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Ecclesiastes 4:4-8

4Again, I consideredוְרָאִ֨יתִֽיve.ra.'I.tiH7200all travailעָמָ֗ל'a.MalH5999,and every rightכִּשְׁר֣וֹןkish.RonH3788workהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639,that for this a manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376is enviedקִנְאַת־kin.'at-H7068of his neighbourמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּme.re.'E.huH7453. This isalso vanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and vexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469of spiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

5The foolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684foldethH2263his handsיָדָ֔יוya.DavH3027togetherH2263,and eatethוְאֹכֵ֖לve.'o.KhelH398his own fleshבְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃be.sa.RoH1320.

6Betterט֕וֹבTovH2896isan handfulכַ֖ףkhafH3709withquietnessנָ֑חַתNa.chatH5183,than both the handsחָפְנַ֛יִםcha.fe.Na.yimH2651fullH4393withtravailעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999and vexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469of spiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

7Then I returnedוְשַׁ֧בְתִּיve.Shav.tiH7725,and I sawוָאֶרְאֶ֥הva.'er.'EhH7200vanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

8There isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426oneאֶחָד֩'e.ChadH259alone, and there isnot a secondשֵׁנִ֜יshe.NiH8145;yea, he hath neither childבֵּ֧ןbenH1121nor brotherוָאָ֣חva.'AchH251: yet is thereno endקֵץ֙ketzH7093of all his labourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999;neither is his eyeעֵינ֖וֹei.navH5869satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'H7646with richesעֹ֑שֶׁר'O.sherH6239; neither saith he,For whom do I labourעָמֵ֗ל'a.MelH6001,and bereaveוּמְחַסֵּ֤רu.me.cha.SerH2637my soulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315of goodמִטּוֹבָ֔הmi.to.VahH2896? This isalso vanityהֶ֛בֶלHe.velH1892, yea, it isa soreרָ֖עra'H7451travailוְעִנְיַ֥ןve.'in.YanH6045.

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