Who is as the wise{H2450} man? and who knoweth{H3045} the interpretation{H6592} of a thing?{H1697} A man's{H120} wisdom{H2451} maketh his face{H6440} to shine,{H215} and the hardness{H5797} of his face{H6440} is changed.{H8132}

I [counsel thee], Keep{H8104} the king's{H4428} command,{H6310} and that in regard{H1700} of the oath{H7621} of God.{H430}

Be not hasty{H926} to go out{H3212} of his presence;{H6440} persist{H5975} not in an evil{H7451} thing:{H1697} for he doeth{H6213} whatsoever pleaseth{H2654} him.

For the king's{H4428} word{H1697} [hath] power;{H7983} and who may say{H559} unto him, What doest{H6213} thou?

Whoso keepeth{H8104} the commandment{H4687} shall know{H3045} no evil{H7451} thing;{H1697} and a wise man's{H2450} heart{H3820} discerneth{H3045} time{H6256} and judgment:{H4941}

for to every purpose{H2656} there is{H3426} a time{H6256} and judgment;{H4941} because the misery{H7451} of man{H120} is great{H7227} upon him:

for he knoweth{H3045} not that which shall be; for who can tell{H5046} him how it shall be?

There is no man{H120} that hath power{H7989} over the spirit{H7307} to retain{H3607} the spirit;{H7307} neither hath he power{H7983} over the day{H3117} of death;{H4194} and there is no discharge{H4917} in war:{H4421} neither shall wickedness{H7562} deliver{H4422} him that is given{H1167} to it.

All this have I seen,{H7200} and applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} unto every work{H4639} that is done{H6213} under the sun:{H8121} [there is] a time{H6256} wherein one man{H120} hath power{H7980} over another to his hurt.{H7451}

So{H3651} I saw{H7200} the wicked{H7563} buried,{H6912} and they came{H935} [to the grave];{H1980} and they that had done{H6213} right went away from the holy{H6918} place,{H4725} and were forgotten{H7911} in the city:{H5892} this also is vanity.{H1892}

Because sentence{H6599} against an evil{H7451} work{H4639} is not executed{H6213} speedily,{H4120} therefore the heart{H3820} of the sons{H1121} of men{H120} is fully set{H4390} in them to do{H6213} evil.{H7451}

Though a sinner{H2398} do{H6213} evil{H7451} a hundred times,{H3967} and prolong{H748} his [days], yet surely I know{H3045} that it shall be well{H2896} with them that fear{H3373} God,{H430} that fear{H3373} before{H6440} him:

but it shall not be well{H2896} with the wicked,{H7563} neither shall he prolong{H748} [his] days,{H3117} [which are] as a shadow;{H6738} because he feareth{H3373} not before{H6440} God.{H430}

There is{H3426} a vanity{H1892} which is done{H6213} upon the earth,{H776} that there are righteous{H6662} men unto whom it happeneth{H5060} according to the work{H4639} of the wicked;{H7563} again, there are{H3426} wicked{H7563} men to whom it happeneth{H5060} according to the work{H4639} of the righteous:{H6662} I said{H559} that this also{H1571} is vanity.{H1892}

Then I commended{H7623} mirth,{H8057} because a man{H120} hath no better thing{H2896} under the sun,{H8121} than to eat,{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to be joyful:{H8055} for that shall abide{H3867} with him in his labor{H5999} [all] the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} which God{H430} hath given{H5414} him under the sun.{H8121}

When I applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} to know{H3045} wisdom,{H2451} and to see{H7200} the business{H6045} that is done{H6213} upon the earth{H776} (for also there is that neither day{H3117} nor night{H3915} seeth{H7200} sleep{H8142} with his eyes),{H5869}

then I beheld{H7200} all the work{H4639} of God,{H430} that man{H120} cannot{H3201} find out{H4672} the work{H4639} that is done{H6213} under the sun:{H8121} because{H834} however{H7945} much a man{H120} labor{H5998} to seek it out,{H1245} yet he shall not find{H4672} it; yea moreover, though a wise{H2450} man think{H559} to know{H3045} it, yet shall he not be able{H3201} to find{H4672} it.