Darby TranslationOld Testament
Ecclesiastes
12 chapters
chapters
- 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
- 2I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore…
- 3To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the…
- 4And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun…
- 5Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to…
- 6There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent…
- 7A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death…
- 8Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's…
- 9For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this…
- 10Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment…
- 11Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
- 12And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days…