Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
pleasant name from oil pleasant and day [the] death from day to beget he
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
pleasant to/for to go: went to(wards) house: home mourning from to go: went to(wards) house: home feast in/on/with in which he/she/it end all [the] man and [the] alive to give: put to(wards) heart his
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
pleasant vexation from laughter for in/on/with evil face be good heart
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
heart wise in/on/with house: home mourning and heart fool in/on/with house: home joy
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
pleasant to/for to hear: hear rebuke wise from man: anyone to hear: hear song fool
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
for like/as voice: sound [the] thorn underneath: under [the] pot so laughter [the] fool and also this vanity
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
for [the] oppression to boast: rave madly wise and to perish [obj] heart gift
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
pleasant end word: thing from first: beginning his pleasant slow spirit from high spirit
9 Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
not to dismay in/on/with spirit: temper your to/for to provoke for vexation in/on/with bosom: embrace fool to rest
10 Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
not to say what? to be which/that [the] day [the] first: previous to be pleasant from these for not from wisdom to ask upon this
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
pleasant wisdom with inheritance and advantage to/for to see: see [the] sun
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
for in/on/with shadow [the] wisdom in/on/with shadow [the] silver: money and advantage knowledge [the] wisdom to live master: owning her
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
to see: examine [obj] deed: work [the] God for who? be able to/for be straight [obj] which to pervert him
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
in/on/with day welfare to be in/on/with good and in/on/with day distress: harm to see: examine also [obj] this to/for close this to make [the] God upon cause which/that not to find [the] man after him anything
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
[obj] [the] all to see: see in/on/with day vanity my there righteous to perish in/on/with righteousness his and there wicked to prolong in/on/with distress: evil his
16 Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
not to be righteous to multiply and not be wise advantage to/for what? be desolate: destroyed
17 Do not be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
not be wicked to multiply and not to be fool to/for what? to die in/on/with not time your
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also do not withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
pleasant which to grasp in/on/with this and also from this not to rest [obj] hand your for afraid God to come out: come [obj] all their
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
[the] wisdom be strong to/for wise from ten domineering which to be in/on/with city
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin.
for man nothing righteous in/on/with land: country/planet which to make: do good and not to sin
21 Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
also to/for all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak not to give: put heart your which not to hear: hear [obj] servant/slave your to lighten you
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
for also beat many to know heart your which also (you(m. s.) *QK) to lighten another
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
all this to test in/on/with wisdom to say be wise and he/she/it distant from me
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
distant what? which/that to be and deep deep who? to find him
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
to turn: turn I and heart my to/for to know and to/for to spy and to seek wisdom and explanation and to/for to know wickedness loin and [the] folly madness
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
and to find I bitter from death [obj] [the] woman which he/she/it net and net heart her bond hand her pleasant to/for face: before [the] God to escape from her and to sin to capture in/on/with her
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
to see: behold! this to find to say preacher one to/for one to/for to find explanation
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
which still to seek soul my and not to find man one from thousand to find and woman in/on/with all these not to find
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
to/for alone to see: behold! this to find which to make [the] God [obj] [the] man upright and they(masc.) to seek invention many
