H1696And it came to pass, as he talked[H8763] H559with him, that the king said[H8799] H5414unto him, Art thou made[H8804] H4428of the king'sH3289counsel[H8802] H2308? forbear[H8798] H5221; why shouldest thou be smitten[H8686] H5030? Then the prophetH2308forbare[H8799] H559, and said[H8799] H3045, I know[H8804] H430that GodH3289hath determined[H8804] H7843to destroy[H8687] H6213thee, because thou hast done[H8804] H8085this, and hast not hearkened[H8804] H6098unto my counsel.
H7725I returned[H8804] H7200, and saw[H8800] H8121under the sunH4793, that the raceH7031is not to the swiftH4421, nor the battleH1368to the strongH3899, neither yet breadH2450to the wiseH6239, nor yet richesH995to men of understanding[H8737] H2580, nor yet favourH3045to men of skill[H8802] H6256; but timeH6294and chanceH7136happeneth[H8799] to them all.
H8104Keep[H8804] H6213therefore and do[H8804] H2451them; for this is your wisdomH998and your understandingH5869in the sightH5971of the nationsH8085, which shall hear[H8799] H2706all these statutesH559, and say[H8804] H1419, Surely this greatH1471nationH2450is a wiseH995and understanding[H8737] H5971people.