Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

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.

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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
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