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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Ecclesiastes" num="21">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>All Is Vanity</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The words of <crossref let="a" cid="c21001001.1"/>the Preacher,<note nid="n21001001.1"/> the son of David, <crossref let="b" cid="c21001001.2"/>king in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001002"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="2">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c21001002.1"/>Vanity<note nid="n21001002.1"/> of vanities, says <crossref let="a" cid="c21001002.2"/>the Preacher,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="c" cid="c21001002.3"/>vanity of vanities! <crossref let="d" cid="c21001002.4"/>All is vanity.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="e" cid="c21001003.1"/>What <crossref let="f" cid="c21001003.2"/>does man gain by all the toil<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>at which he toils under the sun?<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>A generation goes, and a generation comes,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but <crossref let="g" cid="c21001004.1"/>the earth remains forever.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001005"/>
+    <verse num="5">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c21001005.1"/>The sun rises, and the sun goes down,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and hastens<note nid="n21001005.1"/> to the place where it rises.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="i" cid="c21001006.1"/>The wind blows to the south<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and goes around to the north;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>around and around goes the wind,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and on its circuits the wind returns.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">
+        <begin-line/>All <crossref let="j" cid="c21001007.1"/>streams run to the sea,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but the sea is not full;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>to the place where the streams flow,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>there they flow again.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>All things are full of weariness;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>a man cannot utter it;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="k" cid="c21001008.1"/>the eye is not satisfied with seeing,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>nor the ear filled with hearing.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001009"/>
+    <verse num="9">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="l" cid="c21001009.1"/>What has been is what will be,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and what has been done is what will be done,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and there is nothing new under the sun.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">
+        <begin-line/>Is there a thing of which it is said,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><q class="begin-double" qid="21001010.1" from="21001010.1" to="21001010.2"/>See, this is new<q class="end-double" qid="21001010.2" from="21001010.1" to="21001010.2"/>?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>It has been <crossref let="m" cid="c21001010.1"/>already<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>in the ages before us.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">
+        <begin-line/>There is no <crossref let="n" cid="c21001011.1"/>remembrance of former things,<note nid="n21001011.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>nor will there be any remembrance<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>of later things<note nid="n21001011.2"/> yet to be<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>among those who come after.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001012"/>
+    <heading>The Vanity of Wisdom</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">I <crossref let="o" cid="c21001012.1"/>the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And I <crossref let="p" cid="c21001013.1"/>applied my heart<note nid="n21001013.1"/> to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy <crossref let="q" cid="c21001013.2"/>business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is <crossref let="r" cid="c21001014.1"/>vanity<note nid="n21001014.1"/> and a striving after wind.<note nid="n21001014.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001015"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="15">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c21001015.1"/>What is crooked cannot be made straight,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and what is lacking cannot be counted.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">I said in my heart, <q class="begin-double" qid="21001016.1" from="21001016.1" to="21001016.2"/>I have acquired great <crossref let="t" cid="c21001016.1"/>wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.<q class="end-double" qid="21001016.2" from="21001016.1" to="21001016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And I <crossref let="u" cid="c21001017.1"/>applied my heart to know wisdom and to know <crossref let="v" cid="c21001017.2"/>madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but <crossref let="r" cid="c21001017.3"/>a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21001018"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/>For <crossref let="w" cid="c21001018.1"/>in much wisdom is much vexation,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>The Vanity of Self-Indulgence</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">I <crossref let="x" cid="c21002001.1"/>said in my heart, <q class="begin-double" qid="21002001.1" from="21002001.1" to="21002001.2"/>Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.<q class="end-double" qid="21002001.2" from="21002001.1" to="21002001.2"/> But behold, this also was vanity.<note nid="n21002001.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">I <crossref let="y" cid="c21002002.1"/>said of laughter, <q class="begin-double" qid="21002002.1" from="21002002.1" to="21002002.2"/>It is mad,<q class="end-double" qid="21002002.2" from="21002002.1" to="21002002.2"/> and of pleasure, <q class="begin-double" qid="21002002.3" from="21002002.3" to="21002002.4"/>What use is it?<q class="end-double" qid="21002002.4" from="21002002.3" to="21002002.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">I <crossref let="z" cid="c21002003.1"/>searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine&emdash;my heart still guiding me with wisdom&emdash;and how to lay hold on <crossref let="a" cid="c21002003.2"/>folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">I made great works. I <crossref let="b" cid="c21002004.1"/>built houses and planted <crossref let="c" cid="c21002004.2"/>vineyards for myself.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">I made myself <crossref let="d" cid="c21002005.1"/>gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">I bought male and female slaves, and had <crossref let="e" cid="c21002007.1"/>slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of <crossref let="f" cid="c21002007.2"/>herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">I also gathered for myself silver and <crossref let="g" cid="c21002008.1"/>gold and the treasure of <crossref let="h" cid="c21002008.2"/>kings and <crossref let="i" cid="c21002008.3"/>provinces. I got <crossref let="j" cid="c21002008.4"/>singers, both men and women, and many <crossref let="k" cid="c21002008.5"/>concubines,<note nid="n21002008.1"/> the delight of the sons of man.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">So I became great and <crossref let="l" cid="c21002009.1"/>surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my <crossref let="l" cid="c21002009.2"/>wisdom remained with me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart <crossref let="m" cid="c21002010.1"/>found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my <crossref let="n" cid="c21002010.2"/>reward for all my toil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was <crossref let="o" cid="c21002011.1"/>vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing <crossref let="p" cid="c21002011.2"/>to be gained under the sun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002012"/>
+    <heading>The Vanity of Living Wisely</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="q" cid="c21002012.1"/>So I turned to consider <crossref let="r" cid="c21002012.2"/>wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only <crossref let="s" cid="c21002012.3"/>what has already been done.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="t" cid="c21002014.1"/>The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the <crossref let="u" cid="c21002014.2"/>same event happens to all of them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then I said in my heart, <crossref let="v" cid="c21002015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="21002015.1" from="21002015.1" to="21002015.2"/>What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?<q class="end-double" qid="21002015.2" from="21002015.1" to="21002015.2"/> And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">For of the wise as of the fool there is <crossref let="w" cid="c21002016.1"/>no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. <crossref let="x" cid="c21002016.2"/>How the wise dies just like the fool!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002017"/>
+    <verse num="17">So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for <crossref let="o" cid="c21002017.1"/>all is vanity and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002018"/>
+    <heading>The Vanity of Toil</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">I hated <crossref let="y" cid="c21002018.1"/>all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must <crossref let="z" cid="c21002018.2"/>leave it to the man who will come after me,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002019"/>
+    <verse num="19">and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">So I <crossref let="a" cid="c21002020.1"/>turned about and gave my heart up to despair <crossref let="b" cid="c21002020.2"/>over all the toil of my labors under the sun,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">What has a man from <crossref let="c" cid="c21002022.1"/>all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">For <crossref let="d" cid="c21002023.1"/>all his days are full of sorrow, and his <crossref let="e" cid="c21002023.2"/>work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="f" cid="c21002024.1"/>There is nothing better for a person than that he should <crossref let="g" cid="c21002024.2"/>eat and drink and find enjoyment<note nid="n21002024.1"/> in his toil. This also, I saw, is <crossref let="h" cid="c21002024.3"/>from the hand of God,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002025"/>
+    <verse num="25">for apart from him<note nid="n21002025.1"/> who can eat or who can have enjoyment?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21002026"/>
+    <verse num="26">For to the one who pleases him <crossref let="i" cid="c21002026.1"/>God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given <crossref let="e" cid="c21002026.2"/>the business of gathering and collecting, <crossref let="j" cid="c21002026.3"/>only to give to one who pleases God. <crossref let="k" cid="c21002026.4"/>This also is vanity and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>A Time for Everything</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">For everything there is a season, and <crossref let="l" cid="c21003001.1"/>a time for every matter under heaven:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003002"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="2">
+        <begin-line/>a time to be born, and a time to <crossref let="m" cid="c21003002.1"/>die;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/>a time to kill, and a time to heal;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to break down, and a time to build up;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>a time to <crossref let="n" cid="c21003004.1"/>weep, and a time to laugh;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to mourn, and a time to <crossref let="o" cid="c21003004.2"/>dance;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">
+        <begin-line/>a time to <crossref let="p" cid="c21003005.1"/>cast away stones, and a time to <crossref let="q" cid="c21003005.2"/>gather stones together;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to embrace, and a time to <crossref let="r" cid="c21003005.3"/>refrain from embracing;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">
+        <begin-line/>a time to seek, and a time to <crossref let="s" cid="c21003006.1"/>lose;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to keep, and a time to <crossref let="t" cid="c21003006.2"/>cast away;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">
+        <begin-line/>a time to <crossref let="u" cid="c21003007.1"/>tear, and a time to sew;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time to <crossref let="v" cid="c21003007.2"/>keep silence, and a time to speak;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003008"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>a time to love, and a time to <crossref let="w" cid="c21003008.1"/>hate;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>a time for war, and a time for peace.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003009"/>
+    <heading>The God-Given Task</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">What <crossref let="x" cid="c21003009.1"/>gain has the worker from his toil?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">I have seen <crossref let="y" cid="c21003010.1"/>the business that <crossref let="z" cid="c21003010.2"/>God has given to the children of man to be busy with.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">He has <crossref let="a" cid="c21003011.1"/>made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man&apos;s heart, yet so that he cannot <crossref let="b" cid="c21003011.2"/>find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">I perceived that there is <crossref let="c" cid="c21003012.1"/>nothing better for them than to be joyful and to <crossref let="d" cid="c21003012.2"/>do good as long as they live;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003013"/>
+    <verse num="13">also <crossref let="e" cid="c21003013.1"/>that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil&emdash;this is <crossref let="f" cid="c21003013.2"/>God&apos;s gift to man.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; <crossref let="g" cid="c21003014.1"/>nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003015"/>
+    <verse num="15">That which is, <crossref let="h" cid="c21003015.1"/>already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God <crossref let="i" cid="c21003015.2"/>seeks what has been driven away.<note nid="n21003015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003016"/>
+    <heading>From Dust to Dust</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Moreover, <crossref let="j" cid="c21003016.1"/>I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even <crossref let="k" cid="c21003016.2"/>there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">I said in my heart, <crossref let="l" cid="c21003017.1"/>God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is <crossref let="m" cid="c21003017.2"/>a time for every matter and for every work.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but <crossref let="n" cid="c21003018.1"/>beasts.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="o" cid="c21003019.1"/>For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.<note nid="n21003019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003020"/>
+    <verse num="20">All go to one place. All are from <crossref let="p" cid="c21003020.1"/>the dust, and to dust all return.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Who knows whether <crossref let="q" cid="c21003021.1"/>the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21003022"/>
+    <verse num="22">So I saw that there is <crossref let="r" cid="c21003022.1"/>nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for <crossref let="s" cid="c21003022.2"/>that is his lot. Who can bring him to see <crossref let="t" cid="c21003022.3"/>what will be after him?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Evil Under the Sun</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="u" cid="c21004001.1"/>Again I <crossref let="v" cid="c21004001.2"/>saw all <crossref let="w" cid="c21004001.3"/>the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had <crossref let="x" cid="c21004001.4"/>no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And I <crossref let="y" cid="c21004002.1"/>thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">But <crossref let="z" cid="c21004003.1"/>better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man&apos;s envy of his neighbor. This also is <crossref let="a" cid="c21004004.1"/>vanity<note nid="n21004004.1"/> and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">The fool <crossref let="b" cid="c21004005.1"/>folds his hands and <crossref let="c" cid="c21004005.2"/>eats his own flesh.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="d" cid="c21004006.1"/>Better is a handful of <crossref let="e" cid="c21004006.2"/>quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="u" cid="c21004007.1"/>Again, I saw vanity under the sun:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his <crossref let="f" cid="c21004008.1"/>eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, <crossref let="g" cid="c21004008.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="21004008.1" from="21004008.1" to="21004008.2"/>For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?<q class="end-double" qid="21004008.2" from="21004008.1" to="21004008.2"/> This also is vanity and an unhappy <crossref let="h" cid="c21004008.3"/>business.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, <crossref let="i" cid="c21004011.1"/>but how can one keep warm alone?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him&emdash;a threefold cord is not quickly broken.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Better was <crossref let="j" cid="c21004013.1"/>a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how <crossref let="k" cid="c21004013.2"/>to take advice.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">For he went <crossref let="l" cid="c21004014.1"/>from prison to the throne, though in his own kingdom he had been born poor.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that<note nid="n21004015.1"/> youth who was to stand in the king&apos;s<note nid="n21004015.2"/> place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is <crossref let="m" cid="c21004016.1"/>vanity and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>Fear God</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><note nid="n21005001.1"/> <crossref let="n" cid="c21005001.1"/>Guard your steps when you go to <crossref let="o" cid="c21005001.2"/>the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to <crossref let="p" cid="c21005001.3"/>offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><note nid="n21005002.1"/> Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore <crossref let="q" cid="c21005002.1"/>let your words be few.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005003"/>
+    <verse num="3">For a dream comes with much business, and a fool&apos;s voice with <crossref let="r" cid="c21005003.1"/>many words.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">When <crossref let="s" cid="c21005004.1"/>you vow a vow to God, <crossref let="t" cid="c21005004.2"/>do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. <crossref let="u" cid="c21005004.3"/>Pay what you vow.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="v" cid="c21005005.1"/>It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Let not your mouth lead you<note nid="n21005006.1"/> into sin, and do not say before <crossref let="w" cid="c21005006.1"/>the messenger<note nid="n21005006.2"/> that it was <crossref let="x" cid="c21005006.2"/>a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005007"/>
+    <verse num="7">For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;<note nid="n21005007.1"/> but<note nid="n21005007.2"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c21005007.1"/>God is the one you must fear.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005008"/>
+    <heading>The Vanity of Wealth and Honor</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="z" cid="c21005008.1"/>If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, <crossref let="a" cid="c21005008.2"/>do not be amazed at the matter, <crossref let="b" cid="c21005008.3"/>for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.<note nid="n21005009.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005011"/>
+    <verse num="11">When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="c" cid="c21005013.1"/>There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="d" cid="c21005015.1"/>As he came from his mother&apos;s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005016"/>
+    <verse num="16">This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what <crossref let="e" cid="c21005016.1"/>gain is there to him who <crossref let="f" cid="c21005016.2"/>toils for the wind?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Moreover, all his days he <crossref let="g" cid="c21005017.1"/>eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Behold, what I have seen to be <crossref let="h" cid="c21005018.1"/>good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment<note nid="n21005018.1"/> in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his <crossref let="i" cid="c21005018.2"/>lot.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Everyone also to whom <crossref let="j" cid="c21005019.1"/>God has given <crossref let="k" cid="c21005019.2"/>wealth and possessions <crossref let="l" cid="c21005019.3"/>and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil&emdash;this is <crossref let="m" cid="c21005019.4"/>the gift of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21005020"/>
+    <verse num="20">For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="n" cid="c21006001.1"/>There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006002"/>
+    <verse num="2">a man <crossref let="o" cid="c21006002.1"/>to whom <crossref let="p" cid="c21006002.2"/>God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he <crossref let="q" cid="c21006002.3"/>lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God <crossref let="r" cid="c21006002.4"/>does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity;<note nid="n21006002.1"/> it is a grievous evil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006003"/>
+    <verse num="3">If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that <crossref let="s" cid="c21006003.1"/>the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life&apos;s <crossref let="t" cid="c21006003.2"/>good things, and he also has no <crossref let="u" cid="c21006003.3"/>burial, I say that <crossref let="v" cid="c21006003.4"/>a stillborn child is better off than he.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006004"/>
+    <verse num="4">For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Moreover, it has not <crossref let="w" cid="c21006005.1"/>seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds <crossref let="x" cid="c21006005.2"/>rest rather than he.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy<note nid="n21006006.1"/> no good&emdash;do not all go to the one place?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="y" cid="c21006007.1"/>All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.<note nid="n21006007.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006008"/>
+    <verse num="8">For what advantage has the wise man <crossref let="z" cid="c21006008.1"/>over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Better <crossref let="a" cid="c21006009.1"/>is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is <crossref let="b" cid="c21006009.2"/>vanity and a striving after wind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Whatever has come to be has <crossref let="c" cid="c21006010.1"/>already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to <crossref let="d" cid="c21006010.2"/>dispute with one stronger than he.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006011"/>
+    <verse num="11">The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21006012"/>
+    <verse num="12">For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his <crossref let="e" cid="c21006012.1"/>vain<note nid="n21006012.1"/> life, which he passes like <crossref let="f" cid="c21006012.2"/>a shadow? For who can tell man what will be <crossref let="g" cid="c21006012.3"/>after him under the sun?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly</heading>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="1">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c21007001.1"/>A good name is better than precious ointment,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="i" cid="c21007001.2"/>the day of death than the day of birth.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007002"/>
+    <verse num="2">
+        <begin-line/>It is better to go to the house of mourning<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>than to go to the house of feasting,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>for this is the end of all mankind,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the living will <crossref let="j" cid="c21007002.1"/>lay it to heart.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007003"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/>Sorrow is better than laughter,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="k" cid="c21007003.1"/>for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007005"/>
+    <verse num="5">
+        <begin-line/>It is <crossref let="l" cid="c21007005.1"/>better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>than to hear the song of fools.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007006"/>
+    <verse num="6">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="m" cid="c21007006.1"/>For as the crackling of <crossref let="n" cid="c21007006.2"/>thorns under a pot,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>so is the laughter of the fools;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>this also is vanity.<note nid="n21007006.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007007"/>
+    <verse num="7">
+        <begin-line/>Surely <crossref let="o" cid="c21007007.1"/>oppression drives the wise into madness,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="p" cid="c21007007.2"/>a bribe corrupts the heart.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007008"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="q" cid="c21007008.1"/>the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007009"/>
+    <verse num="9">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c21007009.1"/>Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="s" cid="c21007009.2"/>for anger lodges in the heart<note nid="n21007009.1"/> of fools.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007010"/>
+    <verse num="10">
+        <begin-line/>Say not, <q class="begin-double" qid="21007010.1" from="21007010.1" to="21007010.2"/>Why were the former days better than these?<q class="end-double" qid="21007010.2" from="21007010.1" to="21007010.2"/><end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007011"/>
+    <verse num="11">
+        <begin-line/>Wisdom is good with an inheritance,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>an advantage to those who <crossref let="t" cid="c21007011.1"/>see the sun.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007012"/>
+    <verse num="12">
+        <begin-line/>For the protection of wisdom is like <crossref let="u" cid="c21007012.1"/>the protection of money,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the advantage of knowledge is that <crossref let="v" cid="c21007012.2"/>wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007013"/>
+    <verse num="13">
+        <begin-line/>Consider <crossref let="w" cid="c21007013.1"/>the work of God:<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="x" cid="c21007013.2"/>who can make straight what he has made crooked?<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="y" cid="c21007014.1"/>In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, <crossref let="z" cid="c21007014.2"/>so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">In my <crossref let="a" cid="c21007015.1"/>vain<note nid="n21007015.1"/> life I have seen everything. There is <crossref let="b" cid="c21007015.2"/>a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who <crossref let="c" cid="c21007015.3"/>prolongs his life in his evildoing.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Be not overly righteous, and do not <crossref let="d" cid="c21007016.1"/>make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. <crossref let="e" cid="c21007017.1"/>Why should you die before your time?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007018"/>
+    <verse num="18">It is good that you should take hold of <crossref let="f" cid="c21007018.1"/>this, and from <crossref let="g" cid="c21007018.2"/>that <crossref let="h" cid="c21007018.3"/>withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="i" cid="c21007019.1"/>Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Surely <crossref let="j" cid="c21007020.1"/>there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear <crossref let="k" cid="c21007021.1"/>your servant cursing you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Your heart knows that <crossref let="l" cid="c21007022.1"/>many times you yourself have cursed others.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">All this I have tested by wisdom. <crossref let="m" cid="c21007023.1"/>I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="21007023.1" from="21007023.1" to="21007023.2"/>I will be wise,<q class="end-double" qid="21007023.2" from="21007023.1" to="21007023.2"/> but it was far from me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007024"/>
+    <verse num="24">That which has been is far off, and <crossref let="n" cid="c21007024.1"/>deep, very deep; <crossref let="o" cid="c21007024.2"/>who can find it out?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="p" cid="c21007025.1"/>I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And I find something more <crossref let="q" cid="c21007026.1"/>bitter than death: <crossref let="r" cid="c21007026.2"/>the woman whose heart is <crossref let="s" cid="c21007026.3"/>snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but <crossref let="t" cid="c21007026.4"/>the sinner is taken by her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Behold, this is what I found, says <crossref let="u" cid="c21007027.1"/>the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007028"/>
+    <verse num="28">which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. <crossref let="v" cid="c21007028.1"/>One man among a thousand I found, but <crossref let="w" cid="c21007028.2"/>a woman among all these I have not found.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21007029"/>
+    <verse num="29">See, this alone I found, that <crossref let="x" cid="c21007029.1"/>God made man upright, but <crossref let="y" cid="c21007029.2"/>they have sought out many schemes.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>Keep the King&apos;s Command</heading>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="1">
+        <begin-line/>Who is like the wise?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>And who knows the interpretation of a thing?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c21008001.1"/>A man&apos;s wisdom makes his face shine,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="a" cid="c21008001.2"/>the hardness of his face is changed.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2">I say:<note nid="n21008002.1"/> Keep the king&apos;s command, because of <crossref let="b" cid="c21008002.1"/>God&apos;s oath to him.<note nid="n21008002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Be not hasty to <crossref let="c" cid="c21008003.1"/>go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008004"/>
+    <verse num="4">For the word of the king is supreme, and <crossref let="d" cid="c21008004.1"/>who may say to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="21008004.1" from="21008004.1" to="21008004.2"/>What are you doing?<q class="end-double" qid="21008004.2" from="21008004.1" to="21008004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.<note nid="n21008005.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008006"/>
+    <verse num="6">For there is a time and a way <crossref let="e" cid="c21008006.1"/>for everything, although man&apos;s trouble<note nid="n21008006.1"/> lies heavy on him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">For he <crossref let="f" cid="c21008007.1"/>does not know what is to be, for <crossref let="g" cid="c21008007.2"/>who can tell him how it will be?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008008"/>
+    <verse num="8">No man has power to <crossref let="h" cid="c21008008.1"/>retain the spirit, <crossref let="i" cid="c21008008.2"/>or power over the day of death. There is no <crossref let="j" cid="c21008008.3"/>discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="k" cid="c21008009.1"/>All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008010"/>
+    <heading>Those Who Fear God Will Do Well</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of <crossref let="l" cid="c21008010.1"/>the holy place and were <crossref let="m" cid="c21008010.2"/>praised<note nid="n21008010.1"/> in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.<note nid="n21008010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Because <crossref let="n" cid="c21008011.1"/>the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, <crossref let="o" cid="c21008011.2"/>the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and <crossref let="p" cid="c21008012.1"/>prolongs his life, yet I know that <crossref let="q" cid="c21008012.2"/>it will be well with <crossref let="r" cid="c21008012.3"/>those who fear God, because they fear before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008013"/>
+    <verse num="13">But it will <crossref let="s" cid="c21008013.1"/>not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like <crossref let="t" cid="c21008013.2"/>a shadow, because he does not fear before God.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008014"/>
+    <heading>Man Cannot Know God&apos;s Ways</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people <crossref let="u" cid="c21008014.1"/>to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people <crossref let="v" cid="c21008014.2"/>to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And I commend joy, for man <crossref let="w" cid="c21008015.1"/>has nothing better under the sun but to <crossref let="x" cid="c21008015.2"/>eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see <crossref let="y" cid="c21008016.1"/>the business that is done on earth, how neither <crossref let="z" cid="c21008016.2"/>day nor night do one&apos;s eyes see sleep,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21008017"/>
+    <verse num="17">then I saw all the work of God, that <crossref let="a" cid="c21008017.1"/>man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, <crossref let="b" cid="c21008017.2"/>he cannot find it out.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>Death Comes to All</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, <crossref let="c" cid="c21009001.1"/>how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are <crossref let="d" cid="c21009001.2"/>in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c21009002.1"/>It is the same for all, since <crossref let="f" cid="c21009002.2"/>the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,<note nid="n21009002.1"/> to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who <crossref let="g" cid="c21009002.3"/>swears is as he who shuns an oath.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009003"/>
+    <verse num="3">This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that <crossref let="e" cid="c21009003.1"/>the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and <crossref let="h" cid="c21009003.2"/>madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009005"/>
+    <verse num="5">For the living know that they will die, but <crossref let="i" cid="c21009005.1"/>the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for <crossref let="j" cid="c21009005.2"/>the memory of them is forgotten.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009007"/>
+    <heading>Enjoy Life with the One You Love</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Go, <crossref let="k" cid="c21009007.1"/>eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="l" cid="c21009008.1"/>Let your garments be always white. Let not <crossref let="m" cid="c21009008.2"/>oil be lacking on your head.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your <crossref let="n" cid="c21009009.1"/>vain<note nid="n21009009.1"/> life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your <crossref let="o" cid="c21009009.2"/>portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Whatever your hand finds to do, <crossref let="p" cid="c21009010.1"/>do it with your might,<note nid="n21009010.1"/> <crossref let="q" cid="c21009010.2"/>for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009011"/>
+    <heading>Wisdom Better Than Folly</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="r" cid="c21009011.1"/>Again I saw that under the sun <crossref let="s" cid="c21009011.2"/>the race is not to the swift, nor <crossref let="t" cid="c21009011.3"/>the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and <crossref let="u" cid="c21009011.4"/>chance <crossref let="v" cid="c21009011.5"/>happen to them all.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009012"/>
+    <verse num="12">For man <crossref let="w" cid="c21009012.1"/>does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and <crossref let="x" cid="c21009012.2"/>like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are <crossref let="y" cid="c21009012.3"/>snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009014"/>
+    <verse num="14">There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009015"/>
+    <verse num="15">But there was found in it <crossref let="z" cid="c21009015.1"/>a poor, wise man, and he by his <crossref let="a" cid="c21009015.2"/>wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009016"/>
+    <verse num="16">But I say that <crossref let="b" cid="c21009016.1"/>wisdom is better than might, though <crossref let="c" cid="c21009016.2"/>the poor man&apos;s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">The words of the wise heard in <crossref let="d" cid="c21009017.1"/>quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21009018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="e" cid="c21009018.1"/>Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but <crossref let="f" cid="c21009018.2"/>one sinner destroys much good.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="1">
+        <begin-line/>Dead flies make <crossref let="g" cid="c21010001.1"/>the perfumer&apos;s ointment give off a stench;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010002"/>
+    <verse num="2">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c21010002.1"/>A wise man&apos;s heart inclines him to the right,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but a fool&apos;s heart to the left.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/>Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he <crossref let="i" cid="c21010003.1"/>says to everyone that he is a fool.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>If the anger of the ruler rises against you, <crossref let="j" cid="c21010004.1"/>do not leave your place,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="k" cid="c21010004.2"/>for calmness<note nid="n21010004.1"/> will lay great offenses to rest.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were <crossref let="l" cid="c21010005.1"/>an error proceeding from the ruler:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="m" cid="c21010006.1"/>folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="n" cid="c21010007.1"/>I have seen slaves <crossref let="o" cid="c21010007.2"/>on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010008"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>He who <crossref let="p" cid="c21010008.1"/>digs a pit will fall into it,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="q" cid="c21010008.2"/>a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010009"/>
+    <verse num="9">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c21010009.1"/>He who quarries stones is hurt by them,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he who <crossref let="s" cid="c21010009.2"/>splits logs is endangered by them.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010010"/>
+    <verse num="10">
+        <begin-line/>If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>he must use more strength,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but wisdom helps one to succeed.<note nid="n21010010.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010011"/>
+    <verse num="11">
+        <begin-line/>If the serpent bites before it is <crossref let="t" cid="c21010011.1"/>charmed,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>there is no advantage to the charmer.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="12">
+        <begin-line/>The words of a wise man&apos;s mouth <crossref let="u" cid="c21010012.1"/>win him favor,<note nid="n21010012.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>but <crossref let="v" cid="c21010012.2"/>the lips of a fool consume him.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010013"/>
+    <verse num="13">
+        <begin-line/>The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the end of his talk is evil madness.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010014"/>
+    <verse num="14">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c21010014.1"/>A fool multiplies words,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>though no man knows what is to be,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and who can tell him <crossref let="x" cid="c21010014.2"/>what will be after him?<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010015"/>
+    <verse num="15">
+        <begin-line/>The toil of a fool wearies him,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>for he does not know <crossref let="y" cid="c21010015.1"/>the way to the city.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="16">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c21010016.1"/>Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and your princes feast in the morning!<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010017"/>
+    <verse num="17">
+        <begin-line/>Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and your princes feast at the proper time,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>for strength, and not for <crossref let="a" cid="c21010017.1"/>drunkenness!<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010018"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/>Through sloth the roof sinks in,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and through indolence the house leaks.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010019"/>
+    <verse num="19">
+        <begin-line/>Bread is made for laughter,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="b" cid="c21010019.1"/>wine gladdens life,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="c" cid="c21010019.2"/>money answers everything.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21010020"/>
+    <verse num="20">
+        <begin-line/>Even in your thoughts, <crossref let="d" cid="c21010020.1"/>do not curse the king,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>nor in your <crossref let="e" cid="c21010020.2"/>bedroom curse the rich,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>for a bird of the air will carry your voice,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>or some winged creature tell the matter.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011001"/>
+  <chapter num="11">
+    <heading>Cast Your Bread upon the Waters</heading>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="1">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c21011001.1"/>Cast your bread upon the waters,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="g" cid="c21011001.2"/>for you will find it after many days.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011002"/>
+    <verse num="2">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c21011002.1"/>Give a portion to <crossref let="i" cid="c21011002.2"/>seven, or even to eight,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="j" cid="c21011002.3"/>for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011003"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/>If the clouds are full of rain,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>they empty themselves on the earth,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>He who observes the wind will not sow,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he who regards the clouds will not reap.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">As you do not know the way <crossref let="k" cid="c21011005.1"/>the spirit comes to <crossref let="l" cid="c21011005.2"/>the bones in the womb<note nid="n21011005.1"/> of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">In the morning sow your seed, and at evening <crossref let="m" cid="c21011006.1"/>withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to <crossref let="n" cid="c21011007.1"/>see the sun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember <crossref let="o" cid="c21011008.1"/>that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is <crossref let="p" cid="c21011008.2"/>vanity.<note nid="n21011008.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="q" cid="c21011009.1"/>Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. <crossref let="r" cid="c21011009.2"/>Walk in the ways of your heart and <crossref let="s" cid="c21011009.3"/>the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things <crossref let="t" cid="c21011009.4"/>God will bring you into judgment.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21011010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Remove vexation from your heart, and <crossref let="u" cid="c21011010.1"/>put away pain<note nid="n21011010.1"/> from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012001"/>
+  <chapter num="12">
+    <heading>Remember Your Creator in Your Youth</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Remember also your Creator in <crossref let="v" cid="c21012001.1"/>the days of your youth, before <crossref let="w" cid="c21012001.2"/>the evil days come and the years draw near of which <crossref let="x" cid="c21012001.3"/>you will say, <q class="begin-double" qid="21012001.1" from="21012001.1" to="21012001.2"/>I have no pleasure in them<q class="end-double" qid="21012001.2" from="21012001.1" to="21012001.2"/>;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012002"/>
+    <verse num="2">before <crossref let="y" cid="c21012002.1"/>the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012003"/>
+    <verse num="3">in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and <crossref let="z" cid="c21012003.1"/>those who look through the windows are dimmed,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and <crossref let="a" cid="c21012004.1"/>the doors on the street are shut&emdash;when <crossref let="b" cid="c21012004.2"/>the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all <crossref let="c" cid="c21012004.3"/>the daughters of song are brought low&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012005"/>
+    <verse num="5">they are afraid also of what is high, and <crossref let="d" cid="c21012005.1"/>terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,<note nid="n21012005.1"/> and desire fails, because man is going to his <crossref let="e" cid="c21012005.2"/>eternal <crossref let="f" cid="c21012005.3"/>home, and the <crossref let="g" cid="c21012005.4"/>mourners go about the streets&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012006"/>
+    <verse num="6">before the silver cord is snapped, or <crossref let="h" cid="c21012006.1"/>the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is <crossref let="i" cid="c21012006.2"/>shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012007"/>
+    <verse num="7">and <crossref let="j" cid="c21012007.1"/>the dust returns to the earth as it was, and <crossref let="k" cid="c21012007.2"/>the spirit returns to God <crossref let="l" cid="c21012007.3"/>who gave it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="m" cid="c21012008.1"/>Vanity<note nid="n21012008.1"/> of vanities, says <crossref let="n" cid="c21012008.2"/>the Preacher; all is vanity.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012009"/>
+    <heading>Fear God and Keep His Commandments</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Besides being wise, <crossref let="n" cid="c21012009.1"/>the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging <crossref let="o" cid="c21012009.2"/>many proverbs with great care.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="n" cid="c21012010.1"/>The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="p" cid="c21012011.1"/>The words of the wise are like goads, and like <crossref let="q" cid="c21012011.2"/>nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are <crossref let="r" cid="c21012011.3"/>given by <crossref let="s" cid="c21012011.4"/>one Shepherd.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012012"/>
+    <verse num="12">My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making <crossref let="u" cid="c21012012.1"/>many books there is no end, and <crossref let="v" cid="c21012012.2"/>much study is a weariness of the flesh.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">The end of the matter; all has been heard. <crossref let="w" cid="c21012013.1"/>Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.<note nid="n21012013.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v21012014"/>
+    <verse num="14">For <crossref let="x" cid="c21012014.1"/>God will bring every deed into judgment, with<note nid="n21012014.1"/> every secret thing, whether good or evil.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>