Ecclesiastes · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Ecclesiastes 7 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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1 A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
1 MEJOR es la [buena] fama que el buen ungüento; y el día de la muerte que el día del nacimiento.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
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 will lay [it] to his heart.
2 Mejor es ir á la casa del luto que á la casa del convite: porque aquello es el fin de todos los hombres; y el que vive parará mientes.
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 Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
3 Mejor es el enojo que la risa: porque con la tristeza del rostro se enmendará el corazón.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
4 El corazón de los sabios, en la casa del luto; mas el corazón de los insensatos, en la casa del placer.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
5 Mejor es oir la reprensión del sabio, que la canción de los necios.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
6 Porque la risa del necio es como el estrépito de las espinas debajo de la olla. Y también esto es vanidad.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
7 Ciertamente la opresión hace enloquecer al sabio: y el presente corrompe el corazón.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Better [is] the end of a thing than its beginning: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
8 Mejor es el fin del negocio que su principio: mejor es el sufrido de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
9 No te apresures en tu espíritu á enojarte: porque la ira en el seno de los necios reposa.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
10 Nunca digas: ¿Qué es la causa que los tiempos pasados fueron mejores que éstos? Porque nunca de esto preguntarás con sabiduría.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
11 Buena es la ciencia con herencia; y más á los que ven el sol.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 For wisdom [is] a defense, [and] money [is] a defense: but the excellence of knowledge [is] , [that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
12 Porque escudo es la ciencia, y escudo es el dinero: mas la sabiduría excede en que da vida á sus poseedores.
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 Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?
13 Mira la obra de Dios; porque ¿quién podrá enderezar lo que él torció?
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
14 En el día del bien goza del bien; y en el día del mal considera. Dios también hizo esto delante de lo otro, porque el hombre no halle nada tras de él.
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 All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
15 Todo esto he visto en los días de mi vanidad. Justo hay que perece por su justicia, y hay impío que por su maldad alarga [sus días].
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 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?
16 No seas demasiado justo, ni seas sabio con exceso: ¿por qué te destruirás?
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldst thou die before thy time?
17 No hagas mal mucho, ni seas insensato: ¿por qué morirás antes de tu tiempo?
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 [It is] good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.
18 Bueno es que tomes esto, y también de estotro no apartes tu mano; porque el que á Dios teme, saldrá con todo.
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 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] who are in the city.
19 La sabiduría fortifica al sabio más que diez poderosos la ciudad en que fueron.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
20 Ciertamente no hay hombre justo en la tierra, que haga bien y nunca peque.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
21 Tampoco apliques tu corazón á todas las cosas que se hablaren, porque no oigas á tu siervo que dice mal de ti:
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 For often also thy own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
22 Porque tu corazón sabe, como tú también dijiste mal de otros muchas veces.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
23 Todas estas cosas probé con sabiduría, diciendo: Hacerme he sabio: mas ella se alejó de mí.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
24 Lejos está lo que fué; y lo muy profundo ¿quién lo hallará?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things] , and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
25 Yo he rodeado con mi corazón por saber, y examinar, é inquirir la sabiduría, y la razón; y por conocer la maldad de la insensatez, y el desvarío del error;
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 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoever pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
26 Y yo he hallado más amarga que la muerte la mujer, la cual es redes, y lazos su corazón; sus manos [como] ligaduras. El que agrada á Dios escapará de ella; mas el pecador será preso en ella.
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 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:
27 He aquí, esto he hallado, dice el Predicador, [pesando] las cosas una por una para hallar la razón;
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
28 Lo que aun busca mi alma, y no encuentro: un hombre entre mil he hallado; mas mujer de todas éstas nunca hallé.
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 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
29 He aquí, solamente he hallado esto: que Dios hizo al hombre recto, mas ellos buscaron muchas cuentas.
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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For God, according to the Preacher, made man upright, and they have themselves sought out many inventions.
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… 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)