Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 8:5-8

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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