Ecclesiastes 2
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Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

11Then Ilookedוּפָנִ֣יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437onallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theworksמַעֲשַׂי֙ma.'a.SaiH4639that myhandsיָדַ֔יya.DaiH3027hadwroughtH4639, and on the labour that I had laboured todoH6213: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009,allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605wasvanityהֶ֙בֶל֙he.velH1892and astrivingH7469afterH7469windר֔וּחַRu.achH7307, and there wasnoוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369profitיִתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504underתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.
12And Iturnedוּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437myselfאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589tobeholdלִרְא֣וֹתlir.'otH7200wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451, andmadnessוְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531; forwhatH4100canH4100themanהָאָדָ֗םha.'a.DamH120doH6213that comethafterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428?evenכִּ֣י׀kiH3588thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hath beenalreadyכְּבָ֖רke.VarH3528doneH6213.
13Then Isawוְרָאִ֣יתִיve.ra.'I.tiH7200thatwisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֖הla.cha.khe.MahH2451excellethfollyהַסִּכְל֑וּתha.sikh.LutH5531, as far aslightהָא֖וֹרha.'OrH216excellethdarknessהַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ha.Cho.shekhH2822.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain