Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 2:12-17

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.

14Thewiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450man’sH2450eyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869are in hisheadבְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹbe.ro.ShoH7218, and thefoolוְהַכְּסִ֖ילve.ha.ke.SilH3684walketh indarknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822: and yet Iperceivedוְיָדַ֣עְתִּיve.ya.Da'.tiH3045that one event happeneth to themallכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605.

15ThensaidH559I in myheartבְּלִבִּ֗יbe.li.BiH3820, As it happeneth to thefoolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684,soגַּם־gam-H1571will it happenevenשֶׁגַּם־she.gam-H1571tomeH589; andwhyוְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahH4100was I thenmoreיוֹתֵ֑רyo.TerH3148wiseחָכַ֛מְתִּיcha.Kham.tiH2449? Then IsaidH559in myheartבְלִבִּ֔יve.li.BiH3820, that this also wasvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

16For of thewiseלֶחָכָ֛םle.cha.KhamH2450manH2450,evenH3588as of thefoolהַכְּסִ֖ילha.ke.SilH3684, there isnoאֵ֨ין'einH369remembranceזִכְר֧וֹןzikh.RonH2146foreverלְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.LamH5769;seeingH3588that in thedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117tocomeהַבָּאִים֙ha.ba.'ImH935allהַכֹּ֣לha.KolH3605will have beenalreadyבְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞רbe.she.ke.VarH3528forgottenנִשְׁכָּ֔חnish.KachH7911. Andhowוְאֵ֛יךְve.'EikhH349doth thewiseהֶחָכָ֖םhe.cha.KhamH2450manH2450dieיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191evenH3588as thefoolהַכְּסִֽיל׃ha.ke.SilH3684!

17Soשֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖הshe.na.'a.SahH6213Ihatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ve.sa.Ne.tiH8130lifeהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416;becauseH3588theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that iswroughtH4639underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121was grievous untomeH5921: forallהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and astrivingוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469afterH5921windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

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