| When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed. |
| He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. | He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. |
| When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? | When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes? |
| As he came from his mother'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. | As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return, To go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor Which he may carry away in his hand. |
| Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment 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 lot. | Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. |
| Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. | As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. |
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