Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 12:3-9

3in thedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117when thekeepersH376of thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004shalltrembleשֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙shei.ya.Zu.'uH2111, and thestrongהֶחָ֑יִלhe.Cha.yilH2428menH376shall bow themselves, and the grinders ceasebecauseכִּ֣יkiH3588they arefewH4592, andthoseH376thatlookהָרֹא֖וֹתha.ro.'otH7200outH7200of thewindowsבָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ru.BotH699bedarkenedוְחָשְׁכ֥וּve.cha.she.KhuH2821,

4and thedoorדְלָתַ֙יִם֙de.la.Ta.yimH1817shall beshutוְסֻגְּר֤וּve.su.ge.RuH5462in thestreetבַּשּׁ֔וּקba.ShukH7784; when thesoundק֣וֹלKolH6963of thegrindingהַֽטַּחֲנָ֑הha.ta.cha.NahH2913islowH8217, and one shallriseH6965upH6965at thevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of abirdהַצִּפּ֔וֹרha.tzi.PorH6833, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thedaughtersבְּנ֥וֹתbe.NotH1323ofmusicהַשִּֽׁיר׃ha.ShirH7892shall bebroughtH6965lowH8217;

5yeaH3588, they shall beafraidיִרָ֙אוּ֙yi.Ra.'uH3372of thatwhichH1004ishighמִגָּבֹ֤הַּmi.ga.Vo.ahH1364, andterrorsוְחַתְחַתִּ֣יםve.chat.cha.TimH2849shall be in thewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870; and thealmondהַשָּׁקֵד֙ha.sha.KedH8247treeH8247shall blossom, and thegrasshopperהֶֽחָגָ֔בhe.cha.GavH2284shall be aburdenH413, and the caper-berry shallfailוְתָפֵ֖רve.ta.FerH6565:becauseH3588manהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120goeth to hislongעוֹלָמ֔וֹo.la.MoH5769homeH1004, and themournersהַסֹּפְדִֽים׃ha.so.fe.DimH5594goהֹלֵ֤ךְho.LekhH1980aboutH413thestreetsבָשּׁ֖וּקva.ShukH7784:

6or ever thesilverהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701cordחֶ֣בֶלChe.velH2256be loosed, or thegoldenהַזָּהָ֑בha.za.HavH2091bowlגֻּלַּ֣תgu.LatH1543bebrokenH7665, or thepitcherכַּד֙kadH3537bebrokenH7665at the fountain, or thewheelהַגַּלְגַּ֖לha.gal.GalH1534brokenH7665at thecisternהַבּֽוֹר׃ha.BorH953;

7and thedustהֶעָפָ֛רhe.'a.FarH6083returnוְיָשֹׁ֧בve.ya.ShoH7725to theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776as it was, and thespiritוְהָר֣וּחַve.ha.Ru.achH7307returnתָּשׁ֔וּבta.ShuvH7725untoGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430whogaveנְתָנָֽהּ׃ne.ta.NahH5414it.

8Vanityהֲבֵ֧לha.VelH1892ofvanitiesהֲבָלִ֛יםha.va.LimH1892, saith thePreacherהַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶתha.ko.He.letH6953;allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

9AndfurtherH5750, because thePreacherקֹהֶ֖לֶתko.He.letH6953waswiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450, hestillH5750taughtלִמַּד־li.mad-H3925thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971knowledgeדַּ֙עַת֙da.'atH1847; yea, heponderedH2713, and soughtoutH2713, and set in ordermanyהַרְבֵּֽה׃har.BehH7235proverbsמְשָׁלִ֥יםme.sha.LimH4912.

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