American Standard Version (1901)

Ecclesiastes

12 chapters

Chapters

Ecclesiastes 1

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 2

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Then I returned and saw 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 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 6

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

Ecclesiastes 7

A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

Ecclesiastes 8

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9

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 be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

Ecclesiastes 10

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 11

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;