New American Standard Bible 2020

Ecclesiastes 10:8-10

8One who digsחֹפֵ֥רcho.FerH2658a pitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475may fallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307into it, and aserpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175may biteיִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuH5391one who breaksוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555throughH6555a wallגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447.

9One who quarriesמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68may be hurtיֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.TzevH6087by them, and one who splitsבּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'H1234logsעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086may be endangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533by them.

10Ifאִם־'im-H518theaxeהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270is dullקֵהָ֣הke.HahH6949and he does not sharpenקִלְקַ֔לkil.KalH7043itsedgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440,then he must exertיְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.BerH1396morestrengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428.Wisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451hasthe advantageוְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.RonH3504of bringingH3787successH3787.

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