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Ecclesiastes 10:11-15

11Iftheserpentbitebeforeitischarmedלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908,thenistherenoadvantageH3504inthecharmer.

12Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofawiseחָכָ֖םcha.KhamH2450man’smouthפִי־fi-H6310aregracious;butthelipsוְשִׂפְת֥וֹתve.sif.TotH8193ofafoolכְּסִ֖ילke.SilH3684willswallowתְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃te.val.le.'E.nuH1104uphimself.

13Thebeginningofthewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697ofhismouthH6310isfoolishness;andtheendוְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.RitH319ofhistalkismischievousmadness.

14Afoolוְהַסָּכָ֖לve.ha.sa.KhalH5530alsomultipliethwordsדְבָרִ֑יםde.va.RimH1697:yetmanH120knowethnotwhatshallbeשֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔הshei.yih.YehH1961;andthatwhichshallbeיִֽהְיֶה֙yih.YehH1961afterhim,whocantellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him?

15ThelaborH5999offoolsהַכְּסִילִ֖יםha.ke.si.LimH3684wearieth everyoneofthem;forheknowethnothowtogotothecityעִֽיר׃'IrH5892.

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