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1
Who
is like the wise man
and who
knows
the interpretation
of a matter?
A man's
wisdom
illumines
him and causes his stern
face
to beam.
2
I say, "Keep
the command
of the king
because
of the oath
before God.
3
"Do not be in a hurry
to leave
him. Do not join
in an evil
matter,
for he will do
whatever
he pleases."
4
Since
the word
of the king
is authoritative,
who
will say
to him, "What
are you doing?"
5
He who keeps
a royal command
experiences
no
trouble,
for a wise
heart
k
no
ws
the proper time
and procedure.
6
For there
is a proper time
and procedure
for every
delight,
though
a man's
trouble
is heavy
upon him.
7
If
no one
knows
what
will happen,
who
can tell
him when
it will happen?
8
No
man
has authority
to restrain
the wind
with
the wind
,
or authority
over the day
of death;
and there
is no
discharge
in the time of war,
and evil
will not deliver
those who practice
it.
9
All
this
I have seen
and applied
my mind
to every
deed
that has been done
under
the sun
wherein
a man
has exercised authority
over another man
to his hurt.
10
So
then, I have seen
the wicked
buried,
those who used to go
in and out from the holy
place,
and they are soon forgotten
in the city
where
they did
thus.
This
too
is futility.
11
Because
the sentence
against an evil
deed
is not executed
quickly,
therefore
the hearts
of the sons
of men
among them are given fully
to do
evil.
12
Although
a sinner
does
evil
a hundred
times and may lengthen
his life, still
I know
that it will be well
for those
who
fear
God,
who
fear
Him openly.
13
But it will not be well
for the evil man
and he will not lengthen
his days
like a shadow,
because
he does not fear
God.
14
There
is futility
which
is done
on the earth,
that is, there
are righteous
men
to whom
it happens
according to the deeds
of the wicked.
On the other hand, there
are evil
men
to whom
it happens
according to the deeds
of the righteous.
I say
that this
too
is futility
.
15
So I commended
pleasure,
for there is nothing
good
for a man
under
the sun
except
to eat
and to drink
and to be merry,
and this
will stand
by him in his toils
throughout the days
of his life
which
God
has given
him
under
the sun
.
16
When
I gave
my heart
to know
wisdom
and to see
the task
which
has been done
on the earth
(even
though
one should never
sleep
day
or night),
17
and I saw
every
work
of God,
I concluded that
man
cannot
discover
the
work
which
has been done
under
the sun.
Even though
man
should seek
laboriously,
he will not
discover
;
and though
the wise
man
should say,
"I know,"
he
cannot
discover
.
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