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Ecclesiastes 10:6-17

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

7IhaveseenH7200servantsH5650uponhorsesH5483,andprincesH8269walkingהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980asservantsH5650upontheearthH776.

8Hethatdiggethapitfallethintoit;andwhoso breakethdownahedge,aserpentbitethhim.

9Whoso removethstonesH68ishurt therewith;hethat cleavethwoodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086isendangeredthereby.

10Iftheironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270beblunt,andonedonotwhettheedge,thenmustheapplymorestrengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428;butwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451isprofitabletogivesuccess.

11Iftheserpentbitebeforeenchantment,thenthecharmer hathnoadvantageH3504.

12Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofawiseחָכָ֖םcha.KhamH2450man'smouthפִי־fi-H6310aregracious;butthelipsוְשִׂפְת֥וֹתve.sif.TotH8193ofafoolכְּסִ֖ילke.SilH3684swallowתְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃te.val.le.'E.nuH1104uphimself.

13Thebeginningofthewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697ofhismouthH6310isfollyסִכְל֑וּתsikh.LutH5531;andtheendוְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.RitH319ofhistalkismischievousmadness.

14Andthefoolוְהַסָּכָ֖לve.ha.sa.KhalH5530multipliethwordsדְבָרִ֑יםde.va.RimH1697: [yet]manH120knowethnotwhatshallbeשֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔הshei.yih.YehH1961;andwhatshallbeיִֽהְיֶה֙yih.YehH1961afterhim,whowilltellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him?

15Thelabouroffoolsהַכְּסִילִ֖יםha.ke.si.LimH3684wearieththem,becausetheyknowיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045nothowtogotothecityעִֽיר׃'IrH5892.

16Woetothee, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,whenthykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isachild,andthyprincesH8269eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398inthemorningבַּבֹּ֥קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242!

17Happyart thou, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,whenthykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isasonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofnobles,andthyprincesH8269eatיֹאכֵ֔לוּyo.Khe.luH398in[due]season,forstrengthבִּגְבוּרָ֖הbig.vu.RahH1369,andnotfordrunkenness!

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