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Ecclesiastes 10:4-10

4If thespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of therulerהַמּוֹשֵׁל֙ha.mo.ShelH4910risethתַּעֲלֶ֣הta.'a.LehH5927against thee,leaveH3240not thyplaceמְקוֹמְךָ֖me.kom.ChaH4725; foryieldingמַרְפֵּ֔אmar.Pe'H4832pacifiethH3240greatגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ge.do.LimH1419offencesחֲטָאִ֥יםcha.ta.'ImH2399.

5Thereisיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426anevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451which I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121, as anerrorכִּשְׁגָגָ֕הkish.ga.GahH7684whichproceedethשֶׁיֹּצָ֖אshei.yo.Tza'H3318fromמִלִּפְנֵ֥יmi.lif.NeiH6440therulerהַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ha.sha.LitH7989:

6Follyהַסֶּ֔כֶלha.Se.khelH5529issetנִתַּ֣ןni.TanH5414ingreatרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227dignityבַּמְּרוֹמִ֖יםba.me.ro.MimH4791, and therichוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427in lowplaceבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216.

7I haveseenרָאִ֥יתִיra.'I.tiH7200servantsעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650uponhorsesסוּסִ֑יםsu.SimH5483, andprincesוְשָׂרִ֛יםve.sa.RimH8269walkingהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980asservantsכַּעֲבָדִ֖יםka.'a.va.DimH5650upon theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

8He thatdiggethחֹפֵ֥רcho.FerH2658apitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475shallfallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307into it; and whoeverbreakethוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555anhedgeגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447, aserpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175shallbiteיִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuH5391him.

9Whoeverremovethמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68shall behurtיֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.TzevH6087by them; and he thatcuttethבּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'H1234woodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086shall beendangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533by it.

10If theironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270isbluntקֵהָ֣הke.HahH6949, and he doth notwhetקִלְקַ֔לkil.KalH7043theedgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440, then must heuseיְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.BerH1396morestrengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428: butwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451isprofitableוְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.RonH3504todirectהַכְשֵׁ֖רhakh.SheirH3787.

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