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Ecclesiastes 6

1Thereisanevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451whichIhaveseenH7200underthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,anditisheavyuponmenH120:

2amanH376towhomGodהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430givethrichesH6239,wealthעֹשֶׁר֩'o.SherH6239,andhonorוְכָב֜וֹדve.kha.VodH3519,sothathelackethnothingforhissoulH5315ofallthathedesireth,yetGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430givethhimnotpowertoeatH398thereof,butanalienH5237eatethit;thisisvanityH1892,anditisanevilרָ֖עra'H7451disease.

3IfamanH376begetahundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967childrenH3205,andliveיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsוְשָׁנִים֩ve.sha.NimH8141,sothatthedaysיְמֵֽי־ye.mei-H3117ofhisyearsשָׁנָ֗יוsha.NavH8141aremanyוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227,buthissoulH5315beH1961notfilledwithgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896,andmoreoverhehavenoburialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900;Isayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,thatanuntimelybirthH3205isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896thanhe:

4foritcomethinvanityH1892,anddepartethindarknessוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822,andthenameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034thereofiscoveredיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680withdarknessוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822;

5moreoverithathnotseenH7200thesunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121norknownH3045it;thishath restratherthantheother:

6yea, thoughheliveH2421athousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141twicetold,andyetenjoynogoodוְטוֹבָ֖הve.to.VahH2896,donotallgoH1980tooneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259placeמָק֥וֹםma.KomH4725?

7AllthelaborH5999ofmanH120isforhismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310,andyettheappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315isnotfilledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8Forwhatadvantageיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148haththewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450moreמִֽן־min-H4480thanthefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684?orwhathaththepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041man,thatknowethhowH4100towalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980beforetheliving?

9Betteristhesightoftheeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869thanthewanderingofthedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315:thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892andastrivingafterwindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

10Whatsoever hathbeenH1961,thenameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034thereofwasgivenlongago;anditisknownH3045whatmanH120is;neithercanhecontendwithhimthatismightierthanhe.

11SeeingtherearemanyH7235thingsH1697thatincreaseH7235vanityH1892,whatismanH120thebetter?

12Forwhoknowethwhatisgoodטּ֨וֹבTovH2896formanH120inhislife,allthedaysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117ofhisvainlifewhichhespendethasashadowכַּצֵּ֑לka.TzelH6738?forwhocantellיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046amanH120whatshallbeיִּהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961afterhimunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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