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Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

9Andmoreover, becausethePreacherwasH1961wiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450,hestillH5750taughtH3925thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847;andhepondered,andsoughtout, [and] setinordermanyH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.

10ThePreachersoughtH1245tofindלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672outacceptablewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697;andthatwhichwaswrittenH3789isupright,wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftruthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571.

11Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450areasgoads,andthecollections[ofthem]asnailsfastenedin: theyaregivenH5414fromoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259shepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.

12Andbesides,mysonH1121,bewarnedהִזָּהֵ֑רhi.za.HerH2094bythem:ofmakingmanyהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235booksH5612thereisnoendקֵ֔ץKetzH7093,andmuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235studyisawearinessofthefleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.

13LetushearH8085theendס֥וֹףSofH5490ofthewholematterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697:Fearיְרָא֙ye.Ra'H3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֤יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andkeepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֣יוmitz.vo.TavH4687;forthisisthewholeofmanH120.

14ForGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shallbringיָבִ֥אya.Vi'H935everyworkH4639intojudgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.PatH4941,witheverysecretthing,whetheritbegoodט֖וֹבTovH2896orwhetheritbeevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

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