1Thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697ofthePreacher,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389. 3Whatprofitיִּתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504hathmanH120ofallhislaborH5999whereinhelaborethunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121? 4Onegenerationדּ֤וֹרDorH1755goeth,andanothergenerationוְד֣וֹרve.DorH1755cometh;buttheearthוְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776abidethforeverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769. 5Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121alsoariseth,andthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121goeth down,andhastethtoitsplaceמְקוֹמ֔וֹme.ko.MoH4725whereitariseth. 6Thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307goethtowardthesouthדָּר֔וֹםda.RomH1864,andturnethaboutuntothenorthצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828;itturnethaboutcontinuallyinitscourse,andthewindהָרֽוּחַ׃ha.Ru.achH7307returnethagaintoitscircuits. 7Alltheriversrunintotheseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220,yettheseaוְהַיָּ֖םve.hai.YamH3220isnotfullמָלֵ֑אma.Le'H4392; untotheplaceמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725whithertheriversgoH1980, thithertheygoH1980again. 8Allthingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697arefullH4390ofweariness;manH376cannotutterit:theeyeעַ֙יִן֙'a.yinH5869isnotsatisfiedH7646withseeingלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200,northeearאֹ֖זֶן'O.zenH241filledתִמָּלֵ֥אti.ma.Le'H4390withhearing. 9ThatwhichhathbeenH1961isthatwhichshallbeH1961;andthatwhichhathbeenH1961doneisthatwhichshallbeH1961done:andthereisnonewחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319thingunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121. 11Thereisnoremembranceזִכְר֖וֹןzikh.RonH2146oftheformerלָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםla.ri.sho.NimH7223generations;neithershalltherebeH1961anyremembranceזִכָּר֔וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146ofthelatterH314generationsthataretocome,amongthosethatshallcomeafter. 12IthePreacherwasH1961kingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389. 13AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820toseekH1875andtosearchH1875outbywisdomבַּֽחָכְמָ֔הba.cha.khe.MahH2451concerningallthatisdoneunderheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064:itisasore travailthatGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenH5414tothesonsH1121ofmenH120tobeexercised therewith. 14IhaveseenH7200alltheworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639thataredoneunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121;and,behold,allisvanityH1892andastrivingafterwindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307. 15Thatwhichiscrookedcannotbemade straight;andthatwhichiswantingcannotbenumberedלְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.NotH4487. 16Icommunedwithmineownheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Lo,Ihavegottenmegreatהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451aboveallthatwerebeforemeinJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389; yea,myheartוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820hathhadgreatH1431experienceofwisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847. 17AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820toknowH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451,andtoknowH3045madnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531:Iperceivedthatthisalsoשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571wasastrivingafterwindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307. 18Forinmuchwisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451ismuchgrief;andhethatincreasethknowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847increasethsorrow. Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1
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