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Ecclesiastes 2:21-23

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?

23For all his daysיָמָ֣יוya.MavH3117aresorrowsמַכְאֹבִ֗יםmakh.'o.VimH4341,and his travailעִנְיָנ֔וֹin.ya.NoH6045griefוָכַ֙עַס֙va.Kha.'asH3708;yea, his heartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820taketh not restשָׁכַ֣בsha.KhavH7901in the nightבַּלַּ֖יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915.This is also vanityהֶ֥בֶלHe.velH1892.

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