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Ecclesiastes 10:1-7

1Deadfliescausetheointmentoftheapothecarytostinkיַבְאִ֥ישׁyav.'IshH887[and] ferment; [so]alittleמְעָֽט׃me.'AtH4592follyסִכְל֥וּתsikh.LutH5531isweightierthanwisdomמֵחָכְמָ֥הme.cha.khe.MahH2451[and] honour.

2Theheartלֵ֤בlevH3820ofawiseחָכָם֙cha.KhamH2450[man]isat hisrightלִֽימִינ֔וֹli.mi.NoH3225handH3225;buta fool'sheartוְלֵ֥בve.LevH3820at hisleft.

3Yeaalsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571,whenhethatisafoolכְּשֶׁסָּכָ֥לke.she.sa.khalH5530walkethbythewayבַּדֶּ֛רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,hissensefaileth [him],andhesaithtoeveryone[that]heisafoolסָכָ֥לsa.KhalH5530.

4Ifthespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307oftherulerהַמּוֹשֵׁל֙ha.mo.ShelH4910riseupagainstthee,leavenotthyplaceמְקוֹמְךָ֖me.kom.ChaH4725;forquietness pacifiethgreatגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ge.do.LimH1419offences.

5Thereisanevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451thatIhaveseenH7200underthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,asanerror[that] proceedethfromtherulerהַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ha.sha.LitH7989:

6follyissetH5414ingreatH7227dignities,buttherichוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427inalowבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216place.

7IhaveseenH7200servantsH5650uponhorsesH5483,andprincesH8269walkingהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980asservantsH5650upontheearthH776.

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