Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}. {how...: or, what time I have here}

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!

Wisdom {is} the principal thing; {therefore} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Let your loins be girded about, and {your} lights burning;

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, {and} apply thine heart to understanding;

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh {and} intermeddleth with all wisdom. {Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.

Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}. {how...: or, what time I have here}

{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

{It is} better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that {is} the end of all men; and the living will lay {it} to his heart.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, {and} apply thine heart to understanding;

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all {his} days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. {the whole...: Heb. the days of the years of his life}