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Ecclesiastes 4:1-8

1AndIreturnedוְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽיve.Shav.tiH7725andsawH7200alltheoppressionsH6217thataredoneunderthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121:andbehold,thetearsדִּמְעַ֣תdim.'AtH1832oftheoppressedH6231,andtheyhadnocomforterמְנַחֵ֔םme.na.ChemH5162;andonthesideoftheiroppressorsעֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙'o.she.kei.HemH6231waspower,andtheyhadnocomforterמְנַחֵֽם׃me.na.ChemH5162.

2ThenIpraisedthedeadH4191whoarealreadyשֶׁכְּבָ֣רshe.ke.VarH3528deadH4191moreמִן־min-H4480thanthelivingwhoareyetaliveH2416;

3andmorefortunatethanbothishewhohathnotyetbeenH1961,whohathnotseenH7200theevilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451workH4639thatisdoneunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

4AndIsawH7200alllabour,andallsuccessofworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639,thatitisman'sjealousyH7068ofhisneighbour.Thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

5Thefoolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684foldethhishandsיָדָ֔יוya.DavH3027together,andeatethhisownfleshבְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃be.sa.RoH1320.

6Betterisahandfulwithquietness,thanbothhandsכַ֖ףkhafH3709fullwithlabourandpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

7AndIreturnedוְשַׁ֧בְתִּיve.Shav.tiH7725andsawH7200vanityH1892underthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

8Thereisoneאֶחָד֩'e.ChadH259[alone]andwithoutasecondשֵׁנִ֜יshe.NiH8145;alsoH1571hehathneithersonבֵּ֧ןbenH1121norbrotherוָאָ֣חva.'AchH251:yetistherenoendקֵץ֙ketzH7093ofallhislabour,neitherishiseyeעֵינ֖וֹei.navH5869satisfiedH7646withrichesH6239,and[hesaithnot],ForwhomthenamIlabouring,anddeprivingmysoulH5315ofgoodמִטּוֹבָ֔הmi.to.VahH2896?ThisalsoH1571isvanityH1892andagrievous occupation.

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