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Ecclesiastes 1:13-18

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.

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