Ecclesiastes 12 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Song of Solomon 1

¹The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

KJVThe song^H7892 of songs^H7892, which is Solomon's^H8010.

² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

KJVLet him kiss^H5401^(H8799) me with the kisses^H5390 of his mouth^H6310: for thy love^H1730 is better^H2896 than wine^H3196.

³ Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

KJVBecause of the savour^H7381 of thy good^H2896 ointments^H8081 thy name^H8034 is as ointment^H8081 poured forth^H7324^(H8714), therefore do the virgins^H5959 love^H157^(H8804) thee.

⁴ Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

KJVDraw^H4900^(H8798) me, we will run^H7323^(H8799) after^H310 thee: the king^H4428 hath brought^H935^(H8689) me into his chambers^H2315: we will be glad^H1523^(H8799) and rejoice^H8055^(H8799) in thee, we will remember^H2142^(H8686) thy love^H1730 more than wine^H3196: the upright^H4339 love^H157^(H8804) thee.

⁵ I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

KJVI am black^H7838, but comely^H5000, O ye daughters^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389, as the tents^H168 of Kedar^H6938, as the curtains^H3407 of Solomon^H8010.

⁶ Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

KJVLook^H7200^(H8799) not upon me, because I am black^H7840, because the sun^H8121 hath looked^H7805^(H8804) upon me: my mother's^H517 children^H1121 were angry^H2787^(H8738) with me; they made^H7760^(H8804) me the keeper^H5201^(H8802) of the vineyards^H3754; but mine own vineyard^H3754 have I not kept^H5201^(H8804).

⁷ Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

KJVTell^H5046^(H8685) me, O thou whom my soul^H5315 loveth^H157^(H8804), where thou feedest^H7462^(H8799), where^H349 thou makest thy flock to rest^H7257^(H8686) at noon^H6672: for^H4100 why should I be as one that turneth aside^H5844^(H8802) by the flocks^H5739 of thy companions^H2270?

⁸ If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

KJVIf thou know^H3045^(H8799) not, O thou fairest^H3303 among women^H802, go thy way forth^H3318^(H8798) by the footsteps^H6119 of the flock^H6629, and feed^H7462^(H8798) thy kids^H1429 beside the shepherds^H7462^(H8802)' tents^H4908.

⁹ I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

KJVI have compared^H1819^(H8765) thee, O my love^H7474, to a company of horses^H5484 in Pharaoh's^H6547 chariots^H7393.

¹⁰ Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

KJVThy cheeks^H3895 are comely^H4998^(H8773) with rows^H8447 of jewels, thy neck^H6677 with chains^H2737 of gold.

¹¹ We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.

KJVWe will make^H6213^(H8799) thee borders^H8447 of gold^H2091 with studs^H5351 of silver^H3701.

¹² While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

KJVWhile the king^H4428 sitteth at his table^H4524, my spikenard^H5373 sendeth forth^H5414^(H8804) the smell^H7381 thereof.

¹³ My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

KJVA bundle^H6872 of myrrh^H4753 is my wellbeloved^H1730 unto me; he shall lie^H3885^(H8799) all night betwixt my breasts^H7699.

¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

KJVMy beloved^H1730 is unto me as a cluster^H811 of camphire^H3724 in the vineyards^H3754 of Engedi^H5872.

¹⁵ Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.

KJVBehold, thou art fair^H3303, my love^H7474; behold, thou art fair^H3303; thou hast doves^H3123' eyes^H5869.

¹⁶ Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.

KJVBehold, thou art fair^H3303, my beloved^H1730, yea, pleasant^H5273: also our bed^H6210 is green^H7488.

¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

KJVThe beams^H6982 of our house^H1004 are cedar^H730, and our rafters^H7351^(H8675)^H7351 of fir^H1266.

WEB·Ecclesiastes 12

¹Remember 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;”

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) now thy Creator^H1254^(H8802) in the days^H3117 of thy youth^H979, while the evil^H7451 days^H3117 come^H935^(H8799) not, nor the years^H8141 draw nigh^H5060^(H8689), when thou shalt say^H559^(H8799), I have no pleasure^H2656 in them;

² Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

KJVWhile the sun^H8121, or the light^H216, or the moon^H3394, or the stars^H3556, be not darkened^H2821^(H8799), nor the clouds^H5645 return^H7725^(H8804) after^H310 the rain^H1653:

³ in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

KJVIn the day^H3117 when the keepers^H8104^(H8802) of the house^H1004 shall tremble^H2111^(H8799), and the strong^H2428 men^H582 shall bow^H5791^(H8694) themselves, and the grinders^H2912^(H8802) cease^H988^(H8804) because they are few^H4591^(H8765), and those that look out^H7200^(H8802) of the windows^H699 be darkened^H2821^(H8804),

⁴ and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

KJVAnd the doors^H1817 shall be shut^H5462^(H8795) in the streets^H7784, when the sound^H6963 of the grinding^H2913 is low^H8217, and he shall rise up^H6965^(H8799) at the voice^H6963 of the bird^H6833, and all the daughters^H1323 of musick^H7892 shall be brought low^H7817^(H8735);

⁵ yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;

KJVAlso when they shall be afraid^H3372^(H8799) of that which is high^H1364, and fears^H2849 shall be in the way^H1870, and the almond tree^H8247 shall flourish^H5006^(H8686), and the grasshopper^H2284 shall be a burden^H5445^(H8691), and desire^H35 shall fail^H6565^(H8686): because man^H120 goeth^H1980^(H8802) to his long^H5769 home^H1004, and the mourners^H5594^(H8802) go about^H5437^(H8804) the streets^H7784:

⁶ before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

KJVOr ever^H3808 the silver^H3701 cord^H2256 be loosed^H7576^(H8735)^(H8675)^H7368^(H8735), or the golden^H2091 bowl^H1543 be broken^H7533^(H8799), or the pitcher^H3537 be broken^H7665^(H8735) at the fountain^H4002, or the wheel^H1534 broken^H7533^(H8738) at the cistern^H953.

⁷ and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

KJVThen shall the dust^H6083 return^H7725^(H8799) to the earth^H776 as it was: and the spirit^H7307 shall return^H7725^(H8799) unto God^H430 who gave^H5414^(H8804) it.

⁸ “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”

KJVVanity^H1892 of vanities^H1892, saith^H559^(H8804) the preacher^H6953; all is vanity^H1892.

⁹ Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

KJVAnd moreover^H3148, because the preacher^H6953 was wise^H2450, he still taught^H3925^(H8765) the people^H5971 knowledge^H1847; yea, he gave good heed^H239^(H8765), and sought out^H2713^(H8765), and set in order^H8626^(H8765) many^H7235^(H8687) proverbs^H4912.

¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

KJVThe preacher^H6953 sought^H1245^(H8765) to find out^H4672^(H8800) acceptable^H2656 words^H1697: and that which was written^H3789^(H8803) was upright^H3476, even words^H1697 of truth^H571.

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

KJVThe words^H1697 of the wise^H2450 are as goads^H1861, and as nails^H4930 fastened^H5193^(H8803) by the masters^H1167 of assemblies^H627, which are given^H5414^(H8738) from one^H259 shepherd^H7462^(H8802).

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

KJVAnd further^H3148, by these^H1992, my son^H1121, be admonished^H2094^(H8734): of making^H6213^(H8800) many^H7235^(H8687) books^H5612 there is no end^H7093; and much^H7235^(H8687) study^H3854 is a weariness^H3024 of the flesh^H1320.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

KJVLet us hear^H8085^(H8799) the conclusion^H5490 of the whole matter^H1697: Fear^H3372^(H8798) God^H430, and keep^H8104^(H8798) his commandments^H4687: for this is the whole duty of man^H120.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

KJVFor God^H430 shall bring^H935^(H8686) every work^H4639 into judgment^H4941, with every secret thing^H5956^(H8737), whether it be good^H2896, or whether it be evil^H7451.

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