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Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

17IsaidH559inmyheartבְּלִבִּ֔יbe.li.BiH3820,Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430willjudgeיִשְׁפֹּ֖טyish.PotH8199therighteousהַצַּדִּיק֙ha.tza.DikH6662andthewickedהָ֣רָשָׁ֔עha.ra.Sha'H7563;forthereisatimeעֵ֣ת'etH6256thereforeverypurposeandforeveryworkH4639.

18IsaidH559inmyheartבְּלִבִּ֔יbe.li.BiH3820,ItisthuswiththechildrenofmenH120,thatGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430mayprovethem,andthattheyshouldseeוְלִרְא֕וֹתve.lir.'otH7200thattheythemselvesarebutbeasts.

19ForwhatbefalleththechildrenofmenH120befallethbeasts;evenoneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259thingbefalleththem:astheoneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259dieth,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651dieththeother,andtheyhavealloneH259breathוְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achH7307;andmanH120hathnopre-eminenceabovethebeast:forallisvanityH1892.

20AllgoH1980untooneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259placeמָק֣וֹםma.KomH4725:allareH1961ofthedustהֶֽעָפָ֔רhe.'a.FarH6083,andallreturnH7725todustהֶעָפָֽר׃he.'a.FarH6083.

21Whoknoweththespiritר֚וּחַRu.achH7307ofthechildrenofmenH120? DothitgoH5927upwardsלְמָ֑עְלָהle.Ma.'e.lahH4605?andthespiritוְר֙וּחַ֙ve.Ru.achH7307ofthebeasts, dothitgoH5927downwardstotheearthלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776?

22AndIhaveseenH7200thatthereisnothingH369betterטוֹב֙tOvH2896thanthatmanH120shouldrejoiceH8055inhisownworksבְּֽמַעֲשָׂ֔יוbe.ma.'a.SavH4639;forthatishisportionחֶלְק֑וֹchel.KoH2506;forwhoshallbringיְבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙ye.vi.'E.nuH935himtoseeH7200whatshallbeשֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥הshei.yih.YehH1961afterhim?

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