Ecclesiastes 5:8 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.
[x]MKJV: If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He [who is] higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.
BBE: If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
KAV: ¶ 만일 네가 어느 지방에서 가난한 자를 학대하는 것과 폭력으로 공의와 정의를 굽게 하는 것을 보거든 그 일에 놀라지 말라. 가장 높은 자보다 더 높으신 분께서 그것을 주목하시나니 그들보다 더 높은 자들이 있느니라.
TSK: thou seest: ec 3:16, ec 4:1, ps 12:5, ps 55:9, ps 58:11, pr 8:17, hab 1:2,3,13; marvel: zec 8:6, 1jo 3:13, re 17:6,7; matter: isa 10:5-7,12, isa 46:10,11, hab 1:12, ac 4:27,28, ro 11:33; for: isa 57:15, lu 1:32,35,76; regardeth: 1ki 21:19,20, job 20:19-29, job 27:8-23, ps 10:17,18, ps 12:5, ps 58:10,11, ps 82:1, ps 83:18, ps 140:11,12, isa 3:15, isa 5:7, isa 59:13-16, jer 22:17-19, eze 22:6-14, am 5:12, am 6:2-6,12, am 8:4-7, mic 2:1-3,9, mic 3:1-4,9-12, mic 6:10-13, zec 7:9-13, mal 3:5, jas 2:13, jas 5:2-7; higher than they: 1ch 21:15,16, ps 95:3, isa 37:36, mt 13:41,42, ac 12:7-10,23Ecclesiastes 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
[x]MKJV: And the advantage of a land, it is for all; [even] a king has a field being tilled.
BBE: It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
KAV: ¶ 또한 땅이 내는 이익은 모든 사람을 위한 것이니 왕도 친히 밭에서 나는 것으로 섬김을 받느니라.
TSK: the profit: ge 1:29,30, ge 3:17-19, ps 104:14,15, ps 115:16, pr 13:23, pr 27:23-27, pr 28:19, jer 40:10-12; the king: 1sa 8:12-17, 1ki 4:7-23, 1ch 27:26-31Ecclesiastes 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding ㆍ of them with their eyes?
[x]MKJV: When the good thing increases, those who eat it increase; then what profit [is it] to its owners, except to see [it] with their eyes?
BBE: When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
KAV: 재물이 늘어나면 그것을 먹는 자들도 느나니 그것의 소유주들이 자기들의 눈으로 그것을 바라보는 것 외에 무엇이 그들에게 좋으랴?
TSK: they: ge 12:16, ge 13:2,5-7, 1ki 4:22,23, 1ki 5:13-16, ne 5:17,18, ps 119:36,37; what: ec 6:9, ec 11:9, jos 7:21-25, pr 23:5, jer 17:11, hab 2:13, 1jo 2:16Ecclesiastes 5:12 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.
[x]MKJV: The sleep of a laboring man [is] sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
BBE: The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
KAV: 수고하는 자는 많이 먹든지 적게 먹든지 잠을 달게 자거니와 부자는 재물이 풍요하므로 잠들지 못하리로다.
TSK: 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.: ps 4:8, ps 127:2, pr 3:24, jer 31:26Ecclesiastes 5:15 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.
[x]MKJV: As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.
BBE: As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
KAV: 그가 모태에서 나왔은즉 온 그대로 벌거벗은 채 돌아가고 자기의 수고한 것 중에 아무것도 손에 들고 가지 못하리니
TSK: 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.: job 1:21, ps 49:17, lu 12:20, 1ti 6:7Ecclesiastes 5:18 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.
[x]MKJV: Behold that which I have seen. [it is] good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it [is] his portion.
BBE: This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.
KAV: ¶ 내가 지금까지 본 것에 주목할지어다. 사람이 [하나님]께서 그에게 주시는 그의 생명의 모든 날 동안 먹고 마시며 해 아래에서 행하는 자기의 모든 수고의 좋은 열매를 즐기는 것이 선하고 마땅하니 이는 그것이 그의 몫이기 때문이라.
TSK: it is good and comely: ec 2:24, ec 3:12,13,22, ec 8:15, ec 9:7, ec 11:9, 1ti 6:17; it is his: ec 2:10, ec 3:22, jer 52:34Ecclesiastes 5:19 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.
[x]MKJV: Also every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this [is] the gift of God.
BBE: Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.
KAV: 또 [하나님]께서 각 사람에게 부와 재물을 주시고 또 그에게 그것을 먹고 그의 몫을 취하며 그의 수고한 것을 기뻐할 권능을 주셨나니 이것은 [하나님]의 선물이로다.
TSK: to whom: ec 2:24, ec 3:13, ec 6:2, de 8:18, 1ki 3:13; this is: ec 2:24-26Ecclesiastes 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
[x]MKJV: For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers [him] in the joy of his heart.
BBE: He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
KAV: [하나님]께서 그의 마음이 기뻐하는 것으로 그에게 응답하시므로 그가 자기 생명의 날들을 많이 기억하지 아니하리로다.
TSK: For he shall not much remember: ps 37:16; because: de 28:8-12,47, ps 4:6,7, isa 64:5, isa 65:13,14,21-24, ro 5:1,5-11Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger ㆍ eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
[x]MKJV: a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
BBE: A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
KAV: 어떤 사람은 [하나님]께서 부와 재물과 명예를 주셨으므로 자기 혼을 위해 자기가 바라는 모든 것에 부족함이 없으나 [하나님]께서 그것을 먹을 권능을 그에게 주지 아니하셨으므로 낯선 자가 그것을 먹나니 이것은 헛된 것이며 그것은 악한 병이로다.
TSK: a man: ec 5:19, 1ki 3:13, 1ch 29:25,28, 2ch 1:11, da 5:18; so: ec 2:4-10, de 8:7-10, jud 18:10, job 21:9-15, ps 17:14, ps 73:7, lu 12:19,20; but: de 28:33,43, ps 39:6, la 5:2, ho 7:9; vanity: ec 4:4,8, ec 5:16Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
[x]MKJV: If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also is for him no burial; I say, a miscarriage [is] better than he.
BBE: If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
KAV: ¶ 비록 사람이 백 명의 자식을 낳고 또 여러 해를 살아 그의 햇수의 날들이 많을지라도 그의 혼이 좋은 것으로 채워지지 못하고 또 그가 묻히지도 못하면 내가 말하건대 유산된 자가 그보다 나으니라.
TSK: a man: ge 33:5, 1sa 2:20,21, 2ki 10:1, 1ch 28:5, 2ch 11:21, es 5:11, ps 127:4,5, pr 17:6; so: ec 5:17-19, ge 47:9; and also: 2ki 9:35, es 7:10, es 9:14,15, isa 14:19,20, jer 22:19, jer 36:30; that an: ec 4:3, job 3:16, ps 58:8, mt 26:24Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
[x]MKJV: All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
BBE: All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
KAV: 사람의 모든 수고는 그의 입을 위한 것이나 식욕은 채울 수 없느니라.
TSK: the labour: ge 3:17-19, pr 16:26, mt 6:25, joh 6:27, 1ti 6:6-8; appetite: ec 6:3, ec 5:10, lu 12:19Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
[x]MKJV: Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
BBE: What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
KAV: ¶ 눈으로 보는 것이 욕망으로 인해 헤매는 것보다 나으나 이것도 헛되며 영을 괴롭게 하는 것이로다.
TSK: Better: ec 2:24, ec 3:12,13, ec 5:18; wandering of the desire: job 31:7, pr 30:15,16, jer 2:20; this: ec 6:2, ec 1:2,14, ec 2:11,22,23, ec 4:4Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
[x]MKJV: For who knows what [is] good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
BBE: Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
KAV: 현재의 삶 곧 사람이 헛된 생명의 모든 날을 그림자처럼 보내는 삶 속에서 사람에게 무엇이 좋은지 누가 알리요? 해 아래에서 사람의 뒤를 따라 무슨 일이 있을지 누가 능히 그에게 고하리요?
TSK: who knoweth: ec 2:3, ec 12:13, ps 4:6, ps 16:5, ps 17:15, ps 47:4, la 3:24-27, mic 6:8; the days of his vain life: ec 8:13, ec 9:6, 1ch 29:15, job 8:9, job 14:2, ps 39:5,6, ps 89:47, ps 90:10-12, ps 102:11, ps 109:23, ps 144:4, jas 4:14; for who can: ec 3:22, ec 8:7, job 14:21Ecclesiastes 7:1 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 14:13Ecclesiastes 7:2 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 2:2Ecclesiastes 7:3 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 1:2-4Ecclesiastes 7:4 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 6:21-29Ecclesiastes 7:5 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 69:12Ecclesiastes 7:6 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 29:9Ecclesiastes 7:8 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 5:5,6