Eclesiastés · Biblia de Ginebra (1599)
Eclesiastés 7 Biblia de Ginebra (1599)
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Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
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 A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
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 Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
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 Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
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 In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?
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 Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.
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 It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?
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 I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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 Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
30 And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
30 No está en esta traducción
31 Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions.
31 No está en esta traducción
Referencias cruzadas (29)
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
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