1 GLT Keep your feet when you go to the house of God. And to draw near to listen{ is better} than fools giving a sacrifice, for they are not knowing{ that they} do evil. BSB BSB: Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
2 GLT Do not be in haste concerning your mouth, and do not let your heart hurry to bring forth a word to the face of God. For God{ is} in heaven, but you{ are} on the earth; therefore, let your words be few. BSB BSB: Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
3 GLT For the dream comes with much business and the voice of a fool{ comes} with many words. BSB BSB: As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
4 GLT When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it, for there is no delight in the fools. What you vow, fulfill. BSB BSB: When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
5 GLT { It is} better that you not vow than that you vow but do not fulfill. BSB BSB: It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
6 GLT Do not give your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, and do not say to the face of the messenger that it{ was} an unintentional sin. Why should God be angry concerning your voice and destroy the deed of your hands? BSB BSB: Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
7 GLT For in many dreams and vaporous things and many words— just fear God. BSB BSB: For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
8 GLT If{ the} extortion of{ the} poor and{ the} robbery of justice and righteousness you see in the province, do not be amazed concerning the matter, for a high one over a high one is watching, and high ones{ are watching} over them. BSB BSB: If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
9 GLT And a profit of a land in everything, it{ is} a king for a worked field. BSB BSB: The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
10 GLT A person who loves silver will not be satisfied{ with} silver and whoever loves increase{ will} not{ be satisfied with} income. Also this{ is} vapor. BSB BSB: He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
11 GLT When the good{ thing} increases, the people eating it increase. And what advantage{ belongs} to its master except the sight of his eyes? BSB BSB: When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
12 GLT Sweet is the sleep of the worker, whether a little or whether much he will eat, but the satisfaction of a rich person— it is not permitting for him to sleep. BSB BSB: The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
13 GLT There is a sickening misfortune I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its master to his harm. BSB BSB: There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
14 GLT And that wealth perished in an unfortunate business, and he had fathered a son, but there was not anything in his hand. BSB BSB: or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
15 GLT As he went out from the womb of his mother, naked he will go again, as he came. And he will not take anything in exchange for his toil that he will bring in his hand. BSB BSB: As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
16 GLT And also this is a sickening misfortune: just as he came, thus he will go, and what profit{ belongs} to him who will toil for the wind? BSB BSB: This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
17 GLT Also, all his days in darkness he will eat, and{ in} great vexation and his sickness and anger. BSB BSB: Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
18 GLT Look, what I myself have seen{ is} good: that{ it is} fitting to eat and to drink and to see good in all his toil that he will toil under the sun{ during} the number of the days of his life that God has given to him, for it{ is} his portion. BSB BSB: Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
19 GLT Also, each person who God has given to him wealth and possessions and has empowered him to eat from it and to accept his portion and to rejoice in his toiling— this, it{ is} a gift of God. BSB BSB: Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
20 GLT For not much does he remember the days of his life, because God occupies{ him} with the joys of his heart. BSB BSB: For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
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