Ecclesiastes
Old Testament · 12 chapters · 223 verses
Every chapter of Ecclesiastes is given below in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX) — 223 verses in 12 chapters — each with the Greek text of the Septuagint in parallel and the translator's notes to the printed edition.
2 Church Fathers comment on Ecclesiastes in this edition: Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus and Saint Dionysius the Great of Alexandria. Their commentary appears on the chapter it explains.
Chapters
Chapter by Chapter
- Ecclesiastes 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 2 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 3 To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
- Ecclesiastes 4 So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the…
- Ecclesiastes 5 Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore…
- Ecclesiastes 6 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
- Ecclesiastes 7 What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent…
- Ecclesiastes 8 Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying? A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance…
- Ecclesiastes 9 I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yes, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all…
- Ecclesiastes 10 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: and a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
- Ecclesiastes 11 Send forth your bread upon the face of the water: for you shall find it after many days.
- Ecclesiastes 12 And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake you in which you shall say, I have no…