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Proverbs 28:1 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Φεύγει () ἀσεβὴς () μηδενὸς () διώκοντος, () δίκαιος () δὲ () ὥσπερ () λέων () πέποιθεν. ()

Proverbs 28:3 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

A poor man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:3 Heb. without food

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀνδρεῖος ἐν () ἀσεβείαις () συκοφαντεῖ () πτωχούς. () Ὥσπερ () ὑετὸς () λάβρος καὶ () ἀνωφελής, ()

Proverbs 28:24 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; The same is the companion of a destroyer.

Proverbs 28:24 Heb. a man destroying

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὃς () ἀποβάλλεται () πατέρα () ἢ () μητέρα () καὶ () δοκεῖ () μὴ () ἁμαρτάνειν, () οὗτος () κοινωνός () ἐστιν () ἀνδρὸς () ἀσεβοῦς. ()

Proverbs 28:27 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὃς () δίδωσιν () πτωχοῖς, () οὐκ () ἐνδεηθήσεται· ὃς () δὲ () ἀποστρέφει () τὸν () ὀφθαλμὸν () αὐτοῦ, () ἐν () πολλῇ () ἀπορίᾳ () ἔσται. ()

Proverbs 29:1 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Κρείσσων () ἀνὴρ () ἐλέγχων () ἀνδρὸς () σκληροτραχήλου· () ἐξαπίνης γὰρ () φλεγομένου αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἴασις. ()

Proverbs 29:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀνὴρ () σοφὸς () κρίνει () ἔθνη, () ἀνὴρ () δὲ () φαῦλος () ὀργιζόμενος () καταγελᾶται () καὶ () οὐ () καταπτήσσει.

Proverbs 29:18 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18 Or, is made naked

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐ () μὴ () ὑπάρξῃ ἐξηγητὴς ἔθνει () παρανόμῳ, ὁ () δὲ () φυλάσσων () τὸν () νόμον () μακαριστός.

Proverbs 29:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

A servant will not be corrected by words: For though he understand he will not answer.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Λόγοις () οὐ () παιδευθήσεται () οἰκέτης () σκληρός· () ἐὰν () γὰρ () καὶ () νοήσῃ, () ἀλλ’ () οὐχ () ὑπακούσεται. ()

Proverbs 30:27 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;

Proverbs 30:27 Heb. gathered together

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἀβασίλευτόν ἐστιν () ἡ () ἀκρὶς () καὶ () ἐκστρατεύει ἀφ’ () ἑνὸς () κελεύσματος () εὐτάκτως·

World English Bible:

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 Heb. return to go

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Πάντες () οἱ () χείμαρροι, () πορεύονται () εἰς () τὴν () θάλασσαν, () καὶ () ἡ () θάλασσα () οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐμπιμπλαμένη· () εἰς () τόπον, () οὗ () οἱ () χείμαρροι () πορεύονται, () ἐκεῖ () αὐτοὶ () ἐπιστρέφουσιν () τοῦ () πορευθῆναι. ()

World English Bible:

That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Τί () τὸ () γεγονός, () αὐτὸ () τὸ () γενησόμενον· () καὶ () τί () τὸ () πεποιημένον, () αὐτὸ () τὸ () ποιηθησόμενον· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () πᾶν () πρόσφατον () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

World English Bible:

There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐκ () ἔστιν () μνήμη () τοῖς () πρώτοις, () καί () γε () τοῖς () ἐσχάτοις () γενομένοις () οὐκ () ἔσται () αὐτοῖς () μνήμη () μετὰ () τῶν () γενησομένων () εἰς () τὴν () ἐσχάτην. ()

World English Bible:

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπέβλεψα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () πᾶσιν () ποιήμασίν () μου, () οἷς () ἐποίησαν () αἱ () χεῖρές () μου, () καὶ () ἐν () μόχθῳ, () ᾧ () ἐμόχθησα τοῦ () ποιεῖν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περισσεία () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

World English Bible:

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () μνήμη () τοῦ () σοφοῦ () μετὰ () τοῦ () ἄφρονος () εἰς () αἰῶνα, () καθότι () ἤδη () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αἱ () ἐρχόμεναι () τὰ () πάντα () ἐπελήσθη· () καὶ () πῶς () ἀποθανεῖται () ὁ () σοφὸς () μετὰ () τοῦ () ἄφρονος; ()

World English Bible:

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or, delight his senses

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () ἀνθρώπῳ· () ὃ () φάγεται () καὶ () ὃ () πίεται () καὶ () ὃ () δείξει () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ, () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () μόχθῳ () αὐτοῦ. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () εἶδον () ἐγὼ () ὅτι () ἀπὸ () χειρὸς () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐστιν· ()

World English Bible:

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔγνων () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () εἰ () μὴ () τοῦ () εὐφρανθῆναι () καὶ () τοῦ () ποιεῖν () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () ζωῇ () αὐτοῦ· ()

World English Bible:

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔγνων () ὅτι () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () θεός, () αὐτὰ () ἔσται () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα· () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () προσθεῖναι, () καὶ () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀφελεῖν, () καὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐποίησεν, () ἵνα () φοβηθῶσιν () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ. ()

World English Bible:

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () συνάντημα υἱῶν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () καὶ () συνάντημα τοῦ () κτήνους, () συνάντημα ἓν () αὐτοῖς· () ὡς () ὁ () θάνατος () τούτου, () οὕτως () ὁ () θάνατος () τούτου, () καὶ () πνεῦμα () ἓν () τοῖς () πᾶσιν· () καὶ () τί () ἐπερίσσευσεν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () παρὰ () τὸ () κτῆνος; () Οὐδέν, () ὅτι () τὰ () πάντα () ματαιότης. ()

World English Bible:

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶδον () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀγαθὸν () εἰ () μὴ () ὃ () εὐφρανθήσεται () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () ποιήμασιν () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () αὐτὸ () μερὶς () αὐτοῦ· () ὅτι () τίς () ἄξει () αὐτὸν () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () ἐν () ᾧ () ἐὰν () γένηται () μετ’ () αὐτόν; ()

World English Bible:

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 Heb. hand

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψα () ἐγὼ () καὶ () εἶδον () σὺν () πάσας () τὰς () συκοφαντίας τὰς () γινομένας () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () δάκρυον () τῶν () συκοφαντουμένων, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτοῖς () παρακαλῶν, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () χειρὸς () συκοφαντούντων () αὐτοὺς () ἰσχύς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτοῖς () παρακαλῶν. ()

World English Bible:

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔστιν () εἷς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () δεύτερος, () καί () γε () υἱὸς () καὶ () ἀδελφὸς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτῷ· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περασμὸς τῷ () παντὶ () μόχθῳ () αὐτοῦ, () καί () γε () ὀφθαλμὸς () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἐμπίπλαται () πλούτου. () Καὶ () τίνι () ἐγὼ () μοχθῶ καὶ () στερίσκω τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἀπὸ () ἀγαθωσύνης; () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () περισπασμὸς πονηρός () ἐστιν. ()

World English Bible:

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () ἐὰν () πέσωσιν, () ὁ () εἷς () ἐγερεῖ () τὸν () μέτοχον () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οὐαὶ () αὐτῷ () τῷ () ἑνί, () ὅταν () πέσῃ () καὶ () μὴ () ᾖ () δεύτερος () τοῦ () ἐγεῖραι () αὐτόν. ()

World English Bible:

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

οὐκ () ἔστιν () περασμὸς τῷ () παντὶ () λαῷ, () τοῖς () πᾶσιν, () ὅσοι () ἐγένοντο () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτῶν· () καί () γε () οἱ () ἔσχατοι () οὐκ () εὐφρανθήσονται () ἐν () αὐτῷ· () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () προαίρεσις πνεύματος. ()

World English Bible:

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Φύλαξον () πόδα () σου, () ἐν () ᾧ () ἐὰν () πορεύῃ () εἰς () οἶκον () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἐγγὺς () τοῦ () ἀκούειν· () ὑπὲρ () δόμα () τῶν () ἀφρόνων () θυσία () σου, () ὅτι () οὔκ () εἰσιν () εἰδότες () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () κακόν. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:1 Originally verse 4:17.

World English Bible:

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καθὼς () ἂν () εὔξῃ () εὐχὴν () τῷ () θεῷ, () μὴ () χρονίσῃς () τοῦ () ἀποδοῦναι () αὐτήν· () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () θέλημα () ἐν () ἄφροσιν, () σὺν () ὅσα () ἐὰν () εὔξῃ () ἀπόδος. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:4 Originally verse 5:3.

World English Bible:

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Γλυκὺς () ὕπνος () τοῦ () δούλου, () εἰ () ὀλίγον () καὶ () εἰ () πολὺ () φάγεται· () καὶ () τῷ () ἐμπλησθέντι () τοῦ () πλουτῆσαι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀφίων () αὐτὸν () τοῦ () ὑπνῶσαι.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 Originally verse 5:11.

World English Bible:

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἀπολεῖται () ὁ () πλοῦτος () ἐκεῖνος () ἐν () περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ, () καὶ () ἐγέννησεν () υἱόν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () χειρὶ () αὐτοῦ () οὐδέν. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:14 Originally verse 5:13.

World English Bible:

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἀνήρ, () ᾧ () δώσει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () πλοῦτον () καὶ () ὑπάρχοντα () καὶ () δόξαν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ὑστερῶν () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἐπιθυμήσει, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐξουσιάσει () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἀνὴρ () ξένος () φάγεται () αὐτόν· () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () καὶ () ἀρρωστία πονηρά () ἐστιν. ()

World English Bible:

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () ἄνθρωπος () οὐκ () ἔστιν () δίκαιος () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ, () ὃς () ποιήσει () ἀγαθὸν () καὶ () οὐχ () ἁμαρτήσεται. ()

World English Bible:

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Ecclesiastes 8:7 Or, how it shall be?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () γινώσκων () τί () τὸ () ἐσόμενον, () ὅτι () καθὼς () ἔσται () τίς () ἀναγγελεῖ () αὐτῷ; ()

World English Bible:

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, casting of weapons

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἄνθρωπος () ἐξουσιάζων () ἐν () πνεύματι () τοῦ () κωλῦσαι () σὺν () τὸ () πνεῦμα· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐξουσία () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () τοῦ () θανάτου, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀποστολὴ () ἐν () τῷ () πολέμῳ, () καὶ () οὐ () διασώσει () ἀσέβεια () τὸν () παρ’ () αὐτῆς. ()

World English Bible:

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () γινομένη () ἀντίρρησις ἀπὸ () τῶν () ποιούντων () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ταχύ· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐπληροφορήθη () καρδία () υἱῶν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρόν. ()

World English Bible:

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἀγαθὸν () οὐκ () ἔσται () τῷ () ἀσεβεῖ, () καὶ () οὐ () μακρυνεῖ ἡμέρας () ἐν () σκιᾷ () ὃς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () φοβούμενος () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()

World English Bible:

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπῄνεσα () ἐγὼ () σὺν () τὴν () εὐφροσύνην, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀγαθὸν () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον () ὅτι () εἰ () μὴ () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () καὶ () τοῦ () πιεῖν () καὶ () τοῦ () εὐφρανθῆναι, () καὶ () αὐτὸ () συμπροσέσται αὐτῷ () ἐν () μόχθῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἡμέρας () ζωῆς () αὐτοῦ, () ὅσας () ἔδωκεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

World English Bible:

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐν () οἷς () ἔδωκα () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () τοῦ () γνῶναι () σοφίαν () καὶ () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () τὸν () περισπασμὸν τὸν () πεποιημένον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () καί () γε () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () νυκτὶ () ὕπνον () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () βλέπων, ()

World English Bible:

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:1 Heb. I gave, or set to my heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () σὺν () πᾶν () τοῦτο () ἔδωκα () εἰς () καρδίαν () μου, () καὶ () καρδία () μου () σὺν () πᾶν () εἶδεν () τοῦτο, () ὡς () οἱ () δίκαιοι () καὶ () οἱ () σοφοὶ () καὶ () ἐργασίαι () αὐτῶν () ἐν () χειρὶ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καί () γε () ἀγάπην () καί () γε () μῖσος οὐκ () ἔστιν () εἰδὼς () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος· () τὰ () πάντα () πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτῶν, ()

World English Bible:

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ματαιότης () ἐν () τοῖς () πᾶσιν. () Συνάντημα ἓν () τῷ () δικαίῳ () καὶ () τῷ () ἀσεβεῖ, () τῷ () ἀγαθῷ () καὶ () τῷ () κακῷ () καὶ () τῷ () καθαρῷ () καὶ () τῷ () ἀκαθάρτῳ () καὶ () τῷ () θυσιάζοντι καὶ () τῷ () μὴ () θυσιάζοντι· ὡς () ὁ () ἀγαθός, () ὧς () ὁ () ἁμαρτάνων· () ὧς () ὁ () ὀμνύων, () καθὼς () ὁ () τὸν () ὅρκον () φοβούμενος. ()

World English Bible:

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () οἱ () ζῶντες () γνώσονται () ὅτι () ἀποθανοῦνται, () καὶ () οἱ () νεκροὶ () οὔκ () εἰσιν () γινώσκοντες () οὐδέν· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτοῖς () ἔτι () μισθός, () ὅτι () ἐπελήσθη () ἡ () μνήμη () αὐτῶν· ()

World English Bible:

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καί () γε () ἀγάπη () αὐτῶν () καί () γε () μῖσος αὐτῶν () καί () γε () ζῆλος () αὐτῶν () ἤδη () ἀπώλετο, () καὶ () μερὶς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () αὐτοῖς () ἔτι () εἰς () αἰῶνα () ἐν () παντὶ () τῷ () πεποιημένῳ () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον. ()

World English Bible:

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () εὕρῃ () ἡ () χείρ () σου () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι, () ὡς () ἡ () δύναμίς () σου () ποίησον, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ποίημα () καὶ () λογισμὸς () καὶ () γνῶσις () καὶ () σοφία () ἐν () ᾅδῃ, () ὅπου () σὺ () πορεύῃ () ἐκεῖ. ()

World English Bible:

Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶπα () ἐγώ () Ἀγαθὴ () σοφία () ὑπὲρ () δύναμιν· () καὶ () σοφία () τοῦ () πένητος () ἐξουδενωμένη, () καὶ () λόγοι () αὐτοῦ () οὔκ () εἰσιν () ἀκουόμενοι. ()

World English Bible:

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 Heb. the master of the tongue

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐὰν () δάκῃ () ὁ () ὄφις () ἐν () οὐ () ψιθυρισμῷ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περισσεία () τῷ () ἐπᾴδοντι.

World English Bible:

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἐν () οἷς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () γινώσκων () τίς () ἡ () ὁδὸς () τοῦ () πνεύματος. () Ὡς () ὀστᾶ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () τῆς () κυοφορούσης, οὕτως () οὐ () γνώσῃ () τὰ () ποιήματα () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ὅσα () ποιήσει () σὺν () τὰ () πάντα. ()

World English Bible:

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 Heb. shall be right

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐν () πρωίᾳ () σπεῖρον () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου, () καὶ () εἰς () ἑσπέραν () μὴ () ἀφέτω () ἡ () χείρ () σου, () ὅτι () οὐ () γινώσκεις () ποῖον () στοιχήσει, () ἢ () τοῦτο () ἢ () τοῦτο, () καὶ () ἐὰν () τὰ () δύο () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () ἀγαθά. ()

World English Bible:

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () μνήσθητι () τοῦ () κτίσαντός () σε () ἐν () ἡμέραις () νεότητός () σου, () ἕως () ὅτου () μὴ () ἔλθωσιν () ἡμέραι () τῆς () κακίας () καὶ () φθάσωσιν () ἔτη, () ἐν () οἷς () ἐρεῖς () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () μοι () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () θέλημα· ()

World English Bible:

Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 Or, reading

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Υἱέ () μου, () φύλαξαι () ποιῆσαι () βιβλία () πολλά· () οὐκ () ἔστιν () περασμός, καὶ () μελέτη πολλὴ () κόπωσις σαρκός. ()

World English Bible:

Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, Which came up from the washing; Whereof every one bear twins, And none is barren among them.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὀδόντες () σου () ὡς () ἀγέλαι () τῶν () κεκαρμένων, () αἳ () ἀνέβησαν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () λουτροῦ, () αἱ () πᾶσαι () διδυμεύουσαι, καὶ () ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () αὐταῖς. ()

World English Bible:

You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thou art all fair, my love; There is no spot in thee.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅλη () καλὴ εἶ, () ἡ () πλησίον () μου, () καὶ () μῶμος () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () σοί. ()

World English Bible:

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing, Whereof every one beareth twins, And there is not one barren among them.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὀδόντες () σου () ὡς () ἀγέλαι () τῶν () κεκαρμένων, () αἳ () ἀνέβησαν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () λουτροῦ, () αἱ () πᾶσαι () διδυμεύουσαι, καὶ () ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () αὐταῖς. ()

World English Bible:

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἑξήκοντά () εἰσιν () βασίλισσαι, () καὶ () ὀγδοήκοντα () παλλακαί, καὶ () νεάνιδες ὧν () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀριθμός. ()

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.