Ecclesiastes קֹהֶלֶת12 chapters, 222 verses: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917).Chapter 1THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.18 versesChapter 2I said in my heart: 'Come now, I will try thee with mirth, and enjoy pleasure'; and, behold, this also was vanity.26 versesChapter 3To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:22 versesChapter 4But 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.17 versesChapter 5Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.19 versesChapter 6There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:12 versesChapter 7A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.29 versesChapter 8Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?17 versesChapter 9For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear 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.18 versesChapter 10Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.20 versesChapter 11Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.10 versesChapter 12Remember then 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';14 verses← previousLamentationsnext →Esther↑ back to Ketuvim — the WritingsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC/