Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 6:7-12

7Allכָּל־kol-H3605the labour ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120is for hismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310, and yet theappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315isnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808filledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8Forwhatמַה־mah-H4100advantageיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148hath thewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450moreמִֽן־min-H4480thanH4480thefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684? orwhatמַה־mah-H4100hath thepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041manH2450, that knoweth towalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980beforeנֶ֥גֶדNe.gedH5048thelivingהַחַיִּֽים׃ha.chai.YimH2416?

9BetterH2896is thesightH5869of theeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869thanH2896the wandering of thedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315: this also isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and astrivingH7469afterH7469windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

10Whatsoever hath been, thenameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034thereof wasgivenנִקְרָ֣אnik.Ra'H7121longמַה־mah-H4100ago, and it isknownוְנוֹדָ֖עve.no.Da'H3045that it ismanאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120:neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808canיוּכַ֣לyu.KhalH3201he contend with him that is mightierthanמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480he.

11Seeingכִּ֛יkiH3588there bemanyהַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehH7235things thatincreaseמַרְבִּ֣יםmar.BimH7235vanityהָ֑בֶלHa.velH1892,whatמַה־mah-H4100ismanלָאָדָֽם׃la.'a.DamH120the better?

12For who knowethwhatמַה־mah-H4100isgoodטּ֨וֹבTovH2896formanלָֽאָדָ֜םla.'a.DamH120in hislifeH3117,allH3117thedaysיְמֵי־ye.mei-H3117of hisvainהֶבְל֖וֹhev.LoH1892lifeH3117whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834he spendeth as ashadowכַּצֵּ֑לka.TzelH6738? for whocanH4310tellיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046amanלָֽאָדָ֔םla.'a.DamH120whatמַה־mah-H4100shall beafterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310himunderתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

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