RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

yes, his lev takes not rest even in the night. This is also
vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should
eat and drink, and that he should make his being enjoy tov
in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of
Elohim.
25 For who can eat, or who else can drink except He?
26 For Elohim gives to a man what is tov in His sight,
chochmah, and da’at, and simcha: but to the sinner He
gives toil, to gather and to heap up, that He may give to
him that is tov before Elohim. This also is vanity and
vexation of ruach.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the shamayim:
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 silent,
and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a
time of shalom.
9 What profit has he that works from his toil?
10 I have seen the toil, which Elohim has given to the
sons of men to be humbled in it.
11 He has made everything beautiful in His time: also He
has set the ages in their lev, so that no man can find out
the work that Elohim made from the beginning to the
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12 I know that there is no tov in them, but for a man to
gilah, and to do tov in his chayim.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and
enjoy the tov of all his labor, it is the gift of Elohim.
14 I know that, whatever Elohim does, it shall be forever:
4120 nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from
it: and Elohim does it, that men should fear before Him.
15 That which has been is now; and that which is to be
has already been; and Elohim requires that which is past.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun instead of mishpat,
that evil was there; and instead of tzedakah, that iniquity
was there.
17 I said in my lev, Elohim shall judge the tzadik and the
wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for
every work.
18 I said in my lev concerning the situation of the sons of
men, that Elohim might manifest them, and that they
might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts;
even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the
other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no
preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all return to
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21 Who knows the ruach of man that goes upward, and
the ruach of the beast that goes downward to
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22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than
that a man should gilah in his own works; for that is his
portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after
him?
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So I returned, and considered all the oppression that is
done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were
oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of
their oppressors there was power; but they had no
comforter.
2 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more
than the living who are yet alive.
3 Yes, better is he than both of them, who has not yet
been born, who has not seen the evil work that is done
under the sun.
4 Again, I considered all toil, and skill of work, that
brings envy between man and his neighbor. This is also
vanity and vexation of ruach.
5 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own
flesh.
6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands
full with toil and vexation of ruach.
7 Then I looked again, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8 There is one who is alone, and there is not a second;
yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet there is no end of
all his labors; neither is his eye satisfied with riches;
neither does he say, For whom do I labor, and bereave my
being of tov? This is also vanity, yes, it is an evil toil.
9 Two are better than one; because they have a tov reward
for their labor. 4123
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe
to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another
to help him up. 4124
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: 4125 but
how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand
him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 4126
13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and
foolish melech, who will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison he comes to reign; whereas also he
that is born in his malchut has been born miserable.
15 I considered all the living who walk under the sun,
with the young men that shall rise up in their place.
16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have
been before them: they also that come after shall not gilah
in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of ruach.
Keep your foot when you go to the Bayit of Elohim,
and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of
fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2 Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your lev be
hasty to utter anything before Elohim: for Elohim is in the
shamayim, and you upon the earth: therefore let your
words be few.
3 For a dream comes through the greatness of a task; 4127
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and a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
4 When you vow a vow to Elohim, do not delay to pay it;
for He has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have
vowed.
5 Better is it that you should not vow, than that you
should vow and not pay.
6 Allow not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither