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Ecclesiastes 2:17-23

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

18AndIhatedוְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽיve.sa.Ne.tiH8130allmylabour wherewithIhadbeenשֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥הshei.yih.YehH1961toilingunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,becauseIshouldleaveituntothemanH120thatshallbeH1961afterme.

19Andwhoknowethwhetherhewillbeיִהְיֶה֙yih.YehH1961awiseהֶֽחָכָ֤םhe.cha.KhamH2450[man]orafoolסָכָ֔לsa.KhalH5530?yetshallhehaveruleoverallmylabouratwhichIhavelaboured,andwhereinIhavebeenH1961wiseH2450underthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121.Thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892.

20ThenIwentH5437abouttocausemyheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820todespairH2976ofallthelabour wherewithIhadlabouredunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

21ForthereisamanH120whoselabour hathbeenwithwisdomבְּחָכְמָ֥הbe.cha.khe.MahH2451,andwithknowledgeוּבְדַ֖עַתu.ve.Da.'atH1847,andwithskillH2451,andwholeavethittoamanH120thathathnotlaboured therein,tobehisportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506.Thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892andagreatרַבָּֽה׃ra.BahH7227evilוְרָעָ֥הve.ra.'AhH7451.

22ForwhatwillmanH120haveofallhislabourandofthestrivingofhisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820, wherewithhehath weariedhimselfunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

23Forallhisdaysיָמָ֣יוya.MavH3117aresorrows,andhistravail vexation:eveninthenightבַּלַּ֖יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915hisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820takethnorestH7901.ThisalsoH1571isvanityH1892.

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