Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:14-15

14The wiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450man has eyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869in his headבְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹbe.ro.ShoH7218,but the foolוְהַכְּסִ֖ילve.ha.ke.SilH3684walksהוֹלֵ֑ךְho.LekhH1980in darknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822.Yet Iאָ֔נִי'A.niH589alsoגַם־gam-H1571came to realizeוְיָדַ֣עְתִּיve.ya.Da'.tiH3045that oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259fateשֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥הshe.mik.RehH4745overcomesיִקְרֶ֥הyik.RehH7136themאֶת־'et-H853bothכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605.
15So Iאֲנִ֜י'a.NiH589saidוְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽיve.'a.Mar.tiH559to myselfבְּלִבִּ֗יbe.li.BiH3820, “The fateכְּמִקְרֵ֤הke.mik.RehH4745of the foolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684will alsoגַּם־gam-H1571befallיִקְרֵ֔נִיyik.Re.niH7136meאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589.Whatוְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahH4100thenאָ֣ז'azH227have Iאֲנִ֖י'a.NiH589gainedיוֹתֵ֑רyo.TerH3148by being wiseחָכַ֛מְתִּיcha.Kham.tiH2449?”And I saidוְדִבַּ֣רְתִּיve.di.Bar.tiH1696to myselfבְלִבִּ֔יve.li.BiH3820that thisזֶ֖הzehH2088tooשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571is futileהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.
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