Eclesiastés · Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
Eclesiastés 7 Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
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1 A good reputation is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you were born.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 It's better to go to a funeral than to a party. In the end, everyone dies, and those who are still alive should think about it.
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 tragedy helps us by making us think.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 Wise people think about the impact of death, while those who are fools only think about having a good time.
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's better to listen to criticism from a wise person than to hear the song of fools.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 The laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorn twigs burning under a pot—without sense and quickly over.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Extorting money from others makes wise people into fools, and accepting bribes corrupts the mind.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Completing something is better than starting it. Being patient is better than being proud.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Don't be quick to get angry, for anger controls the minds of fools.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Don't ask, “Why were the good old days better than now?” Asking such questions shows you are not wise.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Wisdom is good—it's like receiving an inheritance. It benefits everyone in life.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 For wisdom provides security, as does money, but the advantage for those who have wisdom is that they are kept safe and sound!
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 Think about what God does. If he makes something bent, you can't straighten it!
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 On a good day, be happy. When a bad day comes, stop and think. God made each day, so you don't know what will happen to you next.
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 Throughout my life I've seen so much that is hard to understand. Good people who die young despite doing what is right, and wicked people who live long evil lives.
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 Don't think you can make yourself right by a lot of religious observance, and don't pretend to be so wise. Do you want to destroy yourself?
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 On the other hand, don't decide to live an evil life—don't be a fool! Why die before your time?
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 You ought to keep in mind these warnings. Those who follow God will be sure to avoid both.
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 gives a wise person greater power than ten town councilors.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 There's not one good person in all the world who always does what is right and never sins.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Don't take to heart everything that people say, otherwise you may hear your servant talking badly about you,
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 for you know how many times you yourself have talked badly about others!
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 I have examined all this using the principles of wisdom. I told myself, “I will think wisely.” But wisdom eluded me.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 Everything that exists is beyond our grasp—too deep for our understanding. Who can comprehend it?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 I turned my thoughts to discover, investigate, and to find out more about wisdom and what makes sense. I wanted to know more about how stupid evil really is, and how ridiculous it is to be a fool.
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 I discovered something more horrible than death: foolishness like a woman who tries to entrap you, who wants to use her mind and hands to catch you and tie you up. Those who follow God will not be caught, but sinners will fall into her trap.
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 This is what I discovered after putting two and two together to try and find out what it all meant, says the Teacher.
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Although I really searched, I didn't find what I was looking for. People say, “I found one man among a thousand, but not one woman.”
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 But I did find this one thing: God made people to do what's right, but they have followed their own ideas.
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
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Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Apocalipsis 14:13; Proverbios 22:1; Eclesiastés 4:2; 2 Corintios 5:8; Filipenses 1:21–23
- 2 Salmo 90:12; Hebreos 9:27; Deuteronomio 32:29; Deuteronomio 32:46; Filipenses 3:19
- 3 2 Corintios 7:9–11; Romanos 5:3–4; Santiago 4:8–10; Juan 16:20–22; Hebreos 12:10–11
- 4 Mateo 8:14–16; Lucas 7:12–13; 1 Samuel 25:36; Nehemías 2:2–5; Jeremías 51:39
- 5 Proverbios 15:31–32; Salmo 141:5; Apocalipsis 3:19; Proverbios 13:18; Proverbios 17:10
- 6 Salmo 58:9; Salmo 118:12; Eclesiastés 2:2; Lucas 6:25; Judas 12–13
- 7 Deuteronomio 16:19; Éxodo 23:8; Proverbios 17:23; Eclesiastés 4:1; Isaías 1:23
- 8 Hebreos 10:36; Salmo 126:5–6; Proverbios 14:29; 1 Pedro 1:13; Santiago 5:11
- 9 Santiago 1:19; Proverbios 14:17; Proverbios 16:32; Efesios 4:26–27; Proverbios 26:23–26
- 10 Salmo 14:2–3; Génesis 6:11–12; Romanos 1:22–32; Isaías 50:1; Jueces 6:13
- 11 Eclesiastés 11:7; 1 Timoteo 6:17–19; Proverbios 8:10–11; Eclesiastés 2:13; Eclesiastés 9:15–18
- 12 Proverbios 8:35; Proverbios 2:7; Proverbios 3:18; Proverbios 11:4; Jueces 9:15
- 13 Eclesiastés 1:15; Job 12:14; Salmo 107:43; Isaías 14:27; Eclesiastés 3:11
- 14 Eclesiastés 3:4; Eclesiastés 3:22; Deuteronomio 8:3; Eclesiastés 12:13; Santiago 5:13
- 15 Eclesiastés 8:12–14; Eclesiastés 6:12; Salmo 73:3–13; Mateo 23:34–35; Eclesiastés 9:1–2
- 16 Romanos 12:3; Proverbios 25:16; Colosenses 2:18; Santiago 3:13–17; Mateo 6:1–7
- 17 Proverbios 10:27; Job 22:16; Salmo 55:23; Hechos 12:23; Hechos 5:10
- 18 Eclesiastés 12:13; Eclesiastés 11:6; Malaquías 4:2; Eclesiastés 8:12; Lucas 1:50
- 19 Proverbios 21:22; Colosenses 1:9–11; Eclesiastés 9:13–18; Proverbios 24:5; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 20 Romanos 3:23; Isaías 53:6; 1 Juan 1:8–10; Santiago 3:2; Proverbios 20:9
- 21 Proverbios 30:10; Isaías 29:21; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Corintios 13:5–7
- 22 Santiago 3:9; Mateo 15:19; Mateo 18:32–35; 1 Reyes 2:44; Juan 8:7–9
- 23 Romanos 1:22; 1 Corintios 1:20; Génesis 3:5; 1 Reyes 11:1–8; 1 Reyes 3:11–12
- 24 Romanos 11:33; Isaías 55:8–9; 1 Timoteo 6:16; Salmo 139:6; Job 28:28
- 25 Eclesiastés 10:13; Josué 7:13; Eclesiastés 2:15; Proverbios 17:12; Eclesiastés 3:16–17
- 26 Proverbios 22:14; Proverbios 5:3–5; Proverbios 2:16; Proverbios 2:18–19; Eclesiastés 2:26
- 27 Eclesiastés 12:8–10; Eclesiastés 1:1–2
- 28 Job 33:23; Salmo 12:1; 1 Reyes 11:1–3; Isaías 26:9; Eclesiastés 7:23–24
- 29 Jeremías 4:22; Génesis 6:11–12; Marcos 7:8–9; Tito 3:3; Génesis 5:1
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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… 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 …
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)