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Ecclesiastes 2:12-17

12AndIturnedוּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437myselftobeholdwisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451,andmadnessוְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.LotH1947,andfollyוְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531;forwhatshallthemanH120[do]thatcomethafterthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428? —thatwhichhathalreadyכְּבָ֖רke.VarH3528beendone.

13AndIsawH7200thatwisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֖הla.cha.khe.MahH2451excellethfollyהַסִּכְל֑וּתha.sikh.LutH5531,aslightהָא֖וֹרha.'OrH216excellethdarknessהַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ha.Cho.shekhH2822.

14Thewiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450man'seyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869areinhisheadבְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹbe.ro.ShoH7218,andthefoolוְהַכְּסִ֖ילve.ha.ke.SilH3684walkethindarknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822;butImyselfalsoגַם־gam-H1571perceivedthatoneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259event happenethtothemall.

15AndIsaidH559inmyheartבְּלִבִּ֗יbe.li.BiH3820,Asithappenethtothefoolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684sowillithappeneventome;andwhyוְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahH4100wasIthenאָ֣ז'azH227sowiseחָכַ֛מְתִּיcha.Kham.tiH2449?ThenH227IsaidH559inmyheartבְלִבִּ֔יve.li.BiH3820thatthisalsoH1571isvanityH1892.

16Forthereshallbenoremembranceזִכְר֧וֹןzikh.RonH2146ofthewiseלֶחָכָ֛םle.cha.KhamH2450morethanofthefoolהַכְּסִ֖ילha.ke.SilH3684foreverH5769;becauseeverythingהַכֹּ֣לha.KolH3605isalreadyבְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞רbe.she.ke.VarH3528forgottenנִשְׁכָּ֔חnish.KachH7911inthedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117whichcomeH935.Andhowוְאֵ֛יךְve.'EikhH349dieththewiseהֶחָכָ֖םhe.cha.KhamH2450evenasthefoolהַכְּסִֽיל׃ha.ke.SilH3684?

17AndIhatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ve.sa.Ne.tiH8130lifeהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416;fortheworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639thatiswroughtunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121wasgrievous untome;forallisvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

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