Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 3:19-22

19For thatwhichזֶה֙zehH2088befalleth thesonsבְֽנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofmenהָאָדָ֜םha.'a.DamH120befallethbeastsהַבְּהֵמָ֗הha.be.he.MahH929;evenכִּי֩kiH3588onethingזֶ֔הZehH2088befalleth them: as the one dieth,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651dieth theotherH259;yeaכִּ֥יkiH3588, they haveallלַכֹּ֑לla.KolH3605onebreathוְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achH7307; andmanהָאָדָ֤םha.'a.DamH120hathnoאָ֔יִן'A.yinH369preeminenceaboveמִן־min-H4480thebeastsהַבְּהֵמָה֙ha.be.he.MahH929: forallהַכֹּ֖לha.KolH3605isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

20Allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605goהוֹלֵ֖ךְho.LekhH1980unto oneplaceמָק֣וֹםma.KomH4725;allהַכֹּל֙ha.KolH3605are of thedustהֶֽעָפָ֔רhe.'a.FarH6083, andallוְהַכֹּ֖לve.ha.KolH3605turnH7725todustהֶעָפָֽר׃he.'a.FarH6083againH7725.

21Who knoweth thespiritר֚וּחַRu.achH7307ofmanהָאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120whether it goethupwardלְמָ֑עְלָהle.Ma.'e.lahH4605, and thespiritוְר֙וּחַ֙ve.Ru.achH7307of thebeastהַבְּהֵמָ֔הha.be.he.MahH929whether it goethdownwardלְמַ֥טָּהle.Ma.tahH4295to theearthלָאָֽרֶץ׃la.'A.retzH776?

22Wherefore Isawוְרָאִ֗יתִיve.ra.'I.tiH7200that there isnothingאֵ֥ין'einH369betterטוֹב֙tOvH2896,thanH2896that amanהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120shouldrejoiceיִשְׂמַ֤חyis.MachH8055in hisworksבְּֽמַעֲשָׂ֔יוbe.ma.'a.SavH4639; for that is hisportionחֶלְק֑וֹchel.KoH2506: for who shallbringיְבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙ye.vi.'E.nuH935himbackH310toseeלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200whatבְּמֶ֖הbe.MehH4100shall beafterH310him?

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