1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
[x]MKJV: A good name [is] better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
BBE: A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
KAV: 좋은 이름이 귀한 향유보다 낫고 죽는 날이 사람의 태어난 날보다 나으니라.
TSK: name: pr 15:30, pr 22:1, isa 56:5, lu 10:20, heb 11:2,39; precious: ec 10:1, ps 133:2, pr 27:9, so 1:3, so 4:10, joh 13:2; the day: ec 4:2, job 3:17, isa 57:1,2, 2co 5:1,8, php 1:21-23, re 14:132 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
[x]MKJV: [It is] better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
BBE: It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
KAV: ¶ 애곡하는 집에 가는 것이 잔칫집에 가는 것보다 나으니 이는 그것이 모든 사람의 끝이기 때문이라. 살아 있는 자는 그것을 자기 마음에 두리라.
TSK: better: ge 48:1-22, ge 49:2-33, ge 50:15-17, job 1:4,5, isa 5:11,12, isa 22:12-14, am 6:3-6, mt 5:4, mt 14:6-12, 1pe 4:3,4; that: nu 23:10, de 32:29, ro 6:21,22, php 3:19, heb 9:27; living: de 32:46, isa 47:7, hag 1:5, mal 2:23 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
[x]MKJV: Sorrow [is] better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
BBE: Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
KAV: 슬픔이 웃음보다 나으니 이는 얼굴의 슬픔으로 인하여 마음이 더 나아지기 때문이니라.
TSK: is better: ps 119:67,71, ps 126:5,6, jer 31:8,9,15-20, jer 50:4,5, da 9:3-19, da 10:2,3,19, zec 12:10-14, lu 6:21,25, joh 16:20-22, 2co 7:9-11, jas 4:8-10; by: ro 5:3,4, 2co 4:17, heb 12:10,11, jas 1:2-44 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
[x]MKJV: The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of laughter.
BBE: The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
KAV: 지혜로운 자의 마음은 애곡하는 집에 있으나 어리석은 자들의 마음은 희락하는 집에 있느니라.
TSK: heart: ne 2:2-5, isa 53:3,4, mt 8:14-16, mr 5:38-43, lu 7:12,13, joh 11:31-35; the heart: 1sa 25:36, 1sa 30:16, 2sa 13:28, 1ki 20:16, isa 21:4, jer 51:39,57, da 5:1-4,30, ho 7:5, na 1:10, mr 6:21-295 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
[x]MKJV: [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
BBE: It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
KAV: 지혜로운 자의 책망을 듣는 것이 어리석은 자들의 노래를 듣는 것보다 사람에게 나으니라.
TSK: better: ps 141:5, pr 9:8, pr 13:13, pr 15:31,32, pr 17:10, pr 27:6, re 3:19; the song: ps 69:126 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
[x]MKJV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool; this also [is] vanity.
BBE: Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
KAV: 가시나무가 솥 밑에서 우지직 소리를 내는 것처럼 어리석은 자의 웃음도 그와 같나니 이것도 헛되니라.
TSK: as: ec 2:2, ps 58:9, ps 118:12, isa 65:13-15, am 8:10, lu 6:25, lu 16:25, 2pe 2:13-17, jude 1:12,13; the laughter: pr 29:97 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
[x]MKJV: Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
BBE: The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
KAV: ¶ 참으로 학대는 지혜로운 자를 미치게 하며 뇌물은 마음을 파멸시키느니라.
TSK: oppression: de 28:33,34,65; a gift: ex 23:8, de 16:19, 1sa 8:3, 1sa 12:3, pr 17:23, isa 1:23, isa 33:158 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
[x]MKJV: Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning of it; the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
BBE: The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
KAV: 일의 끝이 일의 시작보다 낫고 영 안에서 참는 자가 영 안에서 교만한 자보다 나으니
TSK: Better: ps 126:5,6, isa 10:24,25,28-34, lu 16:25, jas 5:11, 1pe 1:13; the patient: pr 13:10, pr 14:29, pr 15:18, pr 16:32, pr 28:25, lu 21:19, ro 2:7,8, heb 10:36, jas 5:8, 1pe 2:20,21, 1pe 5:5,69 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
[x]MKJV: Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
BBE: Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
KAV: 네 영이 조급하여 분노하지 말라. 분노는 어리석은 자들의 품에 머무느니라.
TSK: hasty: 1sa 25:21,22, 2sa 19:43, es 3:5,6, pr 14:17, pr 16:32, jon 4:9, eph 4:26,27, jas 1:19; anger: ge 4:5,6,8, ge 34:7,8,25,26,30,31, 2sa 13:22,28,32, pr 26:23-26, mr 6:19,2410 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
[x]MKJV: Do not say, Why was [it] that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.
BBE: Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
KAV: 너는 이르기를, 이전의 날들이 지금의 날들보다 더 나은 이유가 무엇이냐? 하지 말라. 네가 이것에 대하여 지혜롭게 묻지 아니하느니라.
TSK: What: jud 6:13, jer 44:17-19; wisely: ge 6:11,12, ps 14:2,3, isa 50:1, ro 1:22-32, ro 3:9-1911 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
[x]MKJV: Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance; but it is gain to those who see the sun.
BBE: Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
KAV: ¶ 지혜는 상속 재산과 더불어 좋은 것이니 그것을 통하여 해를 쳐다보는 자들에게 유익이 있도다.
TSK: good with an inheritance: ec 9:15-18, 1ki 3:6-9, lu 16:8,9, 1ti 6:17-19; them: ec 11:712 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
[x]MKJV: For wisdom [is] a defense, and money [is] a defense; but the excellency of knowledge [is] that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
BBE: Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
KAV: 지혜는 방벽이며 돈은 방벽이니라. 그러나 지식의 뛰어난 점은 지혜가 그것을 소유한 자들에게 생명을 준다는 것이니라.
TSK: wisdom: job 1:10, job 22:21-25, pr 2:7,11, pr 14:20, pr 18:10,11, isa 33:6; a defence: jud 9:15, ps 57:1, isa 30:2, isa 32:2; the excellency: de 30:19,20, de 32:47, pr 3:18, pr 8:35, pr 9:11, pr 11:4, joh 12:50, joh 17:3, php 3:813 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
[x]MKJV: Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what He has made crooked?
BBE: Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
KAV: [하나님]의 일을 깊이 생각해 보라. 그분께서 굽게 하신 것을 누가 능히 곧게 하겠느냐?
TSK: Consider: job 37:14, ps 8:3, ps 107:43, isa 5:12; who: ec 1:15, job 9:12, job 11:10, job 12:14, job 34:29, isa 14:27, isa 43:13, isa 46:10,11, da 4:35, ro 9:15,19, eph 1:1114 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
[x]MKJV: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity take note [that] God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
BBE: In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
KAV: 형통하는 날에는 기뻐하되 역경을 당하는 날에는 깊이 생각하라. [하나님]께서 또한 이것과 저것을 마주보게 두신 것은 사람이 자기 뒤에 일어날 일을 찾지 못하게 하려 하심이로다.
TSK: the day: ec 3:4, de 28:47, ps 30:11,12, ps 40:3, mt 9:13, joh 16:22,23, jas 5:13; but: de 8:3, 1ki 8:47, 1ki 17:17,18, 2ch 33:12,13, job 10:1,2, ps 94:12,13, ps 119:71, isa 22:12-14, isa 26:11, isa 42:25, jer 23:20, mic 6:9, hag 1:5-7, lu 15:17,18, ac 14:22; set: ec 12:8,13, ho 2:6,715 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
[x]MKJV: All [things] I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs [life] in his wickedness.
BBE: These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
KAV: 나의 허무한 날들 속에서 내가 모든 일을 보았는데 자기의 의로움 속에서 망하는 의인이 있고 자기의 사악함 속에서 자기 생명을 길게 하는 사악한 자가 있도다.
TSK: have I: ec 2:23, ec 5:16,17, ec 6:12, ge 47:9, ps 39:6; there is a just: ec 3:16, ec 8:14, ec 9:1,2, 1sa 22:18,19, 1ki 21:13, 2ch 24:21,22, job 9:22,23, mt 23:34,35, joh 16:2, ac 7:52; there is a wicked: ec 8:12,13, job 21:7-15, ps 73:3-13, isa 65:20, jer 12:1,216 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
[x]MKJV: Do not be righteous overmuch, neither make yourself overwise; why destroy yourself?
BBE: Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
KAV: 지나치게 의로운 자가 되지도 말며 스스로 지나치게 지혜로운 자가 되지도 말라. 어찌하여 네가 네 자신을 멸하려 하느냐?
TSK: Be not: pr 25:16, mt 6:1-7, mt 9:14, mt 15:2-9, mt 23:5,23,24,29, lu 18:12, ro 10:2, php 3:6, 1ti 4:3; neither: ec 12:12, ge 3:6, job 11:12, job 28:28, pr 23:4, ro 11:25, ro 12:3, 1co 3:18,20, col 2:18,23, jas 3:13-17; destroy thyself: mt 23:38, re 18:1917 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
[x]MKJV: Do not be very wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die before your time?
BBE: Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
KAV: 너는 지나치게 사악한 자가 되지도 말며 어리석은 자가 되지도 말라. 어찌하여 네가 네 때가 이르기도 전에 죽으려 하느냐?
TSK: not: jer 2:33,34, eze 8:17, eze 16:20, jas 1:21; why: ge 38:7-10, 1sa 25:38, job 15:32,33, ps 55:23, pr 10:27, ac 5:5,10, ac 12:2318 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
[x]MKJV: [It is] good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from all of them.
BBE: It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
KAV: 네가 이것을 붙잡고 참으로 네 손을 이것에서 거두지 아니하는 것이 좋으니 [하나님]을 두려워하는 자는 그것들 모두에서 벗어나리라.
TSK: good: ec 11:6, pr 4:25-27, pr 8:20, lu 11:42; for: ec 8:12, ec 12:13, ps 25:12-14, ps 145:19,20, jer 32:40, mal 4:2, lu 1:5019 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
[x]MKJV: Wisdom makes the wise stronger than ten mighty ones who are in the city.
BBE: Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
KAV: 지혜가 지혜로운 자를 도시 안에 있는 열 명의 용사보다 강하게 하느니라.
TSK: Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.: ec 9:15-18, 2sa 20:16-22, pr 21:22, pr 24:5, col 1:9-1120 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
[x]MKJV: For [there is] not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
BBE: There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
KAV: 선을 행하고 죄를 짓지 않는 의인은 땅 위에 하나도 없느니라.
TSK: there: 1ki 8:46, 2ch 6:36, job 15:14-16, ps 130:3, ps 143:2, pr 20:9, isa 53:6, ro 3:23, jas 3:2, 1jo 1:8-10; doeth: isa 64:621 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
[x]MKJV: Also do not listen to all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you.
BBE: Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
KAV: 또한 사람들이 하는 모든 말에 주의를 기울이지 말라. 네 종이 너를 저주하는 것을 네가 들을까 염려하노라.
TSK: take no heed: 2sa 19:19; unto: 2sa 16:10, isa 29:21, 1co 13:5-722 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
[x]MKJV: For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many times.
BBE: Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
KAV: 너도 그와 같이 다른 사람들을 저주하였음을 네 마음도 종종 아느니라.
TSK: also: 1ki 2:44, mt 15:19, mt 18:32-35, joh 8:7-9, jas 3:923 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
[x]MKJV: All this I have proved by wisdom; I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
BBE: All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
KAV: ¶ 내가 이 모든 것을 지혜로 시험하였으며 또 이르기를, 내가 지혜로운 자가 되리라, 하였으나 지혜는 내게서 멀리 있었도다.
TSK: I said: ge 3:5, 1ki 3:11,12, 1ki 11:1-8, ro 1:22, 1co 1:2024 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
[x]MKJV: That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
BBE: Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
KAV: 멀리 있고 지극히 깊은 것을 누가 능히 찾아내리요?
TSK: That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?: de 30:11-14, job 11:7,8, job 28:12-23,28, ps 36:6, ps 139:6, isa 55:8,9, ro 11:33, 1ti 6:1625 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
[x]MKJV: I set my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness;
BBE: I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
KAV: 내가 내 마음을 기울여 지혜와 사물의 이치를 알고 탐구하여 찾아내려 하였으며 또 어리석은 짓 곧 어리석은 것과 심지어 미친 것의 사악함을 알고자 하였더니
TSK: I applied mine heart: ec 1:13-17, ec 2:1-3,12,20; the reason: ec 7:27, ec 2:15, ec 3:16,17, ec 9:1,2, jer 12:1,2, 2pe 2:3-9, 2pe 3:3-9; know: ec 9:3, ec 10:13, ge 34:7, jos 7:13, 2sa 13:12, pr 17:12, pr 26:1126 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth ㆍ God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
[x]MKJV: and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets, and her hands [like] bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
BBE: And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
KAV: 마음이 올가미와 그물 같고 두 손이 묶는 띠 같은 여자가 죽음보다 더 쓴 것을 내가 알게 되었도다. 누구든지 [하나님]을 기쁘게 하는 자는 그 여자에게서 벗어나려니와 죄인은 그 여자로 말미암아 붙잡히리로다.
TSK: I find: jud 16:18-21, pr 2:18,19, pr 5:3-5, pr 7:21-27, pr 9:18, pr 22:14, pr 23:27,28; whoso pleaseth God: ec 2:2627 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
[x]MKJV: Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the sum,
BBE: Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
KAV: 전도자가 이르되, 보라, 내가 하나씩 하나씩 세어가며 전말을 알아내어 이것을 알게 되었노라.
TSK: saith: ec 1:1,2, ec 12:8-1028 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
[x]MKJV: which my soul still sought, but I find not: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
BBE: For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
KAV: 내 혼이 아직도 찾고 있으나 내가 알아내지 못한 것이 이것이라. 곧 내가 천 명 중에서 한 남자를 찾았으나 그 모든 사람들 중에서 여자는 한 명도 찾지 못하였느니라.
TSK: yet: ec 7:23,24, isa 26:9; one: job 33:23, ps 12:1; but: 1ki 11:1-329 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
[x]MKJV: Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
BBE: This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
KAV: 보라, 내가 발견한 것은 오직 이것이니 곧 [하나님]은 사람을 곧바르게 만드셨으나 그들이 많은 창안물을 찾아냈다는 것이라.
TSK: God: ge 1:26,27, ge 5:1; they: ge 3:6,7, ge 6:5,6,11,12, ge 11:4-6, ps 99:8, ps 106:29,39, jer 2:12,13, jer 4:22, eze 22:6-13, mr 7:8,9, ac 7:40-43, ro 1:21-32, ro 3:9-19, eph 2:2,3, tit 3:3