Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

9Whatמַה־mah-H4100profitיִּתְרוֹן֙yit.rOnH3504hath he that worketh in thatwhereinבַּאֲשֶׁ֖רba.'a.SherH834he laboureth?

10I haveseenרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200the travailwhichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414to thesonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofmenהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120to be exercised therewith.

11He hathmadeH6213everyH3605thingH3605beautifulיָפֶ֣הya.PehH3303initsH3605time: also he hathsetנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414the world in theirheartבְּלִבָּ֔םbe.li.BamH3820, yetsoH6213thatmanהָאָדָ֗םha.'a.DamH120cannotלֹא־lo'-H3808findיִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'H4672outH3605theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛הha.ma.'a.SehH4639thatGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430hathdoneH6213from thebeginningמֵרֹ֥אשׁme.RoshH7218evenגַּ֤םgamH1571to theendסֽוֹף׃SofH5490.

12Iknowיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that there isnothingאֵ֥ין'einH369betterט֖וֹבTovH2896for them,thanH2896torejoiceלִשְׂמ֔וֹחַlis.Mo.achH8055, and todoH6213goodט֖וֹבTovH2896soH6213long as theyliveבְּחַיָּֽיו׃be.chai.YavH2416.

13And also thateveryכָּל־kol-H3605manהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120shouldeatשֶׁיֹּאכַ֣לshei.yo.KhalH398anddrinkוְשָׁתָ֔הve.sha.TahH8354, andenjoyוְרָאָ֥הve.ra.'AhH7200goodט֖וֹבTovH2896inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605his labour, is thegiftמַתַּ֥תma.TatH4991ofGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430.

14Iknowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that,whatsoeverH3605Godהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430doeth, it shall be foreverלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769:nothingאֵ֣ין'einH369canאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834be put to it,norאֵ֣ין'einH369anyH3605thingכִּ֠יkiH3588takenלִגְרֹ֑עַlig.Ro.a'H1639from it: andGodוְהָאֱלֹהִ֣יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430hathdoneH6213it, thatmenH3605shouldfearשֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּshei.yir.'UH3372beforeמִלְּפָנָֽיו׃mi.le.fa.NavH6440him.

15ThatwhichH834is hath beenalreadyכְּבָ֣רke.VarH3528; and thatwhichH834is to be hathalreadyכְּבָ֣רke.VarH3528been: andGodוְהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430seekethagainH1961thatwhichH834ispassedH1961away.

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