The One Year Bible KJV (245 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
11
 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we [Paul and his coworkers] persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12
 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to
answer
them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13
 For whether we be beside ourselves,
it is
to God: or whether we be sober,
it is
for your cause.
14
 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15
 and
that
he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16
 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we
him
no more.
17
 Therefore if any man
be
in Christ,
he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18
 And all things
are
of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19
 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20
 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech
you
by us: we pray
you
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21
 For he hath made him
to be
sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.
1
 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue
is
the pen of a ready writer.
2
 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3
 Gird thy sword upon
thy
thigh, O
most
mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4
 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness
and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5
 Thine arrows
are
sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;
whereby
the people fall under thee.
6
 Thy throne, O God,
is
for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom
is
a right sceptre.
7
 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8
 All thy garments
smell
of myrrh, and aloes,
and
cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9
 Kings' daughters
were
among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10
 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
11
 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he
is
thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12
 And the daughter of Tyre
shall be there
with a gift;
even
the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13
 The king's daughter
is
all glorious within: her clothing
is
of wrought gold.
14
 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15
 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
16
 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17
 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
14
 The mouth of strange women
is
a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the L
ORD
shall fall therein.
1
 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2
 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is
vanity.
3
 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4
Â
One
generation passeth away, and
another
generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5
 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6
 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7
 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea
is
not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8
 All things
are
full of labour; man cannot utter
it:
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9
 The thing that hath been, it
is that
which shall be; and that which is done
is
that which shall be done: and
there is
no new
thing
under the sun.
10
 Is there
any
thing whereof it may be said, See, this
is
new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11
Â
There is
no remembrance of former
things;
neither shall there be
any
remembrance of
things
that are to come with
those
that shall come after.
12
 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13
 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
things
that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14
 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all
is
vanity and vexation of spirit.
15
Â
That which is
crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16
 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all
they
that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17
 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18
 For in much wisdom
is
much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
2:
1
 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also
is
vanity.
2
 I said of laughter,
It is
mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3
 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what
was
that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4
 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5
 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all
kind of
fruits:
6
 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7
 I got
me
servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8
 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men,
as
musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9
 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10
 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11
 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all
was
vanity and vexation of spirit, and
there was
no profit under the sun.
12
 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what
can
the man
do
that cometh after the king?
even
that which hath been already done.
13
 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14
 The wise man's eyes
are
in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15
 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also
is
vanity.
16
 For
there is
no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now
is
in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise
man?
as the fool.
17
 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun
is
grievous unto me: for all
is
vanity and vexation of spirit.
18
 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19
 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise
man
or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This
is
also vanity.
20
 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21
 For there is a man whose labour
is
in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it
for
his portion. This also
is
vanity and a great evil.
22
 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23
 For all his days
are
sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24
Â
There is
nothing better for a man,
than
that he should eat and drink, and
that
he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it
was
from the hand of God.
25
 For who can eat, or who else can hasten
hereunto,
more than I?
26
 For
God
giveth to a man that
is
good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to
him that is
good before God. This also
is
vanity and vexation of spirit.
3:
1
 To every
thing there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2
 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up
that which is
planted;
3
 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4
 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5
 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6
 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7
 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8
 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9
 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10
 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11
 He hath made every
thing
beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12
 I know that
there is
no good in them, but for
a man
to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13
 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it
is
the gift of God.
14
 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth
it,
that
men
should fear before him.
15
 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16
 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,
that
wickedness
was
there; and the place of righteousness,
that
iniquity
was
there.
17
 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for
there is
a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18
 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19
 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all
is
vanity.
20
 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21
 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22
 Wherefore I perceive that
there is
nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that
is
his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?