Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 11

1Castשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971thybreadלַחְמְךָ֖lach.me.KhaH3899uponH5921thewatersהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325: for thou shaltfindתִּמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃tim.tza.'E.nuH4672itafterH5921manyבְרֹ֥בve.RoH7230daysהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117.

2Giveתֶּן־ten-H5414aportionחֵ֥לֶקChe.lekH2506tosevenלְשִׁבְעָ֖הle.shiv.'AhH7651,yeaכִּ֚יkiH3588,evenוְגַ֣םve.GamH1571untoeightלִשְׁמוֹנָ֑הlish.mo.NahH8083; for thou knowestnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808whatמַה־mah-H4100evilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451shall beuponעַל־'al-H5921theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

3IfH518thecloudsהֶעָבִ֥יםhe.'a.VimH5645befullיִמָּלְא֨וּyi.mal.'UH4390ofrainגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ge.shemH1653, they emptythemselvesH5921uponH5921theearthהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776: andifH518atreeעֵ֛ץ'etzH6086fallH5307towardH5921thesouthבַּדָּר֖וֹםba.da.RomH1864, ortowardH5921thenorthבַּצָּפ֑וֹןba.tza.FonH6828, in theplaceמְק֛וֹםme.KomH4725whereשָׁ֥םshamH8033thetreeהָעֵ֖ץha.'EtzH6086falleth, there shall it be.

4He that observeth thewindר֖וּחַRu.achH7307shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808sowיִזְרָ֑עyiz.Ra'H2232; and he that regardeth thecloudsבֶעָבִ֖יםve.'a.VimH5645shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808reapיִקְצֽוֹר׃yik.TzorH7114.

5As thou knowestnotH3808whatH4100is thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307,norH3808howH4100thebonesכַּעֲצָמִ֖יםka.'a.tza.MimH6106doH6213grow in thewombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990ofherH3605that is with child;evenH3808soH6213thou knowestnotH3808theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430who doethallH3605.

6In themorningבַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ba.Bo.kerH1242sowזְרַ֣עze.Ra'H2232thyseedזַרְעֶ֔ךָzar.'E.khaH2233, and in theeveningוְלָעֶ֖רֶבve.la.'E.revH6153withholdH259notH369thinehandיָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khaH3027: for thou knowestnotH369whichH2088shall prosper,whetherH518this or that, orwhetherH518theybothשְׁנֵיהֶ֥םshe.nei.HemH8147shall bealikeH259goodטוֹבִֽים׃to.VimH2896.

7Truly thelightהָא֑וֹרha.'OrH216issweetוּמָת֖וֹקu.ma.TokH4966, and apleasantH4966thing it is for theeyesלַֽעֵינַ֖יִםla.'ei.Na.yimH5869tobeholdלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

8YeaH3588,ifאִם־'im-H518amanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120liveיִחְיֶ֥הyich.YehH2421manyהַרְבֵּ֛הhar.BehH7235yearsשָׁנִ֥יםsha.NimH8141,letH8055himrejoiceH8055in themallבְּכֻלָּ֣םbe.khu.LamH3605; butletH8055himrememberוְיִזְכֹּר֙ve.yiz.KorH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofdarknessהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְha.Cho.shekhH2822, for they shall bemanyהַרְבֵּ֥הhar.BehH7235.Allכָּל־kol-H3605that cometh isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

9Rejoiceשְׂמַ֧חse.MachH8055, Oyoungבָּח֣וּרba.ChurH970manH970, in thyyouthבְחוּרוֹתֶ֔ךָve.chu.ro.Te.khaH979; andletH8055thyheartלִבְּךָ֙li.be.KhaH3820cheerוִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤vi.ti.ve.KhaH3190thee in thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of thyyouthH979, andwalkוְהַלֵּךְ֙ve.ha.leKhH1980in thewaysבְּדַרְכֵ֣יbe.dar.KheiH1870of thineheartלִבְּךָ֔li.be.KhaH3820, and in thesightH5869of thineeyesעֵינֶ֑יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869: butknowוְדָ֕עve.Da'H3045thou, that forallכָּל־kol-H3605theseאֵ֛לֶּה'E.lehH428thingsGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430willbringיְבִֽיאֲךָ֥ye.vi.'a.KhaH935theeintoH935judgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

10Thereforeremoveוְהָסֵ֥רve.ha.SerH5493sorrow from thyheartמִלִּבֶּ֔ךָmi.li.Be.khaH3820, andputH5493awayH5493evilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451from thyfleshמִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָmi.be.sa.Re.khaH1320: foryouthהַיַּלְד֥וּתhai.yal.DutH3208and theprimeוְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּתve.ha.sha.cha.RutH7839oflifeH3820arevanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 11

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