| 1 | Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed. |
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Τίςοῖδενσοφούς;καὶτίςοῖδενλύσινρήματος;σοφίαανθρώπουφωτιεῖπρόσωποναυτοῦ,καὶαναιδὴςπροσώπωαυτοῦμισηθήσεται.
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| 2 | I say, “Keep the king’s commandment for the sake of your oath to God. |
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στόμαβασιλέωςφύλαξονκαὶπερὶλόγουόρκουθεοῦμὴσπουδάσης·
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| 3 | Do not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.” |
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απὸπροσώπουαυτοῦπορεύση,μὴστῆςενλόγωπονηρῶ·ότιπᾶν,ὸεὰνθελήση,ποιήσει,
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| 4 | Where the word of a king is, there is power; And who may say to him, “What are you doing?” |
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καθὼςλαλεῖβασιλεὺςεξουσιάζων,καὶτίςερεῖαυτῶΤίποιήσεις;
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| 5 | He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful; And a wise man’s heart discerns both time and judgment, |
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οφυλάσσωνεντολὴνουγνώσεταιρῆμαπονηρόν,καὶκαιρὸνκρίσεωςγινώσκεικαρδίασοφοῦ·
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| 6 | Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly. |
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ότιπαντὶπράγματιέστινκαιρὸςκαὶκρίσις,ότιγνῶσιςτοῦανθρώπουπολλὴεπ᾿αυτόν·
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| 7 | For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur? |
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ότιουκέστινγινώσκωντίτὸεσόμενον,ότικαθὼςέσταιτίςαναγγελεῖαυτῶ;
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| 8 | No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, And no one has power in the day of death. There is no release from that war, And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it. |
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ουκέστινάνθρωποςεξουσιάζωνενπνεύματιτοῦκωλῦσαισὺντὸπνεῦμα·καὶουκέστινεξουσίαενημέρατοῦθανάτου,καὶουκέστιναποστολὴεντῶπολέμω,καὶουδιασώσειασέβειατὸνπαρ᾿αυτῆς.
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| 9 | All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt. |
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καὶσὺνπᾶντοῦτοεῖδονκαὶέδωκατὴνκαρδίανμουειςπᾶνποίημα,ὸπεποίηταιυπὸτὸνήλιον,τὰόσαεξουσιάσατοοάνθρωποςενανθρώπωτοῦκακῶσαιαυτόν·
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| 10 | Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity. |
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καὶτότεεῖδονασεβεῖςειςτάφουςεισαχθέντας,καὶεκτόπουαγίουεπορεύθησανκαὶεπηνέθησανεντῆπόλει,ότιούτωςεποίησαν.καίγετοῦτοματαιότης.
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| 11 | Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. |
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ότιουκέστινγινομένηαντίρρησιςαπὸτῶνποιούντωντὸπονηρὸνταχύ·διὰτοῦτοεπληροφορήθηκαρδίαυιῶντοῦανθρώπουεναυτοῖςτοῦποιῆσαιτὸπονηρόν.
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| 12 | Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. |
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ὸςήμαρτεν,εποίησεντὸπονηρὸναπὸτότεκαὶαπὸμακρότητοςαυτῶ·ότικαίγεγινώσκωεγὼότιέσταιαγαθὸντοῖςφοβουμένοιςτὸνθεόν,όπωςφοβῶνταιαπὸπροσώπουαυτοῦ·
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| 13 | But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God. |
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καὶαγαθὸνουκέσταιτῶασεβεῖ,καὶουμακρυνεῖημέραςενσκιᾶὸςουκέστινφοβούμενοςαπὸπροσώπουτοῦθεοῦ.
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| 14 | There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. |
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έστινματαιότης,ὴπεποίηταιεπὶτῆςγῆς,ότιεισὶδίκαιοιότιφθάνειπρὸςαυτοὺςωςποίηματῶνασεβῶν,καὶεισὶνασεβεῖςότιφθάνειπρὸςαυτοὺςωςποίηματῶνδικαίων·εῖπαότικαίγετοῦτοματαιότης.
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| 15 | So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun. |
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καὶεπήνεσαεγὼσὺντὴνευφροσύνην,ότιουκέστιναγαθὸντῶανθρώπωυπὸτὸνήλιονότιειμὴτοῦφαγεῖνκαὶτοῦπιεῖνκαὶτοῦευφρανθῆναι,καὶαυτὸσυμπροσέσταιαυτῶενμόχθωαυτοῦημέραςζωῆςαυτοῦ,όσαςέδωκεναυτῶοθεὸςυπὸτὸνήλιον.
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| 16 | When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night, |
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Ενοῖςέδωκατὴνκαρδίανμουτοῦγνῶναισοφίανκαὶτοῦιδεῖντὸνπερισπασμὸντὸνπεποιημένονεπὶτῆςγῆς,ότικαίγεενημέρακαὶεννυκτὶύπνονενοφθαλμοῖςαυτοῦουκέστινβλέπων,
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| 17 | then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it. |
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καὶεῖδονσὺνπάντατὰποιήματατοῦθεοῦ,ότιουδυνήσεταιάνθρωποςτοῦευρεῖνσὺντὸποίηματὸπεποιημένονυπὸτὸνήλιον·όσαὰνμοχθήσηοάνθρωποςτοῦζητῆσαι,καὶουχευρήσει·καίγεόσαὰνείπηοσοφὸςτοῦγνῶναι,ουδυνήσεταιτοῦευρεῖν.
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