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Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

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

10ThePreacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letH6953soughtH1245tofindלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672outH1245acceptablewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697, and thatwhichH1697waswrittenוְכָת֥וּבve.kha.TuvH3789uprightly, evenwordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697oftruthאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571.

11Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֤יdiv.ReiH1697of thewiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450are as goads, and as nails wellfastenedH5414are thewordsH1697of themastersבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167of assemblies,whichH1697aregivenH5414from oneshepherdמֵרֹעֶ֥הme.ro.'EhH7462.

12And furthermore, mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121, be admonished: ofmakingH369manyהַרְבֵּה֙har.BehH7235booksסְפָרִ֤יםse.fa.RimH5612there isnoH369endקֵ֔ץKetzH7093; andmuchהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235studyוְלַ֥הַגve.La.hagH3854is a weariness of thefleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320.

13This is theendס֥וֹףSofH5490of thematterדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697;allהַכֹּ֣לha.KolH3605hath beenheardנִשְׁמָ֑עnish.Ma'H8085:fearיְרָא֙ye.Ra'H3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֤יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, andkeepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֣יוmitz.vo.TavH4687; for this is thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605dutyH1697ofmanהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120.

14ForGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430shallbringיָבִ֥אya.Vi'H935everyכָּל־kol-H3605workמַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הma.'a.SehH4639intoH935judgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֖טve.mish.PatH4941, witheveryכָּל־kol-H3605hiddenנֶעְלָ֑םne'.LamH5956thingכִּ֤יkiH3588,whetherאִם־'im-H518it begoodט֖וֹבTovH2896orwhetherוְאִם־ve.'im-H518it beevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.

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