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Ecclesiastes 8:1-4

1Whoמִ֚יmiH4310is like the wise manכְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םke.He.cha.KhamH2450?Whoוּמִ֥יu.MiH4310knowsיוֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'H3045the interpretationפֵּ֣שֶׁרPe.sherH6592of a matterדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697?A man’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120wisdomחָכְמַ֤תcha.khe.MatH2451brightensתָּאִ֣ירta.'IrH215his faceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440,and the sternnessוְעֹ֥זve.'OzH5797of his faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440is changedיְשֻׁנֶּֽא׃ye.shu.Ne'H8132.

2Keepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104the king’sמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428commandפִּי־pi-H6310,I sayאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589,because ofוְעַ֕ל דִּבְרַ֖תve.'Al div.RatH5921 H1700your oathשְׁבוּעַ֥תshe.vu.'AtH7621before Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

3Do notאַל־'al-H408hastenתִּבָּהֵ֤לti.ba.HelH926to leaveתֵּלֵ֔ךְte.LekhH1980his presenceמִפָּנָיו֙mi.pa.NavH6440,and do notאַֽל־'al-H408persistתַּעֲמֹ֖דta.'a.ModH5975in a badרָ֑עRa'H7451causeבְּדָבָ֣רbe.da.VarH1697,forכִּ֛יkiH3588he will doיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.SehH6213whateverכָּל־kol-H3605אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he pleasesיַחְפֹּ֖ץyach.PotzH2654.

4Forבַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.SherH834the king’sמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697is supremeשִׁלְט֑וֹןshil.TonH7983,and whoוּמִ֥יu.MiH4310can sayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559to him, “Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100are you doingתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ta.'a.SehH6213?”

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