Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

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.

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