Ecclesiastes 5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God , and be more ready to hear , than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.

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1 H8104 Keep [H8798] H7272 thy foot H3212 when thou goest [H8799] H1004 to the house H430 of God H7138 , and be more ready H8085 to hear [H8800] H5414 , than to give [H8800] H2077 the sacrifice H3684 of fools H3045 : for they consider [H8802] H6213 not that they do [H8800] H7451 evil.

2 H926 Be not rash [H8762] H6310 with thy mouth H3820 , and let not thine heart H4116 be hasty [H8762] H3318 to utter [H8687] H1697 any thing H6440 before H430 God H430 : for God H8064 is in heaven H776 , and thou upon earth H1697 : therefore let thy words H4592 be few.

3 H2472 For a dream H935 cometh [H8802] H7230 through the multitude H6045 of business H3684 ; and a fool's H6963 voice H7230 is known by multitude H1697 of words.

4 H5087 When thou vowest [H8799] H5088 a vow H430 unto God H309 , defer [H8762] H7999 not to pay [H8763] H2656 it; for he hath no pleasure H3684 in fools H7999 : pay [H8761] H5087 that which thou hast vowed [H8799] .

5 H2896 Better H5087 is it that thou shouldest not vow [H8799] H5087 , than that thou shouldest vow [H8799] H7999 and not pay [H8762] .

6 H5414 Suffer [H8799] H6310 not thy mouth H1320 to cause thy flesh H2398 to sin [H8687] H559 ; neither say [H8799] H6440 thou before H4397 the angel H7684 , that it was an error H430 : wherefore should God H7107 be angry [H8799] H6963 at thy voice H2254 , and destroy [H8765] H4639 the work H3027 of thine hands?

7 H7230 For in the multitude H2472 of dreams H7235 and many [H8687] H1697 words H1892 there are also divers vanities H3372 : but fear [H8798] H430 thou God.

8 H7200 If thou seest [H8799] H6233 the oppression H7326 of the poor [H8802] H1499 , and violent H4941 perverting of judgment H6664 and justice H4082 in a province H8539 , marvel [H8799] H2656 not at the matter H1364 : for he that is higher H1364 than the highest H8104 regardeth [H8802] H1364 ; and there be higher H5921 than they.

9 H3504 Moreover the profit H776 of the earth H4428 is for all: the king H5647 himself is served [H8738] H7704 by the field.

10 H157 He that loveth [H8802] H3701 silver H7646 shall not be satisfied [H8799] H3701 with silver H157 ; nor he that loveth [H8802] H1995 abundance H8393 with increase H1892 : this is also vanity.

11 H2896 When goods H7235 increase [H8800] H7231 , they are increased [H8804] H398 that eat [H8802] H3788 them: and what good H1167 is there to the owners H518 thereof, saving H7207 the beholding [H8675] H7212 [H8801] H5869 of them with their eyes?

12 H8142 The sleep H5647 of a labouring man [H8802] H4966 is sweet H398 , whether he eat [H8799] H4592 little H7235 or much [H8687] H7647 : but the abundance H6223 of the rich H3240 will not suffer [H8688] H3462 him to sleep [H8800] .

13 H3426 There is H2470 a sore [H8802] H7451 evil H7200 which I have seen [H8804] H8121 under the sun H6239 , namely, riches H8104 kept [H8803] H1167 for the owners H7451 thereof to their hurt.

14 H6239 But those riches H6 perish [H8804] H7451 by evil H6045 travail H3205 : and he begetteth [H8689] H1121 a son H3972 , and there is nothing H3027 in his hand.

15 H3318 As he came forth [H8804] H517 of his mother's H990 womb H6174 , naked H7725 shall he return [H8799] H3212 to go [H8800] H935 as he came [H8804] H5375 , and shall take [H8799] H3972 nothing H5999 of his labour H3212 , which he may carry away [H8686] H3027 in his hand.

16 H2090 And this H2470 also is a sore [H8802] H7451 evil H5980 , that in all points H935 as he came [H8804] H3212 , so shall he go [H8799] H3504 : and what profit H5998 hath he that hath laboured [H8799] H7307 for the wind?

17 H3117 All his days H398 also he eateth [H8799] H2822 in darkness H7235 , and he hath much [H8687] H3707 sorrow [H8804] H7110 and wrath H2483 with his sickness.

18 H7200 Behold that which I have seen [H8804] H2896 : it is good H3303 and comely H398 for one to eat [H8800] H8354 and to drink [H8800] H7200 , and to enjoy [H8800] H2896 the good H5999 of all his labour H5998 that he taketh [H8799] H8121 under the sun H4557 all H3117 the days H2416 of his life H430 , which God H5414 giveth [H8804] H2506 him: for it is his portion.

19 H120 Every man H430 also to whom God H5414 hath given [H8804] H6239 riches H5233 and wealth H7980 , and hath given him power [H8689] H398 to eat [H8800] H5375 thereof, and to take [H8800] H2506 his portion H8055 , and to rejoice [H8800] H5999 in his labour H2090 ; this H4991 is the gift H430 of God.

20 H7235 For he shall not much [H8687] H2142 remember [H8799] H3117 the days H2416 of his life H430 ; because God H6031 answereth [H8688] H8057 him in the joy H3820 of his heart.