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Ecclesiastes 6:1-6

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?

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