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   <v n='1'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="2088">this</s> I <s n="5414">considered</s> <s n="413">in</s> my <s n="3820">heart</s> even to <s n="952">declare</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="2088">this</s>, <s n="834">that</s> the <s n="6662">righteous</s>, and the <s n="2450">wise</s>, and their <s n="5652">works</s>, are in the <s n="3027">hand</s> of <s n="430">God</s>: <s n="369">no</s> <s n="120">man</s> <s n="3045">knoweth</s> <s n="1571">either</s> <s n="160">love</s> <s n="1571">or</s> <s n="8135">hatred</s> by <s n="3605">all</s> that is <s n="6440">before</s> them. </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="3605">All</s> things come <s n="834">alike</s> to <s n="3605">all</s>: there is <s n="259">one</s> <s n="4745">event</s> to the <s n="6662">righteous</s>, and to the <s n="7563">wicked</s>; to the <s n="2896">good</s> and to the <s n="2889">clean</s>, and to the <s n="2931">unclean</s>; to him that <s n="2076">sacrificeth</s>, and to him that <s n="834 2076">sacrificeth</s> <s n="369">not</s>: as is the <s n="2896">good</s>, so is the <s n="2398">sinner</s>; and he that <s n="7650">sweareth</s>, <s n="834">as</s> he that <s n="3372">feareth</s> an <s n="7621">oath</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'><s n="2088">This</s> is an <s n="7451">evil</s> among <s n="3605">all</s> things <s n="834">that</s> are <s n="6213">done</s> <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>, <s n="3588">that</s> there is <s n="259">one</s> <s n="4745">event</s> unto <s n="3605">all</s>: yea, <s n="1571">also</s> the <s n="3820">heart</s> of the <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="120">men</s> is <s n="4390">full</s> of <s n="7451">evil</s>, and <s n="1947">madness</s> is in their <s n="3824">heart</s> while they <s n="2416">live</s>, and <s n="310">after</s> that they go <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4191">dead</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="3588">For</s> to <s n="4310">him</s> <s n="834">that</s> is <s n="2266">joined</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="2416">living</s> there <s n="3426">is</s> <s n="986">hope</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> a <s n="2416">living</s> <s n="3611">dog</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> <s n="4480">than</s> a <s n="4191">dead</s> <s n="738">lion</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="3588">For</s> the <s n="2416">living</s> <s n="3045">know</s> that they shall <s n="7945 4191">die</s>: but the <s n="4191">dead</s> <s n="3045">know</s> <s n="369">not</s> any <s n="3972">thing</s>, <s n="369">neither</s> have they any <s n="5750">more</s> a <s n="7939">reward</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> the <s n="2143">memory</s> of them is <s n="7911">forgotten</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="1571">Also</s> their <s n="160">love</s>, <s n="1571">and</s> their <s n="8135">hatred</s>, <s n="1571">and</s> their <s n="7068">envy</s>, is <s n="3528">now</s> <s n="6">perished</s>; <s n="369">neither</s> have they any <s n="5750">more</s> a <s n="2506">portion</s> <s n="5769">forever</s> in <s n="3605">any</s> thing <s n="834">that</s> is <s n="6213">done</s> <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="1980">Go</s> thy way, <s n="398">eat</s> thy <s n="3899">bread</s> with <s n="8057">joy</s>, and <s n="8354">drink</s> thy <s n="3196">wine</s> with a <s n="2896">merry</s> <s n="3820">heart</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="430">God</s> <s n="3528">now</s> <s n="7521">accepteth</s> <s n="*853"></s> thy <s n="4639">works</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>Let thy <s n="899">garments</s> <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="3605 6256">always</s> <s n="3836">white</s>; and let thy <s n="7218">head</s> <s n="2637">lack</s> <s n="408">no</s> <s n="8081">ointment</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>Live <s n="2416 7200">joyfully</s> <s n="5973">with</s> the <s n="802">wife</s> <s n="834">whom</s> thou <s n="157">lovest</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3117">days</s> of the <s n="2416">life</s> of thy <s n="1892">vanity</s>, <s n="834">which</s> he hath <s n="5414">given</s> thee <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>, <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3117">days</s> of thy <s n="1892">vanity</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="1931">that</s> is thy <s n="2506">portion</s> in this <s n="2416">life</s>, and in thy <s n="5999">labor</s> <s n="834">which</s> <s n="859">thou</s> <s n="6001">takest</s> <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="3605 834">Whatsoever</s> thy <s n="3027">hand</s> <s n="4672">findeth</s> to <s n="6213">do</s>, <s n="6213">do</s> it with thy <s n="3581">might</s>; <s n="3588">for</s> there is <s n="369">no</s> <s n="4639">work</s>, nor <s n="2808">device</s>, nor <s n="1847">knowledge</s>, nor <s n="2451">wisdom</s>, in the <s n="7585">grave</s>, <s n="834 8033">whither</s> <s n="859">thou</s> <s n="1980">goest</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>I <s n="7725">returned</s>, and <s n="7200">saw</s> <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>, <s n="3588">that</s> the <s n="4793">race</s> is <s n="3808">not</s> to the <s n="7031">swift</s>, <s n="3808">nor</s> the <s n="4421">battle</s> to the <s n="1368">strong</s>, <s n="3808">neither</s> <s n="1571">yet</s> <s n="3899">bread</s> to the <s n="2450">wise</s>, <s n="3808">nor</s> <s n="1571">yet</s> <s n="6239">riches</s> to men of <s n="995">understanding</s>, <s n="3808">nor</s> <s n="1571">yet</s> <s n="2580">favor</s> to men of <s n="3045">skill</s>; <s n="3588">but</s> <s n="6256">time</s> and <s n="6294">chance</s> <s n="7136">happeneth</s> to <s n="*853"></s> them <s n="3605">all</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="120">man</s> <s n="1571">also</s> <s n="3045">knoweth</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="6256">time</s>: as the <s n="1709">fishes</s> that are <s n="7945 270">taken</s> in an <s n="7451">evil</s> <s n="4686">net</s>, and as the <s n="6833">birds</s> that are <s n="270">caught</s> in the <s n="6341">snare</s>; so are the <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="120">men</s> <s n="3369">snared</s> in an <s n="7451">evil</s> <s n="6256">time</s>, when it <s n="7945 5307">falleth</s> <s n="6597">suddenly</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="2090">This</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s> have I <s n="7200">seen</s> <s n="1571">also</s> <s n="8478">under</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>, and <s n="1931">it</s> seemed <s n="1419">great</s> <s n="413">unto</s> me: </v>
   <v n='14'> There was a <s n="6996">little</s> <s n="5892">city</s>, and <s n="4592">few</s> <s n="376">men</s> within it; and there <s n="935">came</s> a <s n="1419">great</s> <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="413">against</s> it, and <s n="5437">besieged</s> it, and <s n="1129">built</s> <s n="1419">great</s> <s n="4685">bulwarks</s> <s n="5921">against</s> it: </v>
   <v n='15'>Now there was <s n="4672">found</s> in it a <s n="4542">poor</s> <s n="2450">wise</s> <s n="376">man</s>, and <s n="1931">he</s> by his <s n="2451">wisdom</s> <s n="4422">delivered</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="5892">city</s>; yet <s n="3808">no</s> <s n="120">man</s> <s n="2142">remembered</s> <s n="*853"></s> that <s n="1931">same</s> <s n="4542">poor</s> <s n="376">man</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>Then <s n="559">said</s> <s n="589">I</s>, <s n="2451">Wisdom</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than <s n="4480 1369">strength</s>: nevertheless the poor <s n="4542">man</s> 's <s n="2451">wisdom</s> is <s n="959">despised</s>, and his <s n="1697">words</s> are <s n="369">not</s> <s n="8085">heard</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'>The <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="2450">wise</s> men are <s n="8085">heard</s> in <s n="5183">quiet</s> more than the <s n="4480 2201">cry</s> of him that <s n="4910">ruleth</s> among <s n="3684">fools</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'><s n="2451">Wisdom</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than <s n="4480 3627">weapons</s> of <s n="7128">war</s>: but <s n="259">one</s> <s n="2398">sinner</s> <s n="6">destroyeth</s> <s n="7235">much</s> <s n="2896">good</s>. </v>
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