Category: Ecclesiastes

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:2

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

    King James Version (KJV):
    While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

  • Ecclesiastes 12:3

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

    King James Version (KJV):
    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

  • Ecclesiastes 11:10

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:1

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

    King James Version (KJV):
    Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Ecclesiastes 11:8

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

    King James Version (KJV):
    But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:4

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

    King James Version (KJV):
    He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:5

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

    King James Version (KJV):
    As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:6

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

    King James Version (KJV):
    In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.