Revised Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 10:8-10

8He that diggethחֹפֵ֥רcho.FerH2658a pitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475shall fallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307into it; and whoso breakethוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555an hedgeגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447,a serpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175shall biteיִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuH5391him.

9Whoso removethמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68shall be hurtיֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.TzevH6087therewith; andhe that cleavethבּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'H1234woodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086shall be endangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533thereby.

10If the ironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270be bluntקֵהָ֣הke.HahH6949,and he do not whetקִלְקַ֔לkil.KalH7043the edgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440,then must he putיְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.BerH1396to more strengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428:but wisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451isprofitableוְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.RonH3504to directהַכְשֵׁ֖רhakh.SheirH3787.

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