Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 8:1-8

1Who is as thewiseכְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םke.He.cha.KhamH2450manH120? and who knoweth theinterpretationפֵּ֣שֶׁרPe.sherH6592of athingדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697? Aman’sH120wisdomחָכְמַ֤תcha.khe.MatH2451maketh hisfaceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440toshineתָּאִ֣ירta.'IrH215, and the hardness of hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440ischangedיְשֻׁנֶּֽא׃ye.shu.Ne'H8132.

2IcounselH6310thee,Keepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104theking’sמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428commandH6310, and that inregardH8104of theoathשְׁבוּעַ֥תshe.vu.'AtH7621ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

3Benotאַל־'al-H408hasty to gooutH6440of hispresenceH6440;persistתַּעֲמֹ֖דta.'a.ModH5975notאַֽל־'al-H408in anevilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingבְּדָבָ֣רbe.da.VarH1697: for he doethwhatsoeverכָּל־kol-H3605pleaseth him.

4Becauseבַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.SherH834theking’sמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697hath power; and who maysayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559unto him,Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100doest thou?

5Whoso keepeth thecommandmentמִצְוָ֔הmitz.VahH4687shallknowH3045noלֹ֥אlo'H3808evilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697; and awiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450man’sH2450heartלֵ֥בlevH3820discerneth time andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֔טu.mish.PatH4941:

6for toeveryלְכָל־le.kholH3605purposeחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656there is a time andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941;becauseH3588the misery ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120isgreatרַבָּ֥הra.BahH7227uponעָלָֽיו׃'a.LavH5921him:

7for he knowethnotאֵינֶ֥נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369thatwhichכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834shall be; for whocanמִ֖יmiH4310tellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046himhowמַה־mah-H4100it shall be?

8There isnoH3808manאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120that hath power over thespiritבָּר֙וּחַ֙ba.Ru.achH7307toretainH4422thespiritהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307;neitherH3808hath he power over thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117ofdeathהַמָּ֔וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194; and there isnoH3808dischargeמִשְׁלַ֖חַתmish.La.chatH4917in thatwarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421:neitherH3808shallwickednessרֶ֖שַׁעRe.sha'H7562deliverH4422him that is given to it.

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