Ecclesiastes 1 Cross References - Bishops

¹ The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem ² All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne [I say] and but playne vanitie ³ For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne ⁴ One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll ⁵ The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne ⁶ The wynde goeth towarde the south and turneth vnto the north, fetcheth his compasse, whirleth about, and goeth foorth, and returneth agayne to his circuites from whence he dyd come ⁷ All fluddes runne into the sea, and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled: For loke vnto what place the waters runne, thence they come to flowe agayne ⁸ All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng ⁹ The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne ¹⁰ Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs ¹¹ The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after ¹² I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem ¹³ And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin ¹⁴ Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde ¹⁵ The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred ¹⁶ I communed with myne owne heart, saying: lo I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisdome then all they that haue ben before me in Hierusalem ¹⁷ Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde ¹⁸ For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care

¹⁹ In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne

³ And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth ⁴ Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth yeres, and he begat sonnes and daughters ⁵ And all the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thirtie yeres, and he dyed ⁶ Seth lyued an hundreth & fyue yeres, and begat Enos ⁷ And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters ⁸ And all the dayes of Seth were nine hundreth & twelue yeres, and he dyed ⁹ Enos lyued ninetie yeres, and begate Kenan ¹⁰ And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth & fiftie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters ¹¹ And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundreth & fyue yeres, and he dyed ¹² Kenan lyued seuentie yeres, and begate Mahalaleel ¹³ And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hudreth & fourtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters ¹⁴ And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres, and he dyed ¹⁵ Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeres, and begate Iered ¹⁶ And againe Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iered eyght hundreth & thirtie yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters ¹⁷ And al the dayes of Mahalaleel, were eyght hundreth ninetie and fiue yeres, and he dyed ¹⁸ Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie & two yeres, and he begate Henoch ¹⁹ And Iered liued after he begat Henoch, eyght hundreth yeres, & begate sonnes and daughters ²⁰ And all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeres, & he died ²¹ Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres, & begate Methuselah ²² And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters ²³ And al ye dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeres ²⁴ And Henoch walked with God: and he was no more seene, for God toke him away ²⁵ Methuselah also lyued an hundreth eyghtie and seue yeres, and begate Lamech ²⁶ And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seue hundreth eightie and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters ²⁷ And all the dayes of Methuselah were nine hundreth sixtie & nine yeres, and he dyed ²⁸ Lamech liued an hundreth eyghtie & two yeres, and begate a sonne ²⁹ And called his name Noah, saying: This same shall comfort vs as concerning our worke, & sorowe of our handes about the earth, which God cursed ³⁰ And Lamech lyued after he begat Noah, fiue hudreth ninetie & fiue yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters ³¹ And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seue yeres, and he dyed

²² Yet therefore shall not sowyng tyme and haruest, colde and heate, sommer and wynter, day and nyght, ceasse all the dayes of the earth

²⁰ And Reu liued two and thirtie yeres, and begat Serug ²¹ And Reu lyued after he begat Serug two hundreth and seuen yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters ²² And Serug liued thirtie yere, and begat Nachor ²³ And Serug liued after he begat Nachor, two hundreth yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters ²⁴ And Nachor lyued nyne and twentie yeres, and begat Tarah ²⁵ And Nachor liued after he begat Tarah an hundreth and nineteene yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters ²⁶ Tarah liued seuentie yeres, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran ²⁷ These are the generations of Tarah: Tarah begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran: Haron begat Lot ²⁸ And Haran dyed in the presence of his father Tarah, in the lande of his natiuitie, euen in Ur of the Chaldees ²⁹ Abram & Nachor toke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife [was] Sarai, and the name of Nachors wyfe, [was] Milcha, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcha, & the father of Iischa ³⁰ But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde ³¹ And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there ³² And the dayes of Tarah, were two hundreth and fiue yeres, and Tarah died in Haran

⁹ These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites in mount Seir ¹⁰ And these are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphas the sonne of Ada, the wyfe of Esau, and Rehuel the sonne of Basemath the wife of Esau ¹¹ And the sonnes of Eliphas, were Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gatham, and Cenaz ¹² And Thimna was concubine to Eliphas Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphas Amalec: and these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wife ¹³ And these are the sonnes of Rehuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Samma, and Mizza: these were ye sonnes of Basemath Esaus wyfe ¹⁴ And these were the sonnes of Aholibama the daughter of Ana, daughter of Sebeon Esaus wife: and she bare vnto Esau, Iehus, and Ialam and Corah ¹⁵ These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau. The children of Eliphas the first borne sonne of Esau were these ¹⁶ Duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenaz, and duke Corah, duke Gatham, & duke Amalec: these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom, and these were the sonnes of Ada ¹⁷ These also are the children of Rehuel Esaus sonne: duke Nahath, duke Serah, duke Samma, duke Mizza. These are the dukes that came of Rehuel, in the lande of Edom: and these are the sonnes of Basemath Esaus wyfe ¹⁸ These were the chyldren of Aholibama Esaus wyfe: duke Iehus, duke Ialam, duke Corah: these dukes came of Aholibama the daughter of Ana Esaus wyfe ¹⁹ These are the chyldren of Esau, and these are the dukes of them, whiche Esau is Edom

⁹ Iacob sayd vnto Pharao, The dayes of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirtie yeres: Fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life ben, and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of ye lyfe of my fathers, in the dayes of theyr pilgrimage

⁶ But Ioseph was in Egypt alredy, & Ioseph dyed, and all his brethren, and all that generation ⁷ And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them

¹⁶ These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in their generations: Gerson, and Cehath, and Merari: Leui liued an hundred thirtie and seuen yere ¹⁷ The sonnes of Gerson: Libni, and Simi by their kinredes ¹⁸ The chyldren of Cehath: Amram, & Ishar, and Hebron, and Uziel. And Cehath liued an hundred thirtie and three yere ¹⁹ The children of Merari: Mahli, and Musi: these are the kinredes of Leui by their geuerations ²⁰ Amram toke Iochebed his fathers sister to wyfe, and she bare hym Aaron and Moyses: and Amram liued an hundred and thirtie and seuen yeres ²¹ And the chyldren of Ishar: Corah, Nepheg, and Sichri ²² The chyldren of Usiel: Misael, Elzaphan, and Zithri ²³ And Aaron toke Eliseba, daughter of Aminadab, and sister of Nahason to wyfe, whiche bare hym Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar ²⁴ The chyldren of Corah: Assir, and Elcanah, and Abiasaph: these are the kinredes of the Corahites ²⁵ Eleazar Aarons sonne, toke him one of the daughters of Putiel to wyfe, whiche bare hym Phinces: and these are the principal fathers of the Leuites throughout their kinredes ²⁶ This is that Aaron and Moyses to whom the Lorde sayd: Leade the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt, according to theyr armies ²⁷ These are that Moyses and Aaron, which spake to Pharao king of Egypt, that they might bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt

¹³ And the sunne abode, and the moone stoode styll, vntyll the people auenged them selues vpon their enemies. Is not this written in the booke of the righteous? So the sunne [I say] abode in the middest of heauen, and hasted not to go downe by the space of a whole day ¹⁴ And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lorde hearde the voyce of a man: for the Lorde fought for Israel

¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee ¹³ And I haue also geuen thee that which thou hast not asked, euen rychesse and honour, so that ther shalbe no king lyke vnto thee all thy dayes

¹ And so king Solomon was king ouer all Israel ² And these were his lordes: Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest ³ Elihozeph and Ahiah the sonnes of Sisa, scribes: Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud, the recorder ⁴ Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoast: Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes ⁵ And Azariahu the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers: And Zabud the sonne of Nathan was a priest, ye kinges companion ⁶ And Ahisar was steward of ye houshold: And Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tributes ⁷ And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold: eche man his moneth in a yere, made prouision for necessarie thinges ⁸ And these are their names: the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim ⁹ The sonne of Dekar in Makaz and in Saalbin, and Bethsames, Elon, and Bethhanan ¹⁰ The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth, to whom parteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher ¹¹ The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor, whiche had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wyfe ¹² Baana the sonne of Ahilud was ouer Thaanach and Megiddo, and ouer all Bethsan, whiche is by Zarthana beneath Iezrael, fro Bethsan to ye plaine of Mehola, euen vnto the place that is ouer against Iecmeam ¹³ The sonne of Gaber had Ramoth Gilead, and his were the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse which are in Gilead: and vnder him was the region of Argob whiche is in Basan threescore great cities with walles and barres of brasse ¹⁴ Ahinadab the sonne of Hiddo had Mahenaim ¹⁵ Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim, and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe ¹⁶ Baana the sonne of Husai was in Aser and in Aloth ¹⁷ Iehosaphat the sonne of Paruah was in Isachar ¹⁸ Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin ¹⁹ Gaber the sonne of Uri was in the countrey of Gilead, the land of Sehon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Basan, & was officer alone in the lande

³⁰ And Solomons wysdome excelled the wysedome of all the children of the east countrey, and al the wisdome of Egypt

³⁰ And Solomons wysdome excelled the wysedome of all the children of the east countrey, and al the wisdome of Egypt ³¹ For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde ³² And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue

⁷ Howbeit I beleued it not, till I came & sawe it with myne eyes: And beholde, the one halfe was not tolde me: for thy wysdome and prosperitie exceedeth the fame which I hearde of thee

²³ And so king Solomon exceeded al the kinges of the earth both in ryches and wysdome ²⁴ And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart

⁴² The tyme that Solomon raigned in Hierusalem vpon al Israel was fourtie yeres ⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne raigned in his steade

²⁰ Gehezi the seruaunt of Elisa the man of God, said: Beholde, my maister hath spared Naaman this Syrian, that he would not receaue at his hande those thinges that he offered: As the Lorde lyueth, I wyll runne after him, & take somewhat of him

¹⁰ Wherefore geue me now wysedome and knowledge, that I may be able to go in and out before this people: for who els can iudge this people that is so great ¹¹ And God saide to Solomon: Because this was in thyne heart, and because thou hast not asked treasure and riches, and honour, & the liues of thyne enemies, neither yet long lyfe, but hast asked wysedome and knowledge for thy selfe, to iudge my people ouer which I haue made thee king ¹² Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee, and I will geue thee treasure, & riches, and glory: so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee, or after thee, none was or shalbe lyke thee

¹² And Hiram sayde moreouer: Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche made heauen & earth, & that hath geuen Dauid the king a wise sonne, and one that hath descretion, prudence, and vnderstanding, to buyld an house for the Lord, and a palace for his kingdome

²² And king Solomon passed all the kinges of the earth, in richesse & wysedome ²³ And all the kinges of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wysedome that God had put in his heart

³⁰ And Solomon raigned in Hierusalem vpon all Israel fouretie yeres

¹⁷ So that Rehoboam raigned ouer no mo of the children of Israel then dwelt in the cities of Iuda ¹⁸ Then king Rehoboam also sent Haduram that was ruler ouer the tribute, and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he dyed: But king Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, to flee to Hierusalem ¹⁹ And they of Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day

⁷ And hast ordayned the prophetes to preache of thee at Hierusalem, and to say, He is king of Iuda. And now shall this come to the kinges eares: come now therefore, and let vs take our counsell together

⁶ That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie

²⁸ And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding

²⁹ When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely

⁹ Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde

¹⁷ And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde

¹⁰ When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it ¹¹ Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues

⁴ Be ye angry, but sinne not: commune with your owne heart in your chaumber, and be styll. Selah

⁶ O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation: and to destroy our cities, so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them

⁴ (19:3b) yet their sounde goeth into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde. (19:4a) In them he hath set a tabernacle for the sunne ⁵ (19:4b) which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber, and reioyceth as a giaunt to runne his course ⁶ (19:5) His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat

⁵ Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al [together] vanitie. Selah ⁶ Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he [and all his] do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them

⁹ I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatio: lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest [it.

¹ Lyke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes: so panteth my soule after thee O God

⁹ As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they [be] altogether [lighter] then vanitie in selfe ¹⁰ O trust not in wrong [dealing] and spoyling: geue not your selues vnto vanitie, if riches encrease, set not your heart [vpon them.

⁵ (63:6) My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes

⁶ I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites

³⁶ (89:35) His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me ³⁷ (89:36) [And] as the moone which shall continue for euermore: and shalbe a faithful witnesse in heauen. Selah

⁴⁷ (89:46) Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men ⁴⁸ (89:47) What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah

⁹ For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as [in speaking] a worde ¹⁰ The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength [of nature] men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it

²⁴ (102:21) But I say, O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age: as for thy yeres, they endure throughout all generations ²⁵ (102:22) Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes ²⁶ (102:23) They shall perishe, but thou wylt remayne styll: they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment, and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged ²⁷ (102:24a) But thou art, and thy yeres can not fayle ²⁸ (102:24b) the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell, and their seede shalbe maynteyned in thy syght

⁵ He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations: that it can neuer moue at any tyme ⁶ Thou coueredst it with the deepe, lyke as with a garment: the waters stande vpon the hilles ⁷ At thy rebuke they flee: at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace ⁸ The hilles mount aloft: and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them ⁹ Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe: neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth

¹⁹ He hath made the moone for certayne seasons: and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe ²⁰ Thou makest darknes and it is night: wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode ²¹ The Lions do roare after a pray: and in seeking their meate of God ²² When the sunne ariseth, they recoyle backe: and lay them downe to rest in their dennes ²³ Man goeth foorth to his worke: and to do his seruice vntyll the euening

²⁵ (107:23) For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise: and he lifteth vp on high his waues

²⁹ (107:27) For he maketh the storme to ceasse: so that the waues therof are still

² Great are the workes of God: sought out of all them that haue pleasure therin

⁹⁰ (119:2) Thy trueth [appeareth] to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue ⁹¹ (119:3) [All thynges] continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce: for all thinges be thy seruauntes

⁴ Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away

² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng ³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures

⁷ The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding

¹ Who so hath an earnest desire [to wysdome] he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine

¹⁵ A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding

⁴ Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose ⁵ Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre

²⁶ My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes

²⁰ Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied

¹⁵ The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe ¹⁶ The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe

¹ The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem

¹² I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem ¹³ And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin ¹⁴ Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde

¹⁷ Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde

¹⁷ Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde ¹⁸ For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care

³ So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine, and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome, and to comprehende foolishnesse: vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne, I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen

⁹ And I was greater and in more worship then all my predecessours in Hierusalem: For wisdome remayned with me ¹⁰ And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle ¹¹ But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne

¹¹ But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne ¹² Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?

¹² Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?

¹⁵ Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie ¹⁶ For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole ¹⁷ Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng

²¹ Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie ²² For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne ²³ But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng

²⁶ And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde

⁹ What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour ¹⁰ For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it

¹⁴ I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym ¹⁵ The thyng that hath ben, is nowe: and the thyng that is for to come, hath ben afore time: for God restoreth againe the thyng that was past

¹⁹ For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie

¹ So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours ² Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue ³ Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne

³ Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne ⁴ Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde

⁴ Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde

⁷ Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne ⁸ There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: [yet saith he not] for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng

¹⁶ As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng ¹¹ Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes

¹⁶ This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde

¹⁸ Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion

⁹ The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde ¹⁰ The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he ¹¹ Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els ¹² For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne

¹⁰ Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question ¹¹ Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne ¹² For wysdome defendeth aswell as money, and the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession ¹³ Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked

¹⁶ Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not

²³ All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before ²⁴ yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her

²⁴ yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her ²⁵ I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles

²⁵ I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles

²⁵ I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles ²⁶ And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her ²⁷ Beholde (saith the preacher) this haue I diligently searched out and proued: One thing must be considered with another, that a man may come by knowledge

⁹ All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme

¹⁵ Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne ¹⁶ And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night ¹⁷ I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them

³ Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye

⁵ For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten ⁶ Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne

¹³ This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing

⁵ Nowe like as thou knowest not the way of the spirite, nor howe the bones do growe in the wombe of her that is with chylde: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workmaster of all

⁸ If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie

¹⁰ Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie

⁸ All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie

⁸ All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie ⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables ¹⁰ His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth

¹² Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this: for to make many bookes, it is an endlesse worke, and to muche studie weerieth the body

¹² Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this: for to make many bookes, it is an endlesse worke, and to muche studie weerieth the body ¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men

⁷ Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart on this fashion: But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people ⁸ For he saith, Are not my princes all kynges ⁹ Is not Chalno as easie to winne, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquer Hamath, then Arphad? or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus, then Samaria ¹⁰ [As who say] I were able to winne the kyngdomes of the idolaters and their gods, but not Hierusalem and Samaria ¹¹ Shall I not do vnto Hierusalem and her images, as I dyd vnto Samaria and her idols ¹² Wherefore it shall come to passe, that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem, then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes ¹³ For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt, This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande, & thorowe my wysdome: for I am wyse, I am he that remoue the landes of the people, I rob their treasure, and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man ¹⁴ My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest: and like as egges that were layde here and there, are gathered together, so do I gather all countreys, and there was none [so bolde] as to moue the winge, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper

⁴ All valleys shalbe exalted, and euery mountayne and hyll layde lowe: what so is croked shalbe made strayght, and the rough shalbe made playne

²² Let them bring foorth their gods, and let their gods tel vs what shall chaunce hereafter, yea let them shewe vs the thinges that are past what they be, let them declare them vnto vs, that we may take them to heart, and knowe them hereafter ²³ Either shewe vs thinges for to come, and tell vs what shall be done hereafter, so shall we know that ye are gods: do something either good or bad, so wyl we both knowledge the same, and tell it out ²⁴ Beholde ye are gods of naught, and your making is of naught: yea abhomible is the man that hath chosen you ²⁵ Neuerthelesse, I haue waked vp one from the north, and he shall come from the east, he shal call vpon my name, and shall treade vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth downe the mire ²⁶ Who declared this from the beginning, and we will knowe hym: or from the olde times, and we wil confesse and say that he is righteous? but there is none that sheweth or declareth any thing, there is none also that heareth your wordes

⁹ Beholde olde thinges are come to passe, and newe thinges do I declare, and or euer they come I tell you of them

¹⁹ Beholde, I shall make a newe thing, and shortly shall it appeare, and shall you not knowe it? I wyll make a way in the desert, and riuers of water in the wyldernesse

² Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse

¹ The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde

¹⁴ Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper

²² Howe long wilt thou go astray O thou shrinkyng daughter? for the Lorde wyll worke a newe thyng vpon earth: A woman shall compasse a man

²⁰ Thus saith the Lorde: May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken, that there shoulde not be day and night in due season

³⁷ What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement

¹⁰ Moreouer, thus sayth the Lorde God: At the same time shall thinges come into thy minde, so that thou shalt thinke euyll thoughtes ¹¹ And say, I will vp to the lande of vnwalled villages, I will go to them that be at rest, whiche dwell safely, all dwelling without walles, they haue neither barres nor gates

³⁰ And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie

³⁵ And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou

⁴ But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the shippe was in daunger of splitting in sunder

² Aryse, and go to Niniue that great citie, and preache against it the preaching which I speake vnto thee

¹³ Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie

¹⁸ What profiteth the image? for the maker therof hath made it an image and a teacher of lyes, though he that made it trust therin when he maketh dumbe idoles

¹¹ The sonne [and] moone stoode still in [their] habitation, at the light of thyne arrowes they went, [and] at the bright shining of thy speares

⁵ What is nowe become of your forefathers? & do the prophetes liue for euer

⁶ Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied

¹² Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you

²⁷ Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature

²⁴ Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke

²⁷ And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it

²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you

²⁶ For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule

³⁰ And say, yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes ³¹ And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes ³² Fulfyll ye lykewyse, the measure of your fathers

³⁵ Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe away

³⁶ For what shall it profite a man, yf he wynne all the worlde, and lose his owne soule ³⁷ Or what shall a man geue, for a raunsome of his soule

²⁶ And as it was in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man ²⁷ They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all ²⁸ Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded ²⁹ But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all ³⁰ Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed

⁸ The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite

²⁷ Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which [meate] the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed

⁵¹ Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye

¹³ And when the south wynde blewe softly, they supposyng to obtayne their purpose, loosed vnto Asson, and sayled past Candie ¹⁴ But not long after, there arose against their purpose, a flawe of wynde out of the northeast ¹⁵ And when the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist the wynde, we let her go, and were dryuen with the weather

²⁰ Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not wyllyng, but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope

²² For we knowe, that euery creature groneth with vs also, and trauayleth in payne, euen vnto this tyme ²³ Not only [they], but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite, and we our selues mourne in our selues, and wayte for the adoption, euen the deliueraunce of our body

¹⁸ Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse ¹⁹ For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse ²⁰ And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne

¹⁴ For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus: for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen, as they haue of the Iewes ¹⁵ Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men ¹⁶ And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath [of God] is come on them to the vtmost

²¹ Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good

¹⁵ Haue a care of these thinges, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges

⁸ For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses, so do these also resist the trueth: Men of corrupt myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth

¹⁴ But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll

¹³ Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome ¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth ¹⁵ For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe ¹⁶ For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes ¹⁷ But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation

¹ There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation

⁵ Neither spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eyght [person] a preacher of ryghteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodly

¹⁰ Neuerthelesse the day of the Lorde wyll come as a theefe in the nyght, in the which the heauens shal passe away with a noyse, and the elementes shall melt with heate, the earth also and the workes that are therein shall burne ¹¹ Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse ¹² Lokyng for, and hastyng vnto the comyng of the day of God, by whom the heauens shall perishe with fire, and the elementes shall melt with heate ¹³ Neuerthelesse, we accordyng to his promise, loke for a newe heauen, and a newe earth, wherein dwelleth ryghteousnesse

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate ¹⁷ For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes

¹ And I sawe a newe heauen & a new earth: for the first heauen & the first earth were vanisshed awaye, & there was no more sea

⁵ And he that sate vpon the throne, said: Beholde, I make all thynges newe. And he sayde vnto me, write: for these wordes are faythfull and true