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Ecclesiastes 6

1Thereisanevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451thatIhaveseenH7200underthesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121,anditisfrequentamongmenH120:

2oneH376towhomGodהָאֱלֹהִ֡יםha.'E.lo.HimH430givethrichesH6239,wealthעֹשֶׁר֩'o.SherH6239,andhonour,andhewantethnothingforhissoulH5315ofallthathedesireth,yetGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430givethhimnotpowertoeatH398thereof,butastrangereatethit:thisisvanityH1892,andasoreevilרָ֖עra'H7451.

3IfamanH376begetahundredמֵאָ֡הme.'AhH3967[sons],andliveיִֽחְיֶ֜הyich.YehH2421manyרַבּ֨וֹתra.BotH7227yearsוְשָׁנִים֩ve.sha.NimH8141,sothatthedaysיְמֵֽי־ye.mei-H3117ofhisyearsשָׁנָ֗יוsha.NavH8141beH1961manyוְרַ֣ב׀ve.RavH7227,buthissoulH5315beH1961notfilledwithgoodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896,andalsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571hehavenoburialקְבוּרָ֖הke.vu.RahH6900,Isayאָמַ֕רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559anuntimelybirthH3205isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896thanhe.

4ForitcomethinvanityH1892,anddepartethindarknessוּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822,anditsnameשְׁמ֥וֹshe.MoH8034iscoveredיְכֻסֶּֽה׃ye.khu.SehH3680withdarknessוּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְu.va.Cho.shekhH2822;

5moreoverithathnotseenH7200norknownH3045thesunשֶׁ֥מֶשׁShe.meshH8121:thishath restratherthantheother.

6Yea, thoughheliveH2421twiceathousandאֶ֤לֶף'E.lefH505yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141,yethathheseenH7200nogoodוְטוֹבָ֖הve.to.VahH2896:donotallgoH1980tooneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259placeמָק֥וֹםma.KomH4725?

7AllthelabourofmanH120isforhismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310,andyettheappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315isnotfilledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8Forwhatadvantageיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148haththewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450abovethefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684?whathaththepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041,thatknowethtowalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980beforetheliving?

9Betteristheseeingoftheeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869thanthewanderingofthedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315:thisalsoגַּם־gam-H1571isvanityH1892andpursuitofthewindרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

10Thatwhichishathalreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528beenH1961namedשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034;andwhatmanH120is,isknownH3045,andthathecannotcontendwithhimthatismightierthanhe.

11FortherearemanyH7235thingsH1697thatincreaseH7235vanityH1892:whatismanH120advantaged?

12Forwhoknowethwhatisgoodטּ֨וֹבTovH2896formanH120inlife,allthedaysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117ofhisvainlifewhichhespendethasashadowכַּצֵּ֑לka.TzelH6738?forwhocantellיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046manH120whatshallbeיִּהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961afterhimunderthesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 6

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