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Ecclesiastes 12

1Rememberוּזְכֹר֙u.ze.KhorH2142alsothy Creatorinthedaysבִּימֵ֖יbi.MeiH3117ofthyyouthבְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָbe.chu.ro.Tei.khaH979,beforetheevilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117comeיָבֹ֙אוּ֙ya.Vo.'uH935,andtheyearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141drawnigh,whenthou shaltsayתֹּאמַ֔רto.MarH559,Ihavenopleasureחֵֽפֶץ׃Che.fetzH2656inthem;

2beforethesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121,andthelightוְהָא֔וֹרve.ha.'OrH216,andthemoonוְהַיָּרֵ֖חַve.hai.ya.Re.achH3394,andthestarsוְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםve.ha.ko.kha.VimH3556,aredarkened,andthecloudsהֶעָבִ֖יםhe.'a.VimH5645returnוְשָׁ֥בוּve.Sha.vuH7725aftertherainהַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ha.Ga.shemH1653;

3inthedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117whenthekeepersofthehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004shalltrembleשֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙shei.ya.Zu.'uH2111,andthestrongmenH376shallbow themselves,andthegrinders ceasebecausetheyarefewH4592,andthosethatlookהָרֹא֖וֹתha.ro.'otH7200outofthewindowsבָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ru.BotH699shallbedarkened,

4andthedoorsדְלָתַ֙יִם֙de.la.Ta.yimH1817shallbeshutוְסֻגְּר֤וּve.su.ge.RuH5462inthestreetבַּשּׁ֔וּקba.ShukH7784;whenthesoundH6963ofthegrindingislowH8217,andoneshallriseH6965upatthevoiceH6963ofabirdהַצִּפּ֔וֹרha.tzi.PorH6833,andallthedaughtersבְּנ֥וֹתbe.NotH1323ofmusicshallbebroughtlowH8217;

5yea,theyshallbeafraidיִרָ֙אוּ֙yi.Ra.'uH3372ofthatwhichishighמִגָּבֹ֤הַּmi.ga.Vo.ahH1364,andterrorsshallbeinthewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870;andthealmond-treeshallblossom,andthegrasshopperהֶֽחָגָ֔בhe.cha.GavH2284shallbeaburden,anddesireshallfail;becausemanH120goethtohiseverlastinghome,andthemournersgoH1980aboutthestreetsבָשּׁ֖וּקva.ShukH7784:

6beforethesilverהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701cordחֶ֣בֶלChe.velH2256isloosed,orthegoldenbowlגֻּלַּ֣תgu.LatH1543isbrokenH7665,orthepitcherisbrokenH7665atthefountain,orthewheelהַגַּלְגַּ֖לha.gal.GalH1534brokenH7665atthecisternH953,

7andthedustהֶעָפָ֛רhe.'a.FarH6083returnethtotheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776asitwasH1961,andthespiritוְהָר֣וּחַve.ha.Ru.achH7307returneth untoGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430whogaveH5414it.

8VanityH1892ofvanitiesH1892, saiththePreacher;allisvanityH1892.

9Andfurther, becausethePreacherwasH1961wiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450,hestillH5750taughtH3925thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847; yea,hepondered,andsoughtout,andsetinordermanyH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.

10ThePreachersoughtH1245tofindלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672outacceptablewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697,andthatwhichwaswrittenH3789uprightly, evenwordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftruthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571.

11Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450areasgoads;andasnails wellfastenedarethewordsH1697ofthemastersבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167ofassemblies,whicharegivenH5414fromoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259shepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.

12Andfurthermore,mysonH1121,beadmonished:ofmakingmanyהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235booksH5612thereisnoendקֵ֔ץKetzH7093;andmuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235studyisawearinessofthefleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.

13Thisistheendס֥וֹףSofH5490ofthematterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697;allhathbeenheardH8085:Fearיְרָא֙ye.Ra'H3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֤יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andkeepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֣יוmitz.vo.TavH4687;forthisisthewholedutyofmanH120.

14ForGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430willbringיָבִ֥אya.Vi'H935everyworkH4639intojudgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.PatH4941,witheveryhiddenH5956thing,whetheritbegoodט֖וֹבTovH2896,orwhetheritbeevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 12

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