Ecclesiastes 7
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Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 7:25-29

25Iturnedסַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsa.Bo.tiH5437aboutH5437, and myheartוְלִבִּי֙ve.li.BiH3820wassetH5437toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045and tosearchH1245outH3045, and toseekוּבַקֵּ֥שׁu.va.KeshH1245wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451and the reason of things, and toknowוְלָדַ֙עַת֙ve.la.Da.'atH3045thatwickednessרֶ֣שַׁעRe.sha'H7562isfollyוְהַסִּכְל֖וּתve.ha.sikh.LutH5531, and thatfoolishnessכֶּ֔סֶלKe.selH3689ismadnessהוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ho.le.LotH1947:
26And Ifindוּמוֹצֶ֨אu.mo.Tze'H4672athingהִ֨יאhi'H1931moreH4480bitterמַ֣רmarH4751thanH4480deathמִמָּ֗וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194,evenאֶת־'et-H853thewomanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834heartלִבָּ֖הּli.BahH3820is snares andnetsוַחֲרָמִ֛יםva.cha.ra.MimH2764, andherH802handsיָדֶ֑יהָya.Dei.haH3027as bands: whoso pleasethGodהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430shallescapeיִמָּלֵ֣טyi.ma.LetH4422fromherH802; but thesinnerוְחוֹטֵ֖אve.cho.Te'H2398shall betakenיִלָּ֥כֶדyi.La.khedH3920byherH802.
27BeholdH7200, this have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672, saith thePreacherקֹהֶ֑לֶתko.He.letH6953; laying onethingזֶ֣הzehH2088toanotherH259, tofindלִמְצֹ֥אlim.Tzo'H4672outH7200the account:
28whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315stillעוֹד־'od-H5750seeketh, but I havenotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808foundמָצָ֑אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672: onemanאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120among athousandמֵאֶ֙לֶף֙me.'E.lefH505have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672; but awomanוְאִשָּׁ֥הve.'i.ShahH802amongallבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605thoseאֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehH428have Inotלֹ֥אlo'H3808foundמָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiH4672.
29BeholdH7200, thisonlyלְבַד֙le.VadH905have Ifoundמָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672, thatGodהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430madeעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120uprightיָשָׁ֑רya.SharH3477; but they havesoughtבִקְשׁ֖וּvik.ShuH1245outH7200manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227inventions.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain