Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 7:7-10

7Surelyכִּ֥יkiH3588extortionהָעֹ֖שֶׁקha.'O.shekH6233maketh awiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450manH2450foolish; and agiftמַתָּנָֽה׃ma.ta.NahH4979destroyeth theunderstandingלֵ֖בlevH3820.

8BetterH2896is theendאַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.RitH319of athingדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697thanH2896thebeginningמֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹme.re.shi.ToH7225thereof: and thepatientאֶֽרֶךְ־'e.rekh-H750inspiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307isbetterH2896thanH2896the proud inspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

9Benotאַל־'al-H408hasty in thyspiritבְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖be.ru.cha.KhaH7307to beangryלִכְע֑וֹסlikh.'osH3707: forangerH3707resteth in thebosomבְּחֵ֥יקbe.CheikH2436offoolsכְּסִילִ֖יםke.si.LimH3684.

10Sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559notH3808thou,Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100is thecauseH1961that theformerהָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.NimH7223daysשֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙she.hai.ya.mimH3117werebetterטוֹבִ֖יםto.VimH2896thanH3808theseמֵאֵ֑לֶּהme.'E.lehH428? for thou dostnotH3808inquireשָׁאַ֥לְתָּsha.'Al.taH7592wiselyמֵחָכְמָ֖הme.cha.khe.MahH2451concerning this.

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