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

2 H926 [H8762] Be not rash H6310 with thy mouth H3820 , and let not thy heart H4116 [H8762] be hasty H3318 [H8687] to utter 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 [H8802] cometh H7230 through the multitude H6045 of business H3684 ; and a fool's H6963 voice H7230 is known by a multitude H1697 of words.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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