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\h ECCLESIASTES 
\toc1 Ecclesiastes 
\toc2 Ecclesiastes 
\toc3 Ecc 
\mt2 This book contains the account of King Solomon observing what people do and of realizing that only reverencing God and obeying him is worthwhile. We call this book  
\mt1 Ecclesiastes  
\c 1  
\s1 Everything is mysterious  
\p
\v 1  \add I am Solomon\add*, \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \add I rule\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \add and people call me\add* ‘\w The|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w Preacher|strong="H6953"\w*/Religious Teacher►’.   
\q1
\v 2 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* say \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* mysterious;  
\q2 \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3605"\w* understand;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H3605"\w* understand why \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* happens.   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 ◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* people gain \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* here \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*?/\w It|strong="H4100"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* people gain \w no|strong="H3605"\w* lasting \w benefit|strong="H3504"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* here \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*.► [RHQ]   
\q1
\v 4  \add Each year\add* \w old|strong="H5769"\w* people \w die|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* babies \w are|strong="H5975"\w* born,  
\q2 but \w the|strong="H5975"\w* earth \w never|strong="H5769"\w* changes.   
\q1
\v 5  \add Each morning\add* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w rises|strong="H2224"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \add each evening\add* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* sets,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \add then\add* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* hurries around \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* started \w from|strong="H4725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* blows \w south|strong="H1864"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \add turns around to start blowing towards\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w goes|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* circles.   
\q1
\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* \w flow|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* never \w full|strong="H4392"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* water \w returns|strong="H7725"\w* \add to the sky\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add when it rains\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* water \w returns|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5158"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w flows|strong="H1980"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* boring,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* [SYN] \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H8085"\w* [SYN] \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \add Everything continues to be the same as it has always been\add*;  
\q2 \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* previously, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q2 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H8478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \add really\add* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* world [MTY].   
\q1
\v 10 \w Sometimes|strong="H3426"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*! \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* [RHQ]!”  
\q2 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w existed|strong="H1961"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w existed|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* born.   
\q1
\v 11  \add People\add* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* remember \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H7223"\w* \add that happened\add* long ago,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* future, \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* remember \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* doing \w now|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\s1 What the religious teacher found out about wisdom  
\p
\v 12 \w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Religious Teacher, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add for many years, ruling\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 13 \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* concentrated \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* [MTY]. \add But I found out that\add* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \add all of\add* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* experience \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* unhappy/\w miserable|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 14 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* really enables \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* useful. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15  \add Many\add* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w crooked|strong="H5791"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3201"\w* become \w straight|strong="H8626"\w*;  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w count|strong="H4487"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* exist.   
\p
\v 16 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, “\add Hey\add*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2451"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w that|strong="H7200"\w* ruled \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \add became the king\add*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*!”  
\v 17  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w determined|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \add more\add* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* many things, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \add also\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \add doing things that are\add* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w* [DOU]. \add But\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w found|strong="H1571"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* trying \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* things \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \add useless, like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7475"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2451"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* became, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* disappointed \w I|strong="H3588"\w* became.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H1847"\w* about, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sadder \w I|strong="H3588"\w* became.   
\c 2  
\s1 Pleasure does not bring happiness  
\p
\v 1  \add Then\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, “Okay, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w try|strong="H5254"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H4994"\w* everything \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w whether|strong="H7200"\w* doing \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w truly|strong="H1571"\w* enable \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*.” \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w found|strong="H1571"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* doing \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w useless|strong="H1892"\w*/senseless.  
\v 2  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* said \add to myself\add*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w foolish|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* laugh \add all the time\add*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* continually \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* enjoy \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* seem \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H6213"\w* lasting benefit.”  
\v 3  \add So\add*, \w after|strong="H3117"\w* thinking \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5704"\w* ◄cheer \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*/\w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*► \w by|strong="H3117"\w* drinking \add a lot of\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*. \add So\add* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* trying \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add many\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* short \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w did|strong="H4639"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w things|strong="H1431"\w*: \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \add caused\add* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* myself \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \add told my workers\add* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w parks|strong="H6508"\w*. \add Then\add* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \add told them to\add* fill \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* many \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H6779"\w* \add told them to\add* \w build|strong="H6213"\w* reservoirs \w to|strong="H6213"\w* store \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w irrigate|strong="H8248"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 7 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* babies \add who later became my slaves\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* owned \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* previous kings \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* owned.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* accumulated large amounts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add that were paid to me\add* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*. \add I hired\add* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w women|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sing|strong="H7891"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w many|strong="H7705"\w* ◄\w concubines|strong="H7705"\w*/slave wives► \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \add much\add* pleasure [EUP].  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w*, \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* ever \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \add very\add* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* got \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* [LIT] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] saw \w and|strong="H5869"\w* wanted.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* [LIT] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* enable \w me|strong="H7592"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] enjoyed \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w reward|strong="H2506"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w work|strong="H5999"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \add But\add* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* thought \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hard|strong="H5998"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* [SYN] \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add to get all those things\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w none|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* lasting \w benefit|strong="H3504"\w* [DOU].  
\q1 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\s1 Being wise also seemed useless  
\q1
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* started \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add also about\add* being \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w* [DOU].  
\q2 \add I said to myself, “I certainly do not think that\add* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w next|strong="H6437"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* able \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* better \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w*.”   
\q1
\v 13 \w And|strong="H2451"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* thought, “\w Surely|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w better|strong="H3504"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w*,  
\q2 like light \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w better|strong="H3504"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,   
\q1
\v 14  \add because\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \add walk in the daylight and\add* [IDM] \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* where \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \add and cannot see where they are going\add*.”  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \add also\add* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* eventually \w die|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* am \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \add die at the end of my life\add*, \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* benefited \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*?/\w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w certainly|strong="H1571"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* benefited \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w* [RHQ]►.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* understand \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \add people consider that\add* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* valuable \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2450"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* eventually \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* [DOU].”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* being \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* [MTY] distresses \w me|strong="H8130"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8121"\w* \w useless|strong="H1892"\w* \add like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\s1 Working hard seemed useless  
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\v 18 \w I|strong="H8478"\w* \add also began to\add* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H8478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*, \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \add when I die\add*, \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that I have acquired\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* next king.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3045"\w* ◄\w who|strong="H4310"\w*/\w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w*► \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* acquire \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w worked|strong="H5998"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w hard|strong="H5998"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w wisely|strong="H2449"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get.  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hard|strong="H5998"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H8121"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w*. \add It seemed useless\add*, \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* became depressed/discouraged.  
\v 21 \w Some|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* skillfully, using \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* learned. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add when they die\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5414"\w* everything, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worked|strong="H5998"\w* \w hard|strong="H5998"\w* acquires \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*. \w And|strong="H2451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \add seemed to\add* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* senseless \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* discouraged.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w get|strong="H1933"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* worrying.  
\v 23 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* work \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* causes \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* experience \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* worried. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* frustrating.   
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\v 24  \add So I decided that\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \add also\add* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w our|strong="H7200"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w*. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* intends \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 25 \w There|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* absolutely \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* able \w to|strong="H4480"\w* enjoy \w those|strong="H4480"\w* things \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* does \w not|strong="H3588"\w* give \w those|strong="H4480"\w* things \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w*.  
\v 26 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* enables \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w please|strong="H2896"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add many things\add*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enjoy \add many things\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* hard \w and|strong="H2451"\w* become rich, \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \add can\add* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* money \w away|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w please|strong="H2896"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* something \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* difficult \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* understand. \add Their working hard seems\add* \w useless|strong="H1892"\w*, \add like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 There is a right time for everything  
\q1
\v 1 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H8478"\w*/correct \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8064"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* world.   
\b  
\q2
\v 2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H4191"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \add seeds\add*, \w and|strong="H4191"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* harvest crops.   
\q2
\v 3 There \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \add people\add*, \w and|strong="H6256"\w* there \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \add people\add*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w tear|strong="H6555"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, \w and|strong="H6256"\w* there \w is|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w*.   
\q2
\v 4 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* cry, \w and|strong="H1058"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w*, \w and|strong="H1058"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w dance|strong="H7540"\w* \add joyfully\add*.   
\q2
\v 5 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w* stones \add from a field\add*, \w and|strong="H6256"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w gather|strong="H3664"\w* stones \add to build walls/houses\add*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* \add people\add*, \w and|strong="H6256"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w not|strong="H6256"\w* \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* \add people\add*.   
\q2
\v 6 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H8104"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* stop \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w*/\w save|strong="H8104"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H8104"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w*.   
\q2
\v 7 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \add our old clothes\add*, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* mend \add clothes\add*.  
\q2 There \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2814"\w*, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* there \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* should \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\q2
\v 8 \w There|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4421"\w* love \add things that people do\add*, \w and|strong="H7965"\w* \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4421"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \add things that people do\add*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w and|strong="H7965"\w* \w there|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.   
\b  
\p
\v 9 ◄\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* gain \w from|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?/\w It|strong="H1931"\w* seems \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* gain \w very|strong="H6213"\w* little \w from|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ]►.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6031"\w*.  
\v 11 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w right|strong="H1571"\w*/correct \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w happen|strong="H4672"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \add also\add* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* realize \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w endure|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* spite \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* understand \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* starts \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* finishes \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* [LIT] \w thing|strong="H2416"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \add all\add* during \w the|strong="H3588"\w* time \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* know \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* should eat \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* God gives \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add also\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* God \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w No|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* God \w does|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \w does|strong="H6213"\w*. God \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w Things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* exist \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w already|strong="H3528"\w* \w existed|strong="H1961"\w* previously,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1245"\w* future \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w already|strong="H3528"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* previously;  
\q2 God causes \w the|strong="H1245"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* times.   
\s1 Injustices in the world  
\p
\v 16 \w Furthermore|strong="H5750"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* [MTY],  
\q1 \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* courts \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* expect judges \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H8121"\w* done,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H5750"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* [DOU] things.   
\p
\v 17  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w* [SYN], “God \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \add both\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add*;  
\q1 \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \add for him to do that\add*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
\p
\v 18 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w regarding|strong="H5921"\w* humans, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add also\add* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, “God \w is|strong="H3820"\w* testing \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add in one way\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* different \w than|strong="H5921"\w* animals,  
\v 19 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* happens \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* happens \w to|strong="H1121"\w* animals. Animals \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* breathe \add to remain alive\add*. \add With regard to that\add*, \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w advantage|strong="H4195"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* animals, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* difficult time understanding \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 20  \add People and animals\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w die|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* buried. \w We|strong="H1980"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add when we die\add*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpses|strong="H4480"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 21 \w No|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w*, \w our|strong="H3045"\w* souls/\w spirits|strong="H7307"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* souls/\w spirits|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* animals \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* place where \w the|strong="H3045"\w* dead \w are|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
\p
\v 22 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* concluded \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add us\add* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w given|strong="H8055"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* [RHQ] knows \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* die.   
\c 4  
\s1 Other things that he found hard to understand/accept  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* thought \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w more|strong="H3581"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* suffering \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* ◄\w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*/\w treated|strong="H6213"\w* cruelly►  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w*/encourage \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* absolutely \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* being \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* thought \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w already|strong="H3528"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w fortunate|strong="H7623"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w still|strong="H5728"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H5728"\w*  
\q2 \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* fortunate \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w still|strong="H5728"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* died,  
\q1 \add because\add* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H4639"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* thought \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* skills \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w*. \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* thought \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* compete \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* envious \w of|strong="H7307"\w* others, \add and I concluded that\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* accomplishing \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* useful, \add like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 \w Foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \add refuse to work\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3027"\w* sit idly, \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* folded, \add and do not work\add*.  
\q2 \add So\add* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* ruin themselves.   
\q1
\v 6  \add So I say\add*, “\w It|strong="H4393"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* content \w with|strong="H2896"\w* not having much money,  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* hard \w and|strong="H2896"\w* try \w to|strong="H2896"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7307"\w* money,  
\q2 \w which|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \add as useless as\add* \w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H2896"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.”   
\b  
\p
\v 7 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* thought \w about|strong="H7725"\w* something else \w that|strong="H7200"\w* happens \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="H7200"\w* seems senseless.   
\q1
\v 8 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* live \w alone|strong="H1931"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\q1 \w every|strong="H3605"\w* day \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \add very hard\add*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* stopping, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* money,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* ask \add themselves\add*,  
\q2 “\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* working \w very|strong="H2088"\w* hard \w to|strong="H1121"\w* earn \w more|strong="H8145"\w* money?  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* cause \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*?”  
\q2 \w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* senseless.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 Having someone \add work\add* \w with|strong="H8147"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* being \w by|strong="H4480"\w* yourself \add all the time\add*.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* friend, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w can|strong="H3426"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H2896"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* can \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2270"\w* alone, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* difficult \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H6965"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6965"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 Similarly, if \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w together|strong="H1571"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w can|strong="H8147"\w* \w keep|strong="H2552"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* someone who \w sleeps|strong="H7901"\w* alone \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w certainly|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 Someone \w who|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H5975"\w* alone \w can|strong="H3808"\w* easily \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* defeated \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* person,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* help \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* ◄\w resist|strong="H5975"\w*/\w defend|strong="H5975"\w* themselves \w against|strong="H5048"\w*► someone \w who|strong="H5975"\w* attacks \w them|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\q1 \add Three people can defend themselves even more easily\add*,  
\q2 \add like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rope|strong="H2339"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H5975"\w* \w made|strong="H5975"\w* \w from|strong="H5048"\w* \w three|strong="H8027"\w* cords \w is|strong="H5975"\w* harder \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w break|strong="H5423"\w* \add than a rope made from two cords\add*.   
\s1 When a poor young man becomes king  
\p
\v 13 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w poor|strong="H4542"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w person|strong="H3045"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* refuses \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w pay|strong="H3045"\w* \w attention|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H5750"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H2094"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* advice.  
\v 14 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* possible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3205"\w* \w man|strong="H7326"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* succeed \w and|strong="H1004"\w* some day \w become|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* parents \w were|strong="H3205"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* some \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* becomes king, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* ◄starts \w to|strong="H1980"\w* support/\w is|strong="H3605"\w* pleased \w with|strong="H5973"\w*► \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 16 Large crowds \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crowd|strong="H5971"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few years, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* reject \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \add too\add*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* senseless, \add like\add* \w chasing|strong="H7475"\w* \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 Be careful about making promises  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* enter \w God|strong="H8064"\w*’s temple, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sure \w to|strong="H3318"\w* listen carefully. \w Doing|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w better|strong="H5921"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* offering sacrifices \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \add and then not obeying him\add*, \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* foolish.   
\b  
\q1
\v 2 Think carefully before \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* [MTY]  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3588"\w* before \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* God \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* [IDM].  
\q1 \add Do not forget that\add* God \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* heaven \add and he is all-powerful\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* here \w on|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1697"\w* think carefully before \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add make any promises to God\add*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5088"\w* continually thinking \add and worrying\add* about \w things|strong="H2656"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* bad dreams about \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H5088"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* rest \add well\add*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H5088"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* talk,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* likely \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* \w be|strong="H5088"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3684"\w* say \w things|strong="H2656"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5088"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 When \w you|strong="H3808"\w* solemnly promise \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H7999"\w* something, \w do|strong="H7999"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* foolish \w by|strong="H3808"\w* delaying \w in|strong="H3808"\w* doing \w it|strong="H7999"\w*, because \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H7999"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Do|strong="H7999"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* promise \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H7999"\w*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w better|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* promise \add anything\add* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* promise \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* something, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \add then\add* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* sin \w by|strong="H2472"\w* promising \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w And|strong="H1697"\w* \add when you promise God to do something and do not do it\add*, \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* God’s priest \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mistake \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, God \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w become|strong="H3372"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* angry \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w take|strong="H7235"\w* \w from|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H1697"\w* worked \w to|strong="H1697"\w* acquire.  
\v 7 Promising \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w something|strong="H8104"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* doing \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dream \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* value; \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, revere God \add by doing what you promised him that you would do\add*.   
\s1 Officials cheat each other  
\p
\v 8 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* not \w be|strong="H4428"\w* surprised \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* see poor \add people\add* being ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► \add by powerful/influential people\add*, \w or|strong="H7704"\w* \w if|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* see judges \w making|strong="H3605"\w* unjust decisions \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. \add That happens\add* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* supervised \add and cheated by\add* more important officials [DOU],  
\v 9 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* king forces \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w people|strong="H1995"\w* \w to|strong="H3701"\w* give \w him|strong="H7646"\w* some \w of|strong="H1995"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w*.   
\s1 The futility of wealth  
\q1
\v 10 Everyone \w who|strong="H2896"\w* tries \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \add get as much\add* money \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5869"\w* never \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* enough.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* never \w be|strong="H5869"\w* satisfied \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\q2 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* senseless.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5647"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* money \w that|strong="H5647"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H4592"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w people|strong="H3240"\w* want \w us|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H7235"\w* spend our money \w to|strong="H7235"\w* buy things \w for|strong="H4966"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H4592"\w* \w people|strong="H3240"\w* who \w have|strong="H4592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H5647"\w* money \w do|strong="H5647"\w* not [RHQ] benefit \w from|strong="H7235"\w* \w it|strong="H3240"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5647"\w* see [MTY] \w it|strong="H3240"\w* \w when|strong="H7235"\w* \w they|strong="H5647"\w* get \w it|strong="H3240"\w*, \w but|strong="H5647"\w* \w it|strong="H3240"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* ◄disappears/is \w completely|strong="H7647"\w* spent►.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 Those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* work hard \w sleep|strong="H7200"\w* peacefully \add at night\add*,  
\q2 even \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* much food \w to|strong="H8104"\w* eat.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \add people\add* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7200"\w* well,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H8478"\w* \add they worry\add* about \w their|strong="H7200"\w* money.   
\b  
\p
\v 13 \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* seen \add another\add* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* happens here \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* earth [MTY]:  
\q1 \w People|strong="H1121"\w* save \add up all\add* \w their|strong="H7451"\w* money \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* \w helped|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* saving \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* money,   
\q1
\v 14  \add because\add* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* happens \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w causes|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* money \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* die,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* money \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* children \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w*/inherit.   
\q1
\v 15 \w When|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* born,  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w when|strong="H1571"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* die,  
\q1 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* earned \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* working \w hard|strong="H5980"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* senseless.  
\q1 \w People|strong="H1571"\w* bring \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \add into the world when they are born\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* leave \add this world\add* taking \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* worked hard,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* receive \w no|strong="H3605"\w* lasting benefit [MET].   
\q1
\v 17  \add Furthermore, rich people\add* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="H3117"\w* sad,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w depressed|strong="H2416"\w*/discouraged \w and|strong="H3117"\w* often sick \w and|strong="H3117"\w* ◄resentful/thinking \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* happened \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w unfair|strong="H5999"\w*►.   
\p
\v 18 \w So|strong="H4480"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* here \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* few years \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* allows \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* alive \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* eat \w and|strong="H6239"\w* drink \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enjoy \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w*, \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 19 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* rich \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3117"\w* possessions, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* able \w to|strong="H3820"\w* ◄enjoy/\w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w*► \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* enjoy \w their|strong="H3588"\w* work, \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \add also\add* gifts \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 20 Those people do not worry much about \add everything that has happened\add* during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* something \add else here\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 2 \w God|strong="H5414"\w* enables \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4480"\w* money \w and|strong="H6239"\w* possessions \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* [LIT] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5414"\w* enjoy \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Someone|strong="H5315"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* gets \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6239"\w* enjoys \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* senseless \w and|strong="H6239"\w* unfair.   
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\v 3 \w Someone|strong="H5315"\w* might \w have|strong="H1961"\w* 100 \w children|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7646"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* acquired, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* buried \add properly after he dies\add*, \add I say that\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w dead|strong="H5315"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* fortunate.  
\v 4 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* dead baby’s birth \w is|strong="H8034"\w* meaningless; \w it|strong="H3588"\w* does \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* goes directly \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* place where \w there|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H8034"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="H7200"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add live to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* finds \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5183"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* rich \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \add who are alive\add*.  
\v 6 \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* 2,000 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w gives|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*, \add it would have been better for them never to have been born\add*.  
\q1 \add All people who live a long time\add* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w place|strong="H4725"\w*— \add to the grave\add*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w People|strong="H5315"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* hard \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \add earn enough money to buy\add* food \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY],  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \add often\add* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* get \w enough|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w seems|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w receive|strong="H2416"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* lasting benefits  
\q2 \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w seems|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* benefit \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w conduct|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w It|strong="H1980"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* enjoy \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w already|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY]  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* constantly \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w more|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*;  
\q1 \w continually|strong="H1980"\w* wanting \w more|strong="H1571"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \add senseless\add*,  
\q2 \add like \add*\w chasing|strong="H7469"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 10 \w All|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* exist \add on the earth\add* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H7121"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3045"\w* everyone \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q1 \add so\add* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* argue \w with|strong="H5973"\w* someone (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*)  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* stronger \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \add that we\add* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \add often we say things that are\add* senseless,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] benefit \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot.   
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\v 12 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* short \w time|strong="H3117"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* disappear \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* disappears \add in the sunlight\add*. \w No|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* [RHQ] \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* [RHQ] \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* die [EUP].   
\c 7  
\s1 The best things in life  
\q1
\v 1  \add Having\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w reputation|strong="H8034"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w fine|strong="H2896"\w* perfume,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* mourning \add about someone who has died\add*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* die \w some|strong="H3605"\w* day,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* should \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w seriously|strong="H3820"\w* [IDM] \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w sad|strong="H7455"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \add always\add* \w laughing|strong="H7814"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* being \w sad|strong="H7455"\w* can cause \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* about \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* conduct \w our|strong="H3588"\w* lives [IDM].   
\q1
\v 4 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* go \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* others \w are|strong="H2450"\w* mourning \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \add the fact that some day they also will\add* die,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* [PRS] \add do not think about that\add*; \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* always [MTY] laughing.   
\q1
\v 5 \w It|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \add someone who is wise \add*\w rebuking|strong="H1606"\w* \w you|strong="H2896"\w*  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H7892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* person.   
\q1
\v 6 \w By|strong="H1571"\w* \add listening to\add* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w laughing|strong="H7814"\w*  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \add learn any more than by listening to\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w crackling|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w* \add being burned\add* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.  
\q2 Listening \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w fools|strong="H3684"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* senseless.   
\q1
\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* say \w to|strong="H3820"\w* others, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* must pay \w me|strong="H1984"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3820"\w* money \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* protect \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,”  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* become \w foolish|strong="H1984"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \add accepting\add* \w bribes|strong="H4979"\w* causes \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* become unable \w to|strong="H3820"\w* do \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* fair/just.   
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\q1
\v 8 Finishing \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w starting|strong="H7225"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* being patient \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* being \w proud|strong="H1362"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* quickly ◄lose \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w temper|strong="H7307"\w*/react \w to|strong="H7307"\w* things angrily►,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people [SYN] \w who|strong="H3588"\w* become very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 10 \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* say, “\w Things|strong="H7223"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w better|strong="H2896"\w* [RHQ] \w previously|strong="H7223"\w*,”  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 11 Being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* inheriting \add valuable things\add*;  
\q2 being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w provides|strong="H7200"\w* lasting benefits \w for|strong="H2896"\w* \w every|strong="H7200"\w* \w person|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 12 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* are \add sometimes\add* protected \w by|strong="H1167"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* are \add sometimes\add* protected \w by|strong="H1167"\w* \w having|strong="H1167"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1167"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* \w better|strong="H3504"\w* \add than having a lot of money\add*,  
\q2 \add because\add* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* prevents \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3701"\w* \add doing foolish things that would\add* cause \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H2421"\w* die.   
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\v 13 \w Think|strong="H7200"\w* \add carefully about\add* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\q1 \w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] cause \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w straight|strong="H8626"\w*  
\q2 \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3201"\w* \w crooked|strong="H5791"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w going|strong="H4672"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w going|strong="H4672"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 remember \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* causes \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* causes \w disasters|strong="H4672"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w been|strong="H3426"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3117"\w* [HYP] \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* seem senseless.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* die \add while they are still young\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \add spite of\add* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* continuing \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 16  \add So\add* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w think|strong="H7235"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6662"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w think|strong="H7235"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*,  
\q2 \add because if you think those things\add*, \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8074"\w* yourself.   
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\v 17 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w evil|strong="H7561"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3808"\w* might \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* still young.   
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\v 18 Continue \w to|strong="H3318"\w* avoid \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* evil \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* foolish;  
\q2 avoid \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w both|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* revering \w God|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, \w you|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H1961"\w* powerful/influential  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2451"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* most powerful/influential \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 20 There \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* world \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \add always\add* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w right|strong="H6662"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* [IDM] \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w if|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* might \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w other|strong="H6471"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H4480"\w* said \add to myself\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* study \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add that I have written about\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* able \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* successfully.   
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\v 24 Wisdom seems \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H4672"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* truly understand everything.   
\q1
\v 25 \w But|strong="H1245"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w investigate|strong="H3045"\w* things \w and|strong="H2451"\w*  
\q2 \w by|strong="H8446"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* try \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w reason|strong="H2808"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* everything.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H3820"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* why \w people|strong="H3820"\w* act wickedly  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* why \w they|strong="H3045"\w* act \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H5531"\w*.   
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\v 26  \add One thing I learned was that\add* ◄allowing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w to|strong="H3820"\w* seduce \w you|strong="H6440"\w*/having sex \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* married► \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w worse|strong="H6440"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* dying.  
\q2 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w who|strong="H1931"\w* tries \w to|strong="H3820"\w* seduce \w men|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \add as dangerous as\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trap [\w MET|strong="H4672"\w*].  
\q1 \add If you allow her to put\add* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w arms|strong="H3027"\w* \add around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with\add* chains.  
\q1 Women \w like|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w men|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3820"\w* \w men|strong="H2896"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w please|strong="H2896"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w such|strong="H1931"\w* women.   
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\v 27 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* learned:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* tried \w to|strong="H7200"\w* learn \w more|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w more|strong="H4672"\w* about things  
\q2 \w to|strong="H7200"\w* try \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w reason|strong="H2808"\w* \w for|strong="H2088"\w* everything,   
\q2
\v 28 \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H1245"\w* try \w to|strong="H1245"\w* learn \w more|strong="H5750"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \add all that I was searching for\add*.  
\q2 \add But\add* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* 1,000 \add people\add* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* righteous \w man|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* righteous woman.   
\q1
\v 29  \add But\add* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* learn \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*:  
\q2 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* God \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* ways \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7227"\w*.   
\c 8  
\q1
\v 1  \add I will tell you about\add* \w those|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* truly \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* [RHQ]  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w explain|strong="H3045"\w* \w why|strong="H1697"\w* everything happens.  
\q1 Being \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* enables \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* happy [MTY]  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* enables \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* smile.   
\s1 Obey the king  
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\v 2 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7621"\w* promised God \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* commands, \w so|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* quickly disobey \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w join|strong="H5975"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* anyone else \w says|strong="H1697"\w*; \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*?/\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*.► [RHQ]”   
\q1
\v 5 If \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* king \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q1 \add So\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* correct/\w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H8104"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* people experience \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7451"\w*/difficulties,  
\q2 \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/correct \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*/correct \w way|strong="H4941"\w* \add to do them\add*.   
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\q1
\v 7 \w No|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* future,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* going \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* control \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* control \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\q1 \w Soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H3117"\w* go home \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7562"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w saved|strong="H4422"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \add doing what is\add* \w evil|strong="H7562"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* whom \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w control|strong="H7980"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w after|strong="H1980"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \add people\add* \w die|strong="H1980"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w highly|strong="H3651"\w* honored \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* funerals \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H6213"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add evil\add* deeds. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w seemed|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w understand|strong="H7200"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* immediately punished, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* causes \add other\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* [SYN] \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add also\add* want \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* 100 \w crimes|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \add even if they\add* live \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* greatly \w respect|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* God.  
\v 13  \add I also know\add* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* revere \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Shadows|strong="H6738"\w* \add do not last a long time\add*. Similarly [SIM], \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Another|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \add sometimes\add* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* earth \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* bad \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* good \w things|strong="H4639"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H6213"\w* understand \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 15  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w recommend|strong="H7623"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H8354"\w* do here \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*. Enjoying \w doing|strong="H8354"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* help \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w*, \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* here \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* hard, \w working|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* taking \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w here|strong="H4672"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*. \w Truly|strong="H3588"\w*, \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* fully \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that God understands\add*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* try \w hard|strong="H5998"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* claim \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 Everyone dies  
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\v 1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H3820"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* concluded \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w controls|strong="H3820"\w* \add what happens to\add* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*. \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \add others\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* love \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w hate|strong="H8135"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 2  \add But we know that some time in the future\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* die;  
\q1 \w it|strong="H3605"\w* does \w not|strong="H3372"\w* matter whether \w we|strong="H3068"\w* act \w righteously|strong="H6662"\w* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* wickedly,  
\q2 whether \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* whether \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* bad,  
\q1 whether \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* acceptable \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \add worshiping God\add*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H2896"\w* whether \add we have done things to cause us to be\add* unacceptable;  
\q1 \w it|strong="H3605"\w* does \w not|strong="H3372"\w* matter \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \add to God\add* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w*;  
\q1 \w it|strong="H3605"\w* does \w not|strong="H3372"\w* matter \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* God \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w*;  
\q2 \add we all die\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* same \w thing|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* happen \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w people|strong="H7563"\w*,  
\q2 \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \add to do things for God\add* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H7650"\w* make \w such|strong="H3605"\w* \w promises|strong="H7650"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2416"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*: \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* [EUP]. \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w people|strong="H1121"\w*’s inner \w beings|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* foolish \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* join \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* already \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 4 \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* confidently expect \add that good things will happen to us\add*. \add We despise\add* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add majestic\add* lion \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H2416"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w*.  
\q1 \w Dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* do \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w receive|strong="H2416"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* rewards,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \add While they were alive\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* loved \add some people\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w hated|strong="H8135"\w* \add some people\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w envied|strong="H7068"\w* \add some people\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* ends \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* die.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w never|strong="H5769"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w part|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* here \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*.   
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\v 7  \add So I say\add*, \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w joyful|strong="H2896"\w* [DOU] \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* God wants \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Wear|strong="H1961"\w* nice [MTY] clothes \w and|strong="H7218"\w* make \w your|strong="H3605"\w* face look nice.  
\v 9 \w Enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H2416"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* love, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* here \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w understand|strong="H7200"\w* \w why|strong="H8478"\w* \w many|strong="H7200"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* happen, \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* doing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* here \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w energy|strong="H4672"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add some time you will die\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dead \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w*, \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w plans|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H3027"\w* knows \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w something|strong="H3899"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* here \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H2580"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* runs fastest \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* win \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w race|strong="H4793"\w*,  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w strongest|strong="H1368"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* win \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisest|strong="H2450"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*,  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* smartest \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* studied \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* ◄honored/treated \w very|strong="H3045"\w* specially► \w by|strong="H1571"\w* others;  
\q1 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \add always\add* control \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w happen|strong="H7136"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w happen|strong="H7136"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w die|strong="H5307"\w* [EUP];  
\q1 \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* cruelly caught \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H4685"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* caught \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w*/\w traps|strong="H6341"\w*;  
\q1 similarly [SIM], \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*  
\q2 \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* expect \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* happen.   
\s1 Being wise is better than being foolish  
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\v 13 Once \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* something \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w did|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w impressed|strong="H1419"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 14 There \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* people lived. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* dirt ramps \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* walls \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H5921"\w* climb \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* attack \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 15 \w In|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w poor|strong="H4542"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* very \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*. Because \w of|strong="H5892"\w* doing \w what|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \add suggested\add*, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w saved|strong="H4422"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add soon\add* forgot \w about|strong="H5892"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* realized \w that|strong="H8085"\w* although being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* being \w strong|strong="H1369"\w*, if \w you|strong="H2896"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w poor|strong="H4542"\w*, no \w one|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* appreciate \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H2896"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* soon forget \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H2896"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Speaking|strong="H1697"\w* quietly \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add very\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \add much\add* \w more|strong="H2450"\w* sensible  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2450"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* king shouting \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Being|strong="H3627"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* useful  
\q2 \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*;  
\q1 but \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H7235"\w* do \w one|strong="H2896"\w* foolish \w thing|strong="H3627"\w*,  
\q2 \add it is possible that\add* \w because|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* doing \w that|strong="H3627"\w*, \w you|strong="H7235"\w* \w will|strong="H2451"\w* ruin \w all|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H2398"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3627"\w* \w you|strong="H7235"\w* have \w done|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\c 10  
\q1
\v 1  \add A few\add* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w flies|strong="H2070"\w* \w in|strong="H4592"\w* \add a bottle of\add* perfume cause \add all\add* \w the|strong="H4194"\w* perfume \w to|strong="H3519"\w* stink.  
\q2 Similarly [SIM], \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* amount \w of|strong="H4194"\w* acting \w foolishly|strong="H5531"\w* \w can|strong="H4194"\w* \w have|strong="H4592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* greater effect \w than|strong="H3368"\w* acting \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 If \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* sensibly, \w it|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* lead them \w to|strong="H3820"\w* do what \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w*;  
\q2 if \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* foolishly, \w it|strong="H3820"\w* causes them \w to|strong="H3820"\w* do what \w is|strong="H3820"\w* wrong.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5530"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1931"\w* show \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* good \w sense|strong="H3820"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1931"\w* show \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* wise.   
\q1
\v 4 Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* quit working \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* remain calm, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \add probably\add* stop being angry.   
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\v 5 \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* something \add else\add* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w*,  
\q2 something \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w rulers|strong="H7989"\w* \w sometimes|strong="H3426"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*/inappropriate:   
\q1
\v 6 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5414"\w* foolish \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* important positions,  
\q2 \w while|strong="H4791"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* unimportant positions.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w allow|strong="H1980"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \add to ride\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \add like rich people usually do\add*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* force \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \add like slaves usually do\add*.   
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\v 8  \add It is possible that\add* those who \w dig|strong="H2658"\w* pits  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* one \w of|strong="H5307"\w* those pits.  
\q1 \add It is possible that\add* \w someone|strong="H5307"\w* who tears \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H1447"\w*  
\q2 \w will|strong="H5307"\w* be \w bitten|strong="H5391"\w* \w by|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \add that is in that wall\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 If \w you|strong="H6086"\w* work \w in|strong="H6086"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quarry,  
\q2 \add it is possible that\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \add will fall on you and\add* injure \w you|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is possible that\add* men who \w split|strong="H1234"\w* \w logs|strong="H6086"\w*  
\q2 will \w be|strong="H6086"\w* injured \w by|strong="H5265"\w* one \w of|strong="H6086"\w* those \w logs|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w If|strong="H7043"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w axe|strong="H1270"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sharp [DOU],  
\q2 \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* need \w to|strong="H6440"\w* work harder \add to cut down a tree\add*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H6440"\w* being \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w succeed|strong="H3787"\w*.   
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\v 11 If \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \w bites|strong="H5391"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* charms/tames \w it|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w his|strong="H3808"\w* ability \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w charm|strong="H3908"\w* \w snakes|strong="H5175"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3504"\w* him.   
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\v 12 \w Wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* sensible, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*, people honor \w them|strong="H1697"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H8193"\w* \w foolish|strong="H3684"\w* people \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1104"\w* \w by|strong="H8193"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 13 \w When|strong="H6310"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w* people start \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* both \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5531"\w*.   
\q2
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w too|strong="H1697"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*/\w without|strong="H3808"\w* ceasing►.  
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\q1 \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* future,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* die.   
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\v 15 \w Foolish|strong="H3684"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H3021"\w* \add so\add* \w exhausted|strong="H3021"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w work|strong="H5999"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* do  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* road \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*/homes.   
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\q1
\v 16 Terrible things \w will|strong="H4428"\w* happen \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1242"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation whose \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foolish \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* whose \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* continually eat, all \w day|strong="H1242"\w* long, \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w day|strong="H1242"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \add But\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w will|strong="H4428"\w* prosper \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄noble/well-educated► family,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* feast \add only\add* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* proper \w times|strong="H6256"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add if they eat and drink only\add* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H1369"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* become drunk.   
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\q1
\v 18 \w Some|strong="H3027"\w* men \w are|strong="H3027"\w* very lazy \add and do not repair the rafters\add*,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* result \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w rafters|strong="H4746"\w* \w sag|strong="H4355"\w* \add and collapse\add*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* if \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* not repair \w the|strong="H3027"\w* roof,  
\q2 water \w will|strong="H1004"\w* leak \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add when it rains\add*.   
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\q1
\v 19 Eating \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* drinking \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* causes \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* laugh \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* able \w to|strong="H6213"\w* enjoy \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* if \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \add to buy them\add*.   
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\v 20 \w Do|strong="H1167"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* think \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H1571"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add people, even\add* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \add alone\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is possible that\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little \w bird|strong="H5775"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* \add what you are saying\add*,  
\q2 \add and\add* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \add about them\add*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Advice from nature  
\q1
\v 1 Give generously \w to|strong="H7971"\w* others \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* money [\w MET|strong="H4672"\w*] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w*;  
\q2 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, later \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w get|strong="H4672"\w* back \w an|strong="H7971"\w* equal \w amount|strong="H7230"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Share|strong="H2506"\w* some \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*/several► \add others\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q1 \add and if you give some of what you have to others\add*,  
\q2 \add when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you\add*.   
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\q1
\v 3  \add It is always true that\add* \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w are|strong="H8033"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4390"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* pour \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth.  
\q1 \add Similarly\add*, \w wherever|strong="H4725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w remain|strong="H4390"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w If|strong="H7200"\w* farmers \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* direction \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* blowing,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* know \w whether|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* wise \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* time \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q1 \add It is also true that\add* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* farmers \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \add and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain,\add*  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add try to\add* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* crops \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* day.   
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\q1
\v 5 \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* comes \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* goes,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* bodies \w are|strong="H6106"\w* formed \w in|strong="H6213"\w* women’s wombs.  
\q1 Similarly [SIM], \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \add fully\add* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 6  \add Start\add* \w planting|strong="H2233"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w seeds|strong="H2233"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* stop \w planting|strong="H2233"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w ones|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* grow \w better|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ones|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w or|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ones|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* later \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H1242"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H2896"\w* \w whether|strong="H3045"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* grow \w well|strong="H2896"\w*.   
\s1 Youth and old age  
\q1
\v 7 \w It|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w delightful|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* \w alive|strong="H7200"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \add rise every morning\add*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add Even\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* people \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* enjoy \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day they will die\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* never \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* see \w any|strong="H3605"\w* light \w again|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* know \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* die.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w*, \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H1980"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\q2 Enjoy [IDM] \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add some day\add* \w God|strong="H3190"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add So when you are young\add* [MTY], \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* worry about anything,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1892"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* pay \w attention|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* pains \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* remain young \w and|strong="H1892"\w* strong forever.   
\c 12  
\q1
\v 1 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H2142"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w*, \w keep|strong="H2142"\w* thinking \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \add God\add*, \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\q2 Do \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \add you are old\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* experience \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w troubles|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q1 \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* say  
\q2 “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* enjoy being alive.”   
\q1
\v 2  \add When you become old\add*, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* light \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \add seem\add* \w dim|strong="H2821"\w* \add to you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add it will seem that the rain\add* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \add always\add* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add quickly\add* \w after|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w rains|strong="H1653"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \add arms that you use to protect\add* [MET] \w your|strong="H8104"\w* bodies \w will|strong="H1004"\w* shake/\w tremble|strong="H2111"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \add legs that support\add* [MET] \w your|strong="H8104"\w* bodies \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* weak.  
\q1 \w Many|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \add teeth that you use to\add* \w grind|strong="H2912"\w*/chew \add your food\add* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* fall \w out|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \add eyes that you use to\add* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* windows \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* clearly.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \add ears\add* [MET] \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w not|strong="H6965"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H7784"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w not|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* able \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* clearly \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* people \w grinding|strong="H2913"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* millstones.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* awakened \w in|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* morning \w by|strong="H6965"\w* hearing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w singing|strong="H7892"\w*/chirping,  
\q2 \add but\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w not|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H6963"\w* able \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* well \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w*/people► \w sing|strong="H7892"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* dangers \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\q1 \add Your hair\add* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H3372"\w* \add white like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* flowers \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w almond|strong="H8247"\w* trees.  
\q2 \add When you try to walk\add*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* drag yourself \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [MET] \w grasshoppers|strong="H2284"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H1980"\w* \w longer|strong="H1364"\w* desire \add to have sex\add*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \add die and\add* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H5769"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H7784"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \add Think much about God now, because\add* soon \w our|strong="H5921"\w* lives \w will|strong="H3808"\w* end,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* chains \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* easily,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*/jugs \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w are|strong="H2256"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* water \w fountain|strong="H4002"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* pulleys \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well|strong="H4002"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* corpses \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add decay and\add* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w spirits|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* who \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w spirits|strong="H7307"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8  \add So\add* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* say \add again\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* difficult \w to|strong="H3605"\w* understand why \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* happens;  
\q2 \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* mysterious.   
\s1 The conclusion  
\p
\v 9 \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*. \w I|strong="H5971"\w* assembled/collected \w and|strong="H5971"\w* wrote down \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* carefully thought \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* studied \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H3476"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* reliable \w and|strong="H1697"\w* true.   
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \add I and other\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* people \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \add teach people what they should do\add*; \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* [SIM] ◄\w goads|strong="H1861"\w*/sharp sticks \w that|strong="H1697"\w* people use \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w strike|strong="H5414"\w* animals \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w direct|strong="H5414"\w* where \w they|strong="H1697"\w* \w should|strong="H2450"\w* go►. \w They|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* [SIM] \w nails|strong="H4930"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* stick \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H1697"\w* wood. \w They|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \add God, who is like\add* [MET] \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*.  
\v 12  \add So\add*, \w my|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w pay|strong="H7235"\w* careful attention \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* written, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* choose \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w read|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w others|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* written, \add because\add* \w writing|strong="H6213"\w* proverbs/\w books|strong="H5612"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* \w endless|strong="H7093"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add trying to\add* \w study|strong="H3854"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* exhausted.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13  \add Now\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add that I have told you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w conclusion|strong="H5490"\w*:  
\q1 \w Revere|strong="H3372"\w* God, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* summarize \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w And|strong="H4941"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \w will|strong="H2896"\w* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w*,  
\q2 \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \add even\add* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* secretly.