1Therfor Y seide in myn hertez, Y schal go, and Y schal flowe in delicis, and Y schal vse goodis; and Y siy also that this was vanyte.

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Acts 4:25, Acts 4:26, Acts 4:25, Acts 4:26, Revelation 17:14

2And leiyyng Y arrettide errour, and Y seide to ioye, What art thou disseyued in veyn?

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Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:59, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:1, Revelation 17:12

3I thouyte in myn herte to withdrawe my fleisch fro wyn, that Y schulde lede ouer my soule to wisdom, and that Y schulde eschewe foli, til Y schulde se, what were profitable to the sones of men; in which dede the noumbre of daies of her lijf vndur the sunne is nedeful.

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Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 5:5, Luke 19:14, Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27

4Y magnefiede my werkis, Y bildide housis to me, and Y plauntide vynes; Y made yerdis and orcherdis,

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Psalms 37:13, Psalms 37:13, Psalms 59:8, Psalms 59:8, Isaiah 40:22

5and Y settide tho with the trees of al kynde;

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Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 11:4, Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:15, Psalms 78:49

6and Y made cisternes of watris, for to watre the wode of trees growynge.

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Revelation 14:1, Matthew 28:18, Revelation 14:1, Matthew 28:18, Isaiah 9:6

7I hadde in possessioun seruauntis and handmaidis; and Y hadde myche meynee, and droues of grete beestis, and grete flockis of scheep, ouer alle men that weren bifore me in Jerusalem.

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Hebrews 5:5, Hebrews 5:5, Acts 13:33, Acts 13:33, Matthew 3:17

8Y gaderide togidere to me siluer and gold, and the castels of kingis and of prouyncis; Y made to me syngeris and syngeressis, and delicis of the sones of men, and cuppis and vessels in seruyce, to helde out wynes;

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Psalms 22:27, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 89:27, Psalms 89:27, Psalms 72:8

9and Y passide in richessis alle men, that weren bifor me in Jerusalem. Also wisdom dwellide stabli with me,

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Revelation 12:5, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 2:27, Revelation 12:5, Revelation 2:26

10and alle thingis whiche myn iyen desiriden, Y denyede not to hem; nether Y refreynede myn herte, that ne it vside al lust, and delitide it silf in these thingis whiche I hadde maad redi; and Y demyde this my part, if Y vside my trauel.

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Hosea 14:9, Hosea 14:9, Isaiah 60:10, Isaiah 60:11, Isaiah 60:10

11And whanne Y hadde turned me to alle werkis whiche myn hondys hadden maad, and to the trauels in whiche Y hadde swet in veyn, Y siy in alle thingis vanyte and turment of the soule, and that no thing vndir sunne dwellith stabli.

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Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 4:1

12I passide to biholde wisdom, errours, and foli; Y seide, What is a man, that he may sue the king, his maker?

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Psalms 40:4, Psalms 40:4, John 5:23, John 5:23, Psalms 84:12

13And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.

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14The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.

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15And Y seide in myn herte, If o deth schal be bothe of the fool and of me, what profitith it to me, that Y yaf more bisynesse to wisdom? And Y spak with my soule, and perseyuede, that this also was vanyte.

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16For mynde of a wijs man schal not be, in lijk maner as nether of a fool with outen ende, and tymes to comynge schulen hile alle thingis togidere with foryetyng; a lerned man dieth in lijk maner and an vnlerned man.

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17And therfor it anoiede me of my lijf, seynge that alle thingis vndur sunne ben yuele, and that alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of the spirit.

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18Eft Y curside al my bisynesse, bi which Y trauelide moost studiousli vndur sunne, and Y schal haue an eir after me,

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19whom Y knowe not, whether he schal be wijs ether a fool; and he schal be lord in my trauels, for whiche Y swatte greetli, and was bisi; and is ony thing so veyn?

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20Wherfor Y ceesside, and myn herte forsook for to trauele ferthere vnder sunne.

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21For whi whanne another man trauelith in wisdom, and techyng, and bisynesse, he leeueth thingis getun to an idel man; and therfor this is vanyte, and greet yuel.

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22For whi what schal it profite to a man of al his trauel, and turment of spirit, bi which he was turmentid vndur sunne?

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23Alle hise daies ben ful of sorewis and meschefs, and bi nyyt he restith not in soule; and whether this is not vanyte?

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24Whether it is not betere to ete and drynke, and to schewe to hise soule goodis of hise trauels? and this thing is of the hond of God.

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25Who schal deuoure so, and schal flowe in delicis, as Y dide?

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26God yaf wisdom, and kunnyng, and gladnesse to a good man in his siyt; but he yaf turment, and superflu bisynesse to a synnere, that he encreesse, and gadere togidere, and yyue to hym that plesith God; but also this is vanyte, and veyn bisynesse of soule.

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