Ecclesiastes 4
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Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

13Apoorמִסְכֵּ֖ןmis.KenH4542yet wiseוְחָכָ֑םve.cha.KhamH2450ladיֶ֥לֶדYe.ledH3206is betterט֛וֹבTovH2896thanH4480an oldזָקֵן֙za.KenH2205and foolishוּכְסִ֔ילu.khe.SilH3684kingמִמֶּ֤לֶךְmi.Me.lekhH4428whoאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834noלֹא־lo'-H3808longerעֽוֹד׃odH5750knowsיָדַ֥עya.Da'H3045howto receiveH2094instructionH2094.
14For he has comeיָצָ֣אya.Tza'H3318out of prisonמִבֵּ֥ית הָסוּרִ֖יםmi.Beit ha.su.RimH1004H631to becomeלִמְלֹ֑ךְlim.LokhH4427kingH4427,evenגַּ֥םgamH1571thoughH3588he was bornנוֹלַ֥דno.LadH3205poorרָֽשׁ׃RashH7326in his kingdomבְּמַלְכוּת֖וֹbe.mal.khu.ToH4438.
15I have seenרָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiH7200allכָּל־kol-H3605the livingהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121throngהַֽמְהַלְּכִ֖יםham.ha.le.KhimH1980to the sideעִ֚ם'imH5973of the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֔יha.she.NiH8145ladהַיֶּ֣לֶדhai.Ye.ledH3206whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834replacesיַעֲמֹ֖ד תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ya.'a.Mod tach.TavH5975H8478him.
16ThereH369is noH369endקֵ֣ץketzH7093to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971,to allלְכֹ֤לle.KholH3605whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were beforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֔םlif.nei.HemH6440them, and evenגַּ֥םgamH1571the onesH314whoH314will comeH314laterH314will not be happyיִשְׂמְחוּ־yis.me.chu-H8055with him, for thisזֶ֥הzehH2088tooגַם־gam-H1571isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and strivingוְרַעְי֥וֹןve.ra'.YonH7475after windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.
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