Darby Bible (DBY)

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 try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:

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

Ecclesiastes 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 6

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

Ecclesiastes 7

A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Ecclesiastes 8

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9

For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

Ecclesiastes 10

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.

Ecclesiastes 11

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

Ecclesiastes 12

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