Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 7:19-22

19Wisdomהַֽחָכְמָ֖הha.cha.khe.MahH2451is a strength to thewiseלֶחָכָ֑םle.cha.KhamH2450manH2450more thantenמֵֽעֲשָׂרָה֙me.'a.sa.RahH6235rulersשַׁלִּיטִ֔יםsha.li.TimH7989whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834are in acityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

20Surelyכִּ֣יkiH3588there isnotH3808arighteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662manאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120uponearthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, that doethgoodטּ֖וֹבTovH2896, and sinnethnotH3808.

21Alsotakeתִּתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808heedH8085untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605wordsהַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.RimH1697that arespokenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696; lest thouhearתִשְׁמַ֥עtish.Ma'H8085thyservantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650curseמְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃me.ka.Le.chaH7043thee:

22for oftentimes also thine ownheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820knoweth that thou thyself likewise hastcursedקִלַּ֥לְתָּki.Lal.taH7043othersאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312.

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