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Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

7All the labourעֲמַ֥ל'a.MalH5999of manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120isfor his mouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310,and yet the appetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315is not filledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8For what hath the wiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450moreיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148than the foolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684?what hath the poorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041,that knowethיוֹדֵ֔עַyo.De.a'H3045to walkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980before the livingהַחַיִּֽים׃ha.chai.YimH2416?

9Betterט֛וֹבTovH2896isthe sightמַרְאֵ֥הmar.'EhH4758of the eyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869than the wanderingמֵֽהֲלָךְ־me.ha.lokh-H1980of the desireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315: this isalso vanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and vexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469of spiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

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