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Ecclesiastes 10:16-19

16Woetothee, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,whenthykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isachild,andthyprincesH8269eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398inthemorningבַּבֹּ֥קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242!

17Happyart thou, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,whenthykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isthesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofnobles,andthyprincesH8269eatיֹאכֵ֔לוּyo.Khe.luH398indueseason,forstrengthבִּגְבוּרָ֖הbig.vu.RahH1369,andnotfordrunkenness!

18Byslothfulnesstheroof sinkethin;andthroughidlenessofthehandsיָדַ֖יִםya.Da.yimH3027thehouseהַבָּֽיִת׃ha.Ba.yitH1004leaketh.

19AfeastismadeH6213forlaughterלִשְׂחוֹק֙lis.chOkH7814,andwineוְיַ֖יִןve.Ya.yinH3196makethgladיְשַׂמַּ֣חye.sa.MachH8055thelifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416;andmoneyוְהַכֶּ֖סֶףve.ha.Ke.sefH3701answerethallthings.

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