El panorama
Eclesiastés 5 abre con “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to…”, cambia cerca del versículo 10 con “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance…” y termina con “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Eclesiastés · Versión King James · 20Eclesiastés 5:1-7
Versículos 1–7: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to…
Eclesiastés 5:1–7 abre con “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the…” y llega a “For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Sigue las imágenes, argumentos, oraciones y observaciones con las que Eclesiastés examina la vida delante de Dios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for…” Nombrar a Keep mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and…” El versículo nombra a God en vez de dejar la acción sin una fuente. Observa si la línea siguiente continúa, responde o contrasta esa acción.
Eclesiastés 5:1-7
Versión King James1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Eclesiastés 5:8-14
Versículos 8–14: If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of…
Eclesiastés 5:8–14 abre con “If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a…” y llega a “But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Sigue las imágenes, argumentos, oraciones y observaciones con las que Eclesiastés examina la vida delante de Dios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen higher, highest, judgment. Su relación con los versículos 9 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.” Nombrar a Moreover mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Eclesiastés 5:8-14
Versión King James8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Eclesiastés 5:15-20
Versículos 15–20: As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he…
Eclesiastés 5:15–20 abre con “As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take…” y llega a “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Sigue las imágenes, argumentos, oraciones y observaciones con las que Eclesiastés examina la vida delante de Dios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
Este bloque contiene 1 preguntas. No son simple puntuación: muestran dónde una voz busca, desafía, teme o intenta comprender.
“As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath…” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
Eclesiastés 5:15-20
Versión King James15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Ecclesiastes 5:1 comienza con “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Ecclesiastes 5:11 forma un giro natural: “When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?”
La nota final
Ecclesiastes 5:20 deja al lector con “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras evil, days, good, labour, multitude, riches ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.