Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 in English

¹² And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

¹² So, my son, pay careful attention to what I have written, and choose carefully what you read that others have written, because writing proverbs/books is endless, and trying to study them all will cause you to become exhausted.

¹³ Now you have heard all that I have told you, and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do.

¹⁴ And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, even things that we do secretly.

¹² And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgement, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgement, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

¹³ This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

¹⁴ God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

¹² And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

¹² More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

¹³ Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

¹⁴ And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

¹² In addition, my student, take care, for there's no end to book writing, and too much study wears you out.

¹³ To sum up now that everything has been discussed: Respect God by keeping his commandments, for that's what everyone should do.

¹⁴ God is going to judge us for everything we do, including what we do secretly, whether good or bad.

¹² And of other things beside these, my sone, take thou heede: for there is none ende in making many bookes, and much reading is a wearines of the flesh.

¹³ Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

¹² And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into the judgment concerning every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

¹² And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² But more than all these, my son, take warning for thyself: the making of many books would have no end; and much preaching is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For every deed will God bring into the judgment concerning every thing that hath been hidden, whether it be good, or whether it be bad.

¹² And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: Of making many books there is no end; And much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sum: Fear God, and keep his commandments: For this is the whole man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, With everything that has been overlooked, Whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² And, moreover, by these, my son, be warned! To the multiplying of books there is no end, and much study wearieth the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the end of the whole discourse! Fear God and keep his commandments! For this is the duty of every man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into the judgment which there is upon every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹² My son, be aware of something more: the making of many books, which has no end and much study brings weariness to the body.

¹³ The end of the matter after everything has been heard, is that you must fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of mankind.

¹⁴ For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgement, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgement, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

¹² My son, seek thou no more than these; none end there is to make many books, and oft thinking is torment of the flesh.

¹³ All we hear together the end of speaking. Dread thou God, and keep his behests; that is to know, every man.

¹⁴ God shall bring all things into doom, that be done; for each thing covered, either privy, whether it be good, or evil.

¹² My son, seek thou no more than these; none end there is to make many books, and oft thinking is (a) torment of the flesh. (My son, seek thou no more than this; for there is no end to the making of many books, and thinking too much will only torment thy flesh.)

¹³ All we hear together the end of (the) speaking. Dread thou God, and keep his behests; that is (for) to know, every man. (Hear now the end, or the conclusion, of all this speaking. Fear God or Revere God, and obey his commands; that is for everyone to know.)

¹⁴ God shall bring all things into doom, that be done; for each thing covered, either privy, whether it be good, or evil. (For God shall bring all that is done to the judgement; even each thing that is covered, or is done in secret, or privately, whether it be good, or evil.)

¹² And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

¹³ The end of the whole matter let us hear: — 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.

¹⁴ For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'