1	Who is as the wise man ? and who knoweth# the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine# , and the boldness of his face shall be changed# . [the boldness: Heb. the strength]
			2	I counsel thee to keep# the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
			3	Be not hasty# to go out# of his sight: stand# not in an evil thing; for he doeth# whatsoever pleaseth# him.
			4	Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say# unto him, What doest# thou?
			5	Whoso keepeth# the commandment shall feel# no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth# both time and judgment. [shall...: Heb. shall know]
			6	Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
			7	For he knoweth# not that which shall be: for who can tell# him when it shall be? [when...: or, how it shall be?]
			8	There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain# the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver# those that are given to it. [discharge: or, casting off weapons]
			9	All this have I seen# , and applied# my heart unto every work that is done# under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth# over another to his own hurt.
			10	And so I saw# the wicked buried# , who had come# and gone# from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten# in the city where they had so done# : this is also vanity.
			11	Because sentence against an evil work is not executed# speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set# in them to do# evil.
			12	Though a sinner# do# evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged# , yet surely I know# that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear# before him:
			13	But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong# his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
			14	There is a vanity which is done# upon the earth; that there be just men , unto whom it happeneth# according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men , to whom it happeneth# according to the work of the righteous: I said# that this also is vanity.
			15	Then I commended# mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat# , and to drink# , and to be merry# : for that shall abide# with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth# him under the sun.
			16	When I applied# mine heart to know# wisdom, and to see# the business that is done# upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth# sleep with his eyes:)
			17	Then I beheld# all the work of God, that a man cannot# find out# the work that is done# under the sun: because though a man labour# to seek it out# , yet he shall not find# it ; yea further; though a wise man think# to know# it , yet shall he not be able# to find# it .