Ecclesiastes 6 Cross References - Leeser

¹ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great on men: ² There is many a man to whom God hath given riches, property, and honor, and nothing is wanting for his soul of all that he longeth for: yet God empowereth him not to eat thereof, but a stranger will consume it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease. ³ If a man were to beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years were many, and his soul were not satisfied with what is good, and he have not had even a burial: then do I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. ⁴ For in vanity it came, and in darkness it departeth, and with darkness will its name be covered. ⁵ Moreover it never saw the sun, and knew nothing: this hath more rest than the other. ⁶ Yea, though he were to live a thousand years twice told, and had not seen any good—doth not every one go to one place? ⁷ All the toil of a man is for his mouth; and yet is his desire never filled. ⁸ For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk properly before the living? ⁹ Better is what one seeth with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit. ¹⁰ That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he. ¹¹ For there are many things that increase vanity: what advantage cometh thence for man? ¹² For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life, that he should spend them as a shadow? for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

⁹ And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. ¹⁸ And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field. ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

⁵ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

²³ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years. ²⁴ And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more; for God had taken him.

¹ And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.

⁵ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

⁹ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

⁷ For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and mountains; ⁸ A land of wheat, and barley, and of the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate; a land of the oil-olive, and of honey; ⁹ A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, wherein thou shalt not lack anything; a land the stones whereof are iron, and out of the mountains of which thou canst hew copper. ¹⁰ And when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, then shalt thou bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.

⁴³ The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall get up above thee higher and higher; but thou shalt come down lower and lower;

¹⁰ When ye enter, ye will come unto a secure people, and the land is roomy; for God hath given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.

²⁰ And ‘Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the Lord give thee seed from this woman instead of the loan who is lent to the Lord. And they went back unto his place. ²¹ And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.

¹³ And also what thou hast not asked have I given thee, both riches and honor: so that like unto thee there shall not have been any one among the kings all thy days.

³⁵ And they went to bury her: but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

¹ And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, unto the rulers of Yizre’el, the elders, and to those that brought up Achab’s children, saying,

⁵ And of all my sons,—for the Lord hath given me many sons,—hath he made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

¹⁵ For strangers are we before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope of abiding.

²⁵ And the Lord made Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel; and he bestowed upon him a royal majesty such as had not been on any king over Israel before him.

²⁸ And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son became king in his stead.

¹¹ And God said unto Solomon, Whereas this hath been in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thy enemies, and hast not even asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

²¹ And Rehobo’am loved Ma’achah the daughter of Abshalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

¹¹ And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had made him great, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

¹⁴ And the king ordered that it should be done so; and the law was given out at Shushan; and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew at Shushan three hundred men; but to the spoil they did not stretch forth their hand.

²¹ And he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed.

¹⁰ Because God closed not against me the doors of the womb, and thus concealed trouble from my eyes. ¹¹ Why did I not die the moment I issued from the womb, and why was I not born merely to perish at once? ¹² Wherefore were knees ready to receive me? and for what purpose were breasts there that I might suck? ¹³ For now should I be lying still and be quiet; I should sleep: then would I be at rest,

¹⁶ Or as an untimely birth, hidden from view I should not exist; as infants that never have seen the light;

⁷ Oh remember that nothing but a breath is my life; that my eye will not again see happiness;

⁹ For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a mere shadow are our days upon earth;—

³ If he were desirous to enter into a contest with him, he could not give him one answer out of a thousand. ⁴ He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?

³² For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.

¹ Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.

¹ Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble. ² Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.

² Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not. ³ And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee? ⁴ Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one thing.

²¹ His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.

⁹ Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God cometh over them. ¹⁰ The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young. ¹¹ They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about with joy. ¹² They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. ¹³ They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world. ¹⁴ And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

²³ For I know that thou wilt bring me back to death, and to the house of assembly for all the living.

⁷ If my step have turned aside from the proper way, and my heart have walked after my eyes, and if any blemish have cleaved to my hands:

¹³ Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.

² Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.

^{6 (4:7)} Many say, “Who will show us happiness? Let shine brightly over us the light of thy countenance, O Lord.”

^{6 (4:7)} Many say, “Who will show us happiness? Let shine brightly over us the light of thy countenance, O Lord.” ^{7 (4:8)} But thou hast placed more joy in my heart than at the time when their corn and their wine were increased.

⁵ Thou, O Lord, art the portion of my inheritance, and my cup; thou hast drawn my lot.

¹⁴ From these men—thy hand—O Lord, from the men of this world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidden treasure: they have children in plenty, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. ¹⁵ As for me, in righteousness shall I behold thy face: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with contemplating thy likeness.

^{12 (34:13)} Who is the man that desireth life, loveth many days, that he may see happiness?

^{5 (39:6)} Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah. ^{6 (39:7)} As nothing but a shadowy image doth man walk about, yea, for vanity only do all make a noise: he heapeth up his gains, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

^{6 (39:7)} As nothing but a shadowy image doth man walk about, yea, for vanity only do all make a noise: he heapeth up his gains, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

^{4 (47:5)} He will choose for us our inheritance, the excellency of Jacob which he loveth. Selah.

^{8 (58:9)} As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun.

⁶ Therefore is pride their neck-chain: violence envelopeth them as a garment. ⁷ Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart’s imaginings.

⁶ I have indeed said, Ye are gods; and children of the most High are all of you. ⁷ But verily like men shall ye die, and like one of the princes shall ye fall.

^{47 (89:48)} Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men!

⁷ For thus are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified. ⁸ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken. ¹⁰ The days of our years in this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth off, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee? ¹² Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom.

² I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.

^{11 (102:12)} My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither.

¹⁵ As for man, like the grass are his days: as the blossom of the field, so doth he bloom.

¹³ Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out.

²³ Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts.

⁹ I will walk before the Lord in the land of life.

⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with them: they shall not be put to shame, when they do speak with the enemies in the gate.

⁴ Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow.

²⁶ The desire of the laborer laboreth for him; for his mouth imposeth it on him.

⁶ The crown of old men are children’s children; and the ornament of children are their fathers.

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.

¹⁵ Insatiability hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things which never say, Enough: ¹⁶ The nether world; and a barren womb; the earth which is not satisfied with water; and the fire which never saith, Enough.

² Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth, vanity of vanities: all is vanity.

⁶ Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again. ⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go. ⁸ All things weary themselves constantly; man can not utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. ⁹ That which hath been, is the same which will be; and that which hath been done, is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.

⁹ That which hath been, is the same which will be; and that which hath been done, is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. ¹⁰ If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were before us. ¹¹ Only there is no recollection of former generations; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these likewise there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.

¹⁴ I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

¹⁷ And I directed my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; but I have perceived that this also is a torture of the spirit. ¹⁸ For where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain.

³ I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.

³ I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life. ⁴ I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;

⁴ I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards; ⁵ I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;

⁵ I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit; ⁶ I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;

⁶ I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees; ⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem.

⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ I gathered unto myself also silver and gold, and the choice treasures of kings and of the provinces: I procured myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, wagons and chariots.

⁸ I gathered unto myself also silver and gold, and the choice treasures of kings and of the provinces: I procured myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men, wagons and chariots. ⁹ So was I great, and obtained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

⁹ So was I great, and obtained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. ¹⁰ And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil.

¹⁰ And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil. ¹¹ But when I turned myself to look on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹¹ But when I turned myself to look on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹⁴ The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them. ¹⁵ Then said I in my heart, The same that befalleth the fool will also befall even me: and why have I then been wiser? Then spoke I in my heart, that this is also vanity. ¹⁶ For there is no recollection of the wise any more than of the fool for ever: seeing that which hath long ago been will, in the days that are coming, all be forgotten. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool!

²² For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth under the sun? ²³ For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is mingled with his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity. ²⁴ It is not a good thing inherent in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.

¹² I know that there is nothing good inherent in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during all his life. ¹³ For also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy what is good for all his toil, is likewise a gift of God.

¹⁵ That which hath been hath long since appeared again; and what is to be hath already been; and God seeketh again that which is sped away.

¹⁹ For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even the same thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one kind of spirit: so that the preeminence of man above the beast is nought; for all is vanity. ²⁰ Every thing goeth unto one place: every thing came from the dust, and every thing returneth to the dust.

²² And so did I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to look with pleasure on what will be after him?

¹ And I turned about, and beheld all the oppressed that are made so under the sun: and, behold, there are the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors they suffer violence; and they have no comforter. ² Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive; ³ And as happier than both of them, him who hath not yet come into being, who hath not seen the evil-doing that is done under the sun.—

³ And as happier than both of them, him who hath not yet come into being, who hath not seen the evil-doing that is done under the sun.— ⁴ Again, I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is from the envy of one man of his neighbor. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

⁴ Again, I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is from the envy of one man of his neighbor. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

⁸ There is one alone, and he hath not a companion; yea, he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end to all his toil; his eye also is not satisfied with riches. Yet for whom do I toil, and deprive my soul of good? Also this is vanity, yea, it is a bad employment.

¹⁶ There was no end to all the people, belonging to all that have been before them: they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a torture of the spirit.—

^{7 (5:6)} For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.

^{10 (5:9)} He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity. ^{11 (5:10)} When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it likewise increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see it with his eyes?

^{13 (5:12)} There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.

^{16 (5:15)} And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind? ^{17 (5:16)} All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness. ^{18 (5:17)} Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one’s toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.

^{18 (5:17)} Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one’s toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion. ^{19 (5:18)} Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

^{19 (5:18)} Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

² There is many a man to whom God hath given riches, property, and honor, and nothing is wanting for his soul of all that he longeth for: yet God empowereth him not to eat thereof, but a stranger will consume it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease. ³ If a man were to beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years were many, and his soul were not satisfied with what is good, and he have not had even a burial: then do I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

⁷ For he knoweth not that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

¹³ And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.

⁶ Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are now already lost; and they will have never more a portion in all that is done under the sun.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in the direction which thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

⁷ When the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return unto God who gave it.—

¹³ The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁹ But thou—thou art cast out of thy grave like a discarded offshoot, as a garment of those that are slain, pierced by the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under foot. ²⁰ Thou shalt not be united with them in burial; because thy land hast thou destroyed, thy people hast thou slain: to eternity shall not be called the seed of evil-doers.

⁹ Woe unto him that contendeth with the one who formed him—a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? ¹⁰ Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What bringest thou forth?

²⁰ There shall no more come thence an infant of few days, nor an old man that shall not have the full length of his days; for as a lad shall one die a hundred years old; and as a sinner shall be accursed he who dieth at a hundred years old.

²² They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and the work of their hands shall my elect wear out.

²⁰ Because from yore did I break thy yoke, did I burst asunder thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress: nevertheless upon every high hill and under every green tree thou makest thy bed, as harlot.

² And they shall spread them out before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and to which they have prostrated themselves: they shall not be gathered up, and they shall not be buried; dung upon the face of the ground shall they become.

⁶ And he shall be like a lonely tree in the desert, which feeleth not when the good cometh; but abideth in the parched places in the wilderness, in a salty land which cannot be inhabited.

¹⁹ With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged about and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

³⁰ Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning Jehoyakim the king of Judah, He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat in the day, and to the cold in the night.

¹⁹ Behold, like a lion will he come up from the overflow of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will hasten him, and make him suddenly prevail against her; and him who is chosen will I array against her; for who is like me? and who will challenge me to battle? and who is that shepherd that can stand before me?

²⁴ The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I wait for him. ²⁵ The Lord is good unto those that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. ²⁶ It is good that one should wait and this in silence for the salvation of the Lord. ²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth;

² Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.

¹⁸ O thou king! the most high God gave kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

⁹ Strangers devour his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are sprinkled about on his head, yet he knoweth not.

^{1 (12:2)} Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

⁸ He hath told thee, O man, what is good; and what the Lord doth require of thee: nothing but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God.