Apologetics Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Hebrew

אַל־תְּבַהֵל עַל־פִּיךָ וְלִבְּךָ אַל־יְמַהֵר לְהוֹצִיא דָבָר לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם וְאַתָּה עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַֽל־כֵּן יִהְיוּ דְבָרֶיךָ מְעַטִּֽים׃

'al-tevahel-'al-fiykha-velivekha-'al-yemaher-lehvotziy'-davar-lifeney-ha'elohiym-khiy-ha'elohiym-vashamayim-ve'atah-'al-ha'aretz-'al-khen-yiheyv-devareykha-me'atiym

KJV: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

AKJV: Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

ASV: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

YLT: Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Hebrew

כִּי בָּא הַחֲלוֹם בְּרֹב עִנְיָן וְקוֹל כְּסִיל בְּרֹב דְּבָרִֽים׃

khiy-va'-hachalvom-verov-'ineyan-veqvol-khesiyl-verov-devariym

KJV: Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

AKJV: Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few.

ASV: Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

YLT: Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

Hebrew

כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר נֶדֶר לֽ͏ֵאלֹהִים אַל־תְּאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמוֹ כִּי אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר־תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּֽם׃

kha'asher-tidor-neder-le'lohiym-'al-te'acher-leshalemvo-khiy-'eyn-chefetz-vakhesiyliym-'et-'asher-tidor-shalem

KJV: For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

AKJV: For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

ASV: For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.

YLT: For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

Hebrew

טוֹב אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־תִדֹּר מִשֶׁתִּדּוֹר וְלֹא תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

tvov-'asher-lo'-tidor-mishetidvor-velo'-teshalem

KJV: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

AKJV: When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.

ASV: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

YLT: When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Hebrew

אַל־תִּתֵּן אֶת־פִּיךָ לַחֲטִיא אֶת־בְּשָׂרֶךָ וְאַל־תֹּאמַר לִפְנֵי הַמַּלְאָךְ כִּי שְׁגָגָה הִיא לָמָּה יִקְצֹף הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל־קוֹלֶךָ וְחִבֵּל אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶֽיךָ׃

'al-titen-'et-fiykha-lachatiy'-'et-vesharekha-ve'al-to'mar-lifeney-hamale'akhe-khiy-shegagah-hiy'-lamah-yiqetzof-ha'elohiym-'al-qvolekha-vechivel-'et-ma'asheh-yadeykha

KJV: Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

AKJV: Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

ASV: Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

YLT: Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Hebrew

כִּי בְרֹב חֲלֹמוֹת וַהֲבָלִים וּדְבָרִים הַרְבֵּה כִּי אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים יְרָֽא׃

khiy-verov-chalomvot-vahavaliym-vdevariym-hareveh-khiy-'et-ha'elohiym-yera'

KJV: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

AKJV: Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

ASV: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

YLT: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Hebrew

אִם־עֹשֶׁק רָשׁ וְגֵזֶל מִשְׁפָּט וָצֶדֶק תִּרְאֶה בַמְּדִינָה אַל־תִּתְמַהּ עַל־הַחֵפֶץ כִּי גָבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

'im-'osheq-rash-vegezel-mishefat-vatzedeq-tire'eh-vamediynah-'al-titemah-'al-hachefetz-khiy-gavoha-me'al-gavoha-shomer-vgevohiym-'aleyhem

KJV: For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

AKJV: For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God. ¶

ASV: For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

YLT: For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Hebrew

וְיִתְרוֹן אֶרֶץ בַּכֹּל היא הוּא מֶלֶךְ לְשָׂדֶה נֶעֱבָֽד׃

veyitervon-'eretz-vakhol-hy'-hv'-melekhe-leshadeh-ne'evad

KJV: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

AKJV: If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they. ¶

ASV: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

YLT: If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Hebrew

אֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא־יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף וּמִֽי־אֹהֵב בֶּהָמוֹן לֹא תְבוּאָה גַּם־זֶה הָֽבֶל׃

'ohev-khesef-lo'-yisheva'-khesef-vmiy-'ohev-vehamvon-lo'-tevv'ah-gam-zeh-havel

KJV: Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

AKJV: Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

ASV: Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

YLT: And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Hebrew

בִּרְבוֹת הַטּוֹבָה רַבּוּ אוֹכְלֶיהָ וּמַה־כִּשְׁרוֹן לִבְעָלֶיהָ כִּי אִם־ראית רְאוּת עֵינָֽיו׃

virevvot-hatvovah-ravv-'vokheleyha-vmah-khishervon-live'aleyha-khiy-'im-r'yt-re'vt-'eynayv

KJV: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

AKJV: He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

ASV: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

YLT: Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Hebrew

מְתוּקָה שְׁנַת הָעֹבֵד אִם־מְעַט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּה יֹאכֵל וְהַשָּׂבָע לֶֽעָשִׁיר אֵינֶנּוּ מַנִּיחַֽ לוֹ לִישֽׁוֹן׃

metvqah-shenat-ha'oved-'im-me'at-ve'im-hareveh-yo'khel-vehashava'-le'ashiyr-'eynenv-maniycha-lvo-liyshvon

KJV: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

AKJV: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

ASV: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding of them with his eyes?

YLT: In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Hebrew

יֵשׁ רָעָה חוֹלָה רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עֹשֶׁר שָׁמוּר לִבְעָלָיו לְרָעָתֽוֹ׃

yesh-ra'ah-chvolah-ra'iytiy-tachat-hashamesh-'osher-shamvr-live'alayv-lera'atvo

KJV: The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

AKJV: The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

ASV: The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

YLT: Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Hebrew

וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאֽוּמָה׃

ve'avad-ha'osher-hahv'-ve'ineyan-ra'-vehvoliyd-ven-ve'eyn-veyadvo-me'vmah

KJV: There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

AKJV: There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

ASV: There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

YLT: There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

Hebrew

כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ עָרוֹם יָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת כְּשֶׁבָּא וּמְאוּמָה לֹא־יִשָּׂא בַעֲמָלוֹ שֶׁיֹּלֵךְ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

kha'asher-yatza'-miveten-'imvo-'arvom-yashvv-lalekhet-khesheva'-vme'vmah-lo'-yisha'-va'amalvo-sheyolekhe-veyadvo

KJV: But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

AKJV: But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

ASV: and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

YLT: And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Hebrew

וְגַם־זֹה רָעָה חוֹלָה כָּל־עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא כֵּן יֵלֵךְ וּמַה־יִּתְרוֹן לוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל לָרֽוּחַ׃

vegam-zoh-ra'ah-chvolah-khal-'umat-sheva'-khen-yelekhe-vmah-yitervon-lvo-sheya'amol-larvcha

KJV: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

AKJV: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

ASV: As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

YLT: As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

Hebrew

גַּם כָּל־יָמָיו בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יֹאכֵל וְכָעַס הַרְבֵּה וְחָלְיוֹ וָקָֽצֶף׃

gam-khal-yamayv-vachoshekhe-yo'khel-vekha'as-hareveh-vechaleyvo-vaqatzef

KJV: And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

AKJV: And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he that has labored for the wind?

ASV: And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

YLT: And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Hebrew

הִנֵּה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִיתִי אָנִי טוֹב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶה לֶֽאֶכוֹל־וְלִשְׁתּוֹת וְלִרְאוֹת טוֹבָה בְּכָל־עֲמָלוֹ ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּֽחַת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מִסְפַּר יְמֵי־חיו חַיָּיו אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי־הוּא חֶלְקֽוֹ׃

hineh-'asher-ra'iytiy-'aniy-tvov-'asher-yafeh-le'ekhvol-velishetvot-velire'vot-tvovah-vekhal-'amalvo- -sheya'amol-tachat-hashemesh-misefar-yemey-chyv-chayayv-'asher-natan-lvo-ha'elohiym-khiy-hv'-cheleqvo

KJV: All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

AKJV: All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. ¶

ASV: All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

YLT: Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Hebrew

גַּם כָּֽל־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר נָֽתַן־לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׁר וּנְכָסִים וְהִשְׁלִיטוֹ לֶאֱכֹל מִמֶּנּוּ וְלָשֵׂאת אֶת־חֶלְקוֹ וְלִשְׂמֹחַ בַּעֲמָלוֹ זֹה מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִֽיא׃

gam-khal-ha'adam-'asher-natan-lvo-ha'elohiym-'osher-vnekhasiym-vehisheliytvo-le'ekhol-mimenv-velashe't-'et-cheleqvo-velishemocha-va'amalvo-zoh-matat-'elohiym-hiy'

KJV: Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

AKJV: Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for it is his portion.

ASV: Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

YLT: Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his port...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא הַרְבֵּה יִזְכֹּר אֶת־יְמֵי חַיָּיו כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּֽוֹ׃

khiy-lo'-hareveh-yizekhor-'et-yemey-chayayv-khiy-ha'elohiym-ma'aneh-veshimechat-livvo

KJV: Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

AKJV: Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

ASV: Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

YLT: Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ecclesiastes 5:20

KJV: For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

AKJV: For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answers him in the joy of his heart.

ASV: For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

YLT: For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

Exposition: Ecclesiastes 5:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.