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Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

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?

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