeats, and very much commends, does not savor the dainties of carnal pleasures, is made plain enough when he says, "It is better to go into the house of mourning than to go into the house of feasting." And a little after He says, "The heart of the wise is in the house …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For God, according to the Preacher, made man upright, and they have themselves sought out many inventions.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… is better to go into the house of mourning than to go into the house of feasting." And a little after He says, "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the simple in the house of feasting." But I think that more worthy of quotation from this book which relates to both …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)