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Ecclesiastes 8:1-8

1Who isas the wiseכְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םke.He.cha.KhamH2450man?and who knowethיוֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'H3045the interpretationפֵּ֣שֶׁרPe.sherH6592of a thingדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697?a man’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120wisdomחָכְמַ֤תcha.khe.MatH2451maketh his faceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440to shineתָּאִ֣ירta.'IrH215,and the boldnessוְעֹ֥זve.'OzH5797of his faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440shall be changedיְשֻׁנֶּֽא׃ye.shu.Ne'H8132.

2I counsel theeto keepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104the king’sמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428commandmentפִּי־pi-H6310, and thatin regardדִּבְרַ֖תdiv.RatH1700of the oathשְׁבוּעַ֥תshe.vu.'AtH7621of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

3Be not hastyתִּבָּהֵ֤לti.ba.HelH926to go outH3212of his sightמִפָּנָיו֙mi.pa.NavH6440:standתַּעֲמֹ֖דta.'a.ModH5975not in an evilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingבְּדָבָ֣רbe.da.VarH1697;for he doethיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.SehH6213whatsoever pleasethיַחְפֹּ֖ץyach.PotzH2654him.

4Where the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is, there ispowerשִׁלְט֑וֹןshil.TonH7983:and who may sayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559unto him, What doestתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ta.'a.SehH6213thou?

5Whoso keepethשׁוֹמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104the commandmentמִצְוָ֔הmitz.VahH4687shall feelיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045no evilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697:and a wise man’sחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450heartלֵ֥בlevH3820discernethיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045both timeוְעֵ֣תve.'EtH6256and judgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֔טu.mish.PatH4941.

6Because to every purposeחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656there isיֵ֖שׁyeshH3426timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256and judgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941,therefore the miseryרָעַ֥תra.'AtH7451of manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120isgreatרַבָּ֥הra.BahH7227upon him.

7For he knowethיֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'H3045not that which shall be: for who can tellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him when it shall be?

8There isno manאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120that hath powerשַׁלִּ֤יטsha.LitH7989over the spiritבָּר֙וּחַ֙ba.Ru.achH7307to retainלִכְל֣וֹאlikh.Lo'H3607the spiritהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307; neither hath hepowerשִׁלְטוֹן֙shil.tOnH7983in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of deathהַמָּ֔וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194: and there isno dischargeמִשְׁלַ֖חַתmish.La.chatH4917in thatwarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421;neither shall wickednessרֶ֖שַׁעRe.sha'H7562deliverיְמַלֵּ֥טye.ma.LetH4422those that are givenבְּעָלָֽיו׃be.'a.LavH1167to it.

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