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Ecclesiastes 2:17-22

17Therefore I hatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ve.sa.Ne.tiH8130lifeהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416;because the workהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that is wroughtשֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖הshe.na.'a.SahH6213under the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121isgrievousרַ֤עra'H7451unto me: for all isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and vexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469of spiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

18Yea, I hatedוְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽיve.sa.Ne.tiH8130all my labourעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999which I had takenעָמֵ֖ל'a.MelH6001under the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121:because I should leaveH3240it unto the manלָאָדָ֖םla.'a.DamH120that shall be afterאַחֲרָֽי׃'a.cha.RaiH310me.

19And who knowethיוֹדֵ֗עַyo.De.a'H3045whether he shall be a wiseהֶֽחָכָ֤םhe.cha.KhamH2450manor a foolסָכָ֔לsa.KhalH5530?yet shall he have ruleוְיִשְׁלַט֙ve.yish.LatH7980over all my labourעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999wherein I have labouredשֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.tiH5998,and wherein I have shewed myself wiseוְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּיve.she.cha.Kham.tiH2449under the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121. This isalso vanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

20Therefore I went aboutוְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽיve.sa.Bo.tiH5437to causeH2976my heartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820to despairH2976of all the labourהֶ֣עָמָ֔לhe.'a.MalH5999which I tookשֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.tiH5998under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

21For there isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426a manאָדָ֗ם'a.DamH120whose labourשֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹshe.'a.ma.LoH5999isin wisdomבְּחָכְמָ֥הbe.cha.khe.MahH2451,and in knowledgeוּבְדַ֖עַתu.ve.Da.'atH1847,and in equityוּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹןu.ve.khish.RonH3788;yet to a manוּלְאָדָ֞םu.le.'a.DamH120that hath not labouredעָֽמַל־'a.mal-H5998therein shall he leaveיִתְּנֶ֣נּוּyi.te.Ne.nuH5414it forhis portionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506. This also isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and a greatרַבָּֽה׃ra.BahH7227evilוְרָעָ֥הve.ra.'AhH7451.

22For what hathהֹוֶ֤הho.VehH1933manלָֽאָדָם֙la.'a.DamH120of all his labourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999,and of the vexationוּבְרַעְי֖וֹןu.ve.ra'.YonH7475of his heartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820,whereinשֶׁה֥וּאshe.Hu'H1931he hath labouredעָמֵ֖ל'a.MelH6001under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

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