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Ecclesiastes 1:13-18

13AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820toseekH1875andsearchH1875outbywisdomבַּֽחָכְמָ֔הba.cha.khe.MahH2451concerningallthatisdoneundertheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064:thisgrievous occupation hathGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430givenH5414tothechildrenofmenH120towearythemselvestherewith.

14IhaveseenH7200alltheworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639thataredoneunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,andbehold,allisvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

15Thatwhichiscrookedcannotbemade straight;andthatwhichiswantingcannotbenumberedלְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.NotH4487.

16Icommunedwithmineownheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Lo,IhavebecomeH1961greatהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431andhaveacquiredwisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451morethanalltheythathavebeenH1961beforemeoverJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389;andmyheartוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820hathseenH7200muchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235ofwisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847.

17AndIappliedmyheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820totheknowledgeofwisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451,andtotheknowledgeofmadnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531:Iperceivedthatthisalsoשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571isastrivingafterthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

18Forinmuchwisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451ismuchvexation,andhethatincreasethknowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847increasethsorrow.

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