Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
Truly the light [is] sweet, and a pleasant [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun:

American Standard Version (ASV):
Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

King James Version (KJV):
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

American Standard Version (ASV):
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

King James Version (KJV):
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

King James Version (KJV):
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

King James Version (KJV):
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

American Standard Version (ASV):
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

King James Version (KJV):
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

King James Version (KJV):
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things].

American Standard Version (ASV):
A fool also multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

King James Version (KJV):
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

American Standard Version (ASV):
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

King James Version (KJV):
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

King James Version (KJV):
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!