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Ecclesiastes 7 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and the day of death than the day of birth.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:3)</font> <i>It is</i> better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good <i>warning</i> to his heart.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:4)</font> Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:5)</font> The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:6)</font> <i>It is</i> better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:7)</font> As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:8)</font> for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:9)</font> The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:10)</font> Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:11)</font> Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire in wisdom concerning this.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:12)</font> Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and <i>there is</i> an advantage <i>by it</i> to them that see the sun.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:13)</font> For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:14)</font> Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:15)</font> In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, <i>I say</i>, God also has caused the one to agree with the other for <i>this</i> reason, that man should find nothing after him.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Limits of Human Wisdom<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:16)</font> I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:17)</font> Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:18)</font> Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:19)</font> It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth <i>well</i>.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:20)</font> Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:21)</font> For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:22)</font> Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:23)</font> For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:24)</font> All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:25)</font> <i>That which is</i> far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out? <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:26)</font> I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account <i>of things</i>, and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:27)</font> And I find her <i>to be</i>, and I will pronounce <i>to be</i> more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, <i>who has</i> a band in her hands: <i>he that is</i> good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:28)</font> Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, <i>seeking</i> by one at a time to find out the account, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:29)</font> which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><font color=blue>(7:30)</font> But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>