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Ecclesiastes 10:4-10

4Ifthespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307oftherulerהַמּוֹשֵׁל֙ha.mo.ShelH4910riseupagainstthee,leavenotthyplaceמְקוֹמְךָ֖me.kom.ChaH4725;forgentleness allayethgreatגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ge.do.LimH1419offences.

5Thereisanevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451whichIhaveseenH7200underthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,asitwereanerrorwhich proceedethfromtherulerהַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ha.sha.LitH7989:

6follyissetH5414ingreatH7227dignity,andtherichוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427inalowבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216place.

7IhaveseenH7200servantsH5650uponhorsesH5483,andprincesH8269walkingהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980likeservantsH5650upontheearthH776.

8Hethatdiggethapitshallfallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307intoit;andwhoso breakeththroughawallגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447,aserpentshall bitehim.

9Whoso hewethoutstonesH68shallbehurt therewith;andhethat cleavethwoodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086isendangeredthereby.

10Iftheironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270beblunt,andonedonotwhettheedge,thenmustheputtomorestrengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428:butwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451isprofitabletodirect.

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