1
Who
[is]
as
the
wise
[man]?
and
who
knoweth
the
interpretation
of
a
thing?
a
man’s
wisdom
maketh
his
face
to
shine,
and
the
boldness
of
his
face
shall
be
changed.
2
I
[counsel
thee]
to
keep
the
king’s
commandment,
and
[that]
in
regard
of
the
oath
of
God.
3
Be
not
hasty
to
go
out
of
his
sight:
stand
not
in
an
evil
thing;
for
he
doeth
whatsoever
pleaseth
him.
4
Where
the
word
of
a
king
[is,
there
is]
power:
and
who
may
say
unto
him,
What
doest
thou?
5
Whoso
keepeth
the
commandment
shall
feel
no
evil
thing:
and
a
wise
man’s
heart
discerneth
both
time
and
judgment.
6
Because
to
every
purpose
there
is
time
and
judgment,
therefore
the
misery
of
man
[is]
great
upon
him.
7
For
he
knoweth
not
that
which
shall
be:
for
who
can
tell
him
when
it
shall
8
[There
is]
no
man
that
hath
power
over
the
spirit
to
retain
the
spirit;
neither
[hath
he]
power
in
the
day
of
death:
and
[there
is]
no
discharge
in
[that]
war;
neither
shall
wickedness
deliver
those
that
are
given
to
9
All
this
have
I
seen,
and
applied
my
heart
unto
every
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun:
[there
is]
a
time
wherein
one
man
ruleth
over
another
to
his
own
hurt.
10
And
so
I
saw
the
wicked
buried,
who
had
come
and
gone
from
the
place
of
the
holy,
and
they
were
forgotten
in
the
city
where
they
had
so
done:
this
[is]
also
vanity.
11
Because
sentence
against
an
evil
work
is
not
executed
speedily,
therefore
the
heart
of
the
sons
of
men
is
fully
set
in
them
to
do
evil.
12
Though
a
sinner
do
evil
an
hundred
times,
and
his
[days]
be
prolonged,
yet
surely
I
know
that
it
shall
be
well
with
them
that
fear
God,
which
fear
before
him:
13
But
it
shall
not
be
well
with
the
wicked,
neither
shall
he
prolong
[his]
days,
[which
are]
as
a
shadow;
because
he
feareth
not
before
God.
14
There
is
a
vanity
which
is
done
upon
the
earth;
that
there
be
just
[men],
unto
whom
it
happeneth
according
to
the
work
of
the
wicked;
again,
there
be
wicked
[men],
to
whom
it
happeneth
according
to
the
work
of
the
righteous:
I
said
that
this
also
[is]
vanity.
15
Then
I
commended
mirth,
because
a
man
hath
no
better
thing
under
the
sun,
than
to
eat,
and
to
drink,
and
to
be
merry:
for
that
shall
abide
with
him
of
his
labour
the
days
of
his
life,
which
God
giveth
him
under
the
sun.
16
When
I
applied
mine
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
see
the
business
that
is
done
upon
the
earth:
(for
also
[there
is
that]
neither
day
nor
night
seeth
sleep
with
his
eyes:)
17
Then
I
beheld
all
the
work
of
God,
that
a
man
cannot
find
out
the
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun:
because
though
a
man
labour
to
seek
[it]
out,
yet
he
shall
not
find
[it];
yea
further;
though
a
wise
[man]
think
to
know
[it],
yet
shall
he
not
be
able
to
find
[it].