KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ecclesiastes 12:8–9
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
8¶ *Uanitie of vanities (saith the preacher) all is vanitie.
- Chap.1.2.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
9‖*And moreouer because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, yea he gaue good heed, and sought out, and set in order many prouerbes.
- Or, the more wise the Preacher was, &c.
- 1.King.4.32.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Emptiness, worthlessness, transience, futile desire, or excessive self-regard.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Empty, false, fleeting, or worthless things; also idols or deceptive objects of trust, according to context.
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One who publicly proclaims or teaches a message; the KJV context identifies the person and message.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 12:9
For the reason that; since.
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One who publicly proclaims or teaches a message; the KJV context identifies the person and message.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To stop, as motion or agitation; to check’ or restrain; to make quiet.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Instructed or caused to learn.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
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That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
An arrangement, rank, course, command, or appointed manner; also to arrange, direct, or command.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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Open the full verse study12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Open the full verse study8There 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 it.
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Open the full verse study14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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Open the full verse study32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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Open the full verse study1THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
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Open the full verse study1THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
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Open the full verse study8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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Open the full verse study1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Open the full verse study12¶ Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
19Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
20And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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