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  <book number='21' name='' abbreviation='Pred' testament='old'>
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      <verse number='1'><strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs>in mine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, Go <strongs number="1980">to</strongs><strongs number="4994">now</strongs>, I will <strongs number="5254">prove</strongs>thee with <strongs number="8057">mirth</strongs>, therefore <strongs number="7200">enjoy</strongs><strongs number="2896">pleasure</strongs>: and, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="1931">this</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>I <strongs number="559">said</strongs>of <strongs number="7814">laughter</strongs>, <em> It </em><em> is </em><strongs number="1984">mad</strongs>: and of <strongs number="8057">mirth</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs><strongs number="6213">doeth</strongs><strongs number="2090">it</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='3'>I <strongs number="8446">sought</strongs>in mine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>to <strongs number="4900">give</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1320">myself</strongs>unto <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs>, yet <strongs number="5090">acquainting</strongs>mine <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>with <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>; and to lay <strongs number="270">hold</strongs>on <strongs number="5531">folly</strongs>, <strongs number="5704 834">till</strongs>I might <strongs number="7200">see</strongs><strongs number="335">what</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="2088">that</strongs><strongs number="2896">good</strongs>for the <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="120">men</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>they should <strongs number="6213">do</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8064">heaven</strongs><strongs number="4557">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of their <strongs number="2416">life</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>I made me <strongs number="1431">great</strongs><strongs number="4639">works</strongs>; I <strongs number="1129">built</strongs>me <strongs number="1004">houses</strongs>; I <strongs number="5193">planted</strongs>me <strongs number="3754">vineyards</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='5'>I <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>me <strongs number="1593">gardens</strongs>and <strongs number="6508">orchards</strongs>, and I <strongs number="5193">planted</strongs><strongs number="6086">trees</strongs>in them of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> kind </em><em> of </em><strongs number="6529">fruits</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='6'>I <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>me <strongs number="1295">pools</strongs>of <strongs number="4325">water</strongs>, to <strongs number="8248">water</strongs><strongs number="4480">therewith</strongs>the <strongs number="3293">wood</strongs>that bringeth <strongs number="6779">forth</strongs><strongs number="6086">trees</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='7'>I <strongs number="7069">got</strongs><em> me </em><strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>and <strongs number="8198">maidens</strongs>, and <strongs number="1961">had</strongs>servants <strongs number="1121">born</strongs>in my <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>; <strongs number="1571">also</strongs>I <strongs number="1961">had</strongs><strongs number="7235">great</strongs><strongs number="4735">possessions</strongs>of <strongs number="1241">great</strongs>and small <strongs number="6629">cattle</strongs>above <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>that <strongs number="7945 1961">were</strongs>in <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>me: </verse>
      <verse number='8'>I <strongs number="3664">gathered</strongs>me <strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="3701">silver</strongs>and <strongs number="2091">gold</strongs>, and the peculiar <strongs number="5459">treasure</strongs>of <strongs number="4428">kings</strongs>and of the <strongs number="4082">provinces</strongs>: I <strongs number="6213">got</strongs>me men <strongs number="7891">singers</strongs>and women <strongs number="7891">singers</strongs>, and the <strongs number="8588">delights</strongs>of the <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="120">men</strongs>, <em> as </em>musical <strongs number="7705 7705">instruments</strongs>, and that of all sorts. </verse>
      <verse number='9'>So I was <strongs number="1431">great</strongs>, and increased <strongs number="3254">more</strongs>than <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>that <strongs number="7945 1961">were</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>me in <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs number="637">also</strongs>my <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs><strongs number="5975">remained</strongs>with me. </verse>
      <verse number='10'>And <strongs number="3605 834">whatsoever</strongs>mine <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs><strongs number="7592">desired</strongs>I <strongs number="680">kept</strongs><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="4480">from</strongs>them, I <strongs number="4513">withheld</strongs><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 3605">any</strongs><strongs number="8057">joy</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs><strongs number="8056">rejoiced</strongs>in <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>my <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>: and <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="1961">was</strongs>my <strongs number="2506">portion</strongs>of <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>my <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>Then <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="6437">looked</strongs>on <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="4639">works</strongs>that my hands had <strongs number="7945 6213 3027">wrought</strongs>, and on the <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>that I had <strongs number="7945 5998">labored</strongs>to <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>: and, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and <strongs number="7469">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>, and <em> there </em><em> was </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="3504">profit</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>And <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="6437">turned</strongs>myself to <strongs number="7200">behold</strongs><strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs number="1947">madness</strongs>, and <strongs number="5531">folly</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="4100">what</strongs><em> can </em>the <strongs number="120">man</strongs><em> do </em>that <strongs number="7945 935">cometh</strongs><strongs number="310">after</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>? <em> even </em><strongs number="*853"></strongs>that <strongs number="834">which</strongs>hath been <strongs number="3528">already</strongs><strongs number="6213">done</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>Then <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="7945 3426">that</strongs><strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs><strongs number="3504">excelleth</strongs><strongs number="4480 5531">folly</strongs>, as far as <strongs number="216">light</strongs><strongs number="3504">excelleth</strongs><strongs number="4480 2822">darkness</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>The wise <strongs number="2450">man</strongs>'s <strongs number="5869">eyes</strongs><em> are </em>in his <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>; but the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs><strongs number="1980">walketh</strongs>in <strongs number="2822">darkness</strongs>: and I <strongs number="589">myself</strongs><strongs number="3045">perceived</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs>that one <strongs number="7945 4745 259">event</strongs><strongs number="7136">happeneth</strongs><strongs number="854">to</strongs>them <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="589">I</strongs>in my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, As it <strongs number="4745">happeneth</strongs>to the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>, <em> so </em>it <strongs number="7136">happeneth</strongs><strongs number="1571">even</strongs>to me; and <strongs number="4100">why</strongs>was <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="227">then</strongs><strongs number="3148">more</strongs><strongs number="2449">wise</strongs>? Then I <strongs number="1696">said</strongs>in my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, that <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="7945 1571">also</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="2146">remembrance</strongs>of the <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs>more <strongs number="5973">than</strongs>of the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs><strongs number="5769">forever</strongs>; seeing that which <strongs number="7945 3528">now</strongs><em> is </em>in the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>to <strongs number="935">come</strongs>shall <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>be <strongs number="7911">forgotten</strongs>. And <strongs number="349">how</strongs><strongs number="4191">dieth</strongs>the <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><em> man </em>? <strongs number="5973">as</strongs>the <strongs number="3684">fool</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>Therefore I <strongs number="8130">hated</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="2416">life</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">because</strongs>the <strongs number="4639">work</strongs>that is <strongs number="7945 6213">wrought</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="7451">grievous</strongs><strongs number="5921">unto</strongs>me: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and <strongs number="7469">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>Yea, <strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="8130">hated</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>my <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>which <strongs number="7945 589">I</strongs>had <strongs number="6001">taken</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>: because I should <strongs number="7945 5117">leave</strongs>it unto the <strongs number="120">man</strongs>that shall <strongs number="7945 1961">be</strongs><strongs number="310">after</strongs>me. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And <strongs number="4310">who</strongs><strongs number="3045">knoweth</strongs>whether he shall <strongs number="1961">be</strongs>a <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><em> man </em><strongs number="176">or</strongs>a <strongs number="5530">fool</strongs>? yet shall he have <strongs number="7980">rule</strongs>over <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>my <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>wherein I have <strongs number="7945 5998">labored</strongs>, and wherein I have showed myself <strongs number="7945 2449">wise</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. <strongs number="2088">This</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>Therefore <strongs number="589">I</strongs>went <strongs number="5437">about</strongs>to cause <strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>to <strongs number="2976">despair</strongs><strongs number="5921">of</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>which I <strongs number="7945 5998">took</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>there <strongs number="3426">is</strongs>a <strongs number="120">man</strongs>whose <strongs number="7945 5999">labor</strongs><em> is </em>in <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>, and in <strongs number="1847">knowledge</strongs>, and in <strongs number="3788">equity</strongs>; yet to a <strongs number="120">man</strongs>that hath <strongs number="7945 3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5998">labored</strongs>therein shall he <strongs number="5414">leave</strongs>it <em> for </em>his <strongs number="2506">portion</strongs>. <strongs number="2088">This</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and a <strongs number="7227">great</strongs><strongs number="7451">evil</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="4100">what</strongs><strongs number="1933">hath</strongs><strongs number="120">man</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>, and of the <strongs number="7475">vexation</strongs>of his <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, wherein <strongs number="7945 1931">he</strongs>hath <strongs number="6001">labored</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="3117">days</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="4341">sorrows</strongs>, and his <strongs number="6045">travail</strongs><strongs number="3708">grief</strongs>; <strongs number="1571">yea</strongs>, his <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>taketh <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="7901">rest</strongs>in the <strongs number="3915">night</strongs>. <strongs number="2088">This</strongs>is <strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'><em> There </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">nothing</strongs><strongs number="2896">better</strongs>for a <strongs number="120">man</strongs>, <em> than </em>that he should <strongs number="7945 398">eat</strongs>and <strongs number="8354">drink</strongs>, and <em> that </em>he should make his <strongs number="7200 *853 5315">soul</strongs><strongs number="2896">good</strongs>in his <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs>. <strongs number="2090">This</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="589">I</strongs><strongs number="7200">saw</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs><strongs number="1931">it</strongs><em> was </em>from the <strongs number="4480 3027">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='25'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="4310">who</strongs>can <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>, or <strongs number="4310">who</strongs>else can <strongs number="2363">hasten</strongs><em> hereunto </em>, <strongs number="2351">more</strongs><strongs number="4480">than</strongs>I? </verse>
      <verse number='26'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><em> God </em><strongs number="5414">giveth</strongs>to a <strongs number="120">man</strongs>that <em> is </em><strongs number="7945 2896">good</strongs>in his <strongs number="6440">sight</strongs><strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs number="1847">knowledge</strongs>, and <strongs number="8057">joy</strongs>: but to the <strongs number="2398">sinner</strongs>he <strongs number="5414">giveth</strongs><strongs number="6045">travail</strongs>, to <strongs number="622">gather</strongs>and to heap <strongs number="3664">up</strongs>, that he may <strongs number="5414">give</strongs>to <em> him </em><em> that </em><em> is </em><strongs number="2896">good</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>. <strongs number="2088">This</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>and <strongs number="7469">vexation</strongs>of <strongs number="7307">spirit</strongs>. </verse>
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