6Follyהַסֶּ֔כֶלha.Se.khelH5529issetנִתַּ֣ןni.TanH5414ingreatרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227dignityבַּמְּרוֹמִ֖יםba.me.ro.MimH4791, and therichוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427in lowplaceבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216.
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.
11Surely theserpentהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175willbiteיִשֹּׁ֥ךְyi.ShokhH5391withoutenchantmentלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908; and ababblerלְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃le.Va.'al ha.la.ShonH3956H1167is nobetterיִתְר֔וֹןyit.RonH3504.
12Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of a wiseman’sחָכָ֖םcha.KhamH2450mouthפִי־fi-H6310aregraciousחֵ֑ןChenH2580; but thelipsוְשִׂפְת֥וֹתve.sif.TotH8193of afoolכְּסִ֖ילke.SilH3684will swallowupתְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃te.val.le.'E.nuH1104himself.
13Thebeginningתְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.LatH8462of thewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697of hismouthפִ֖יהוּFi.huH6310isfoolishnessסִכְל֑וּתsikh.LutH5531: and theendוְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.RitH319of histalkפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310ismischievousרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451madnessהוֹלֵל֖וּתho.le.LutH1948.
14Afoolוְהַסָּכָ֖לve.ha.sa.KhalH5530also isfullיַרְבֶּ֣הyar.BehH7235ofwordsדְבָרִ֑יםde.va.RimH1697: amanהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120cannottellיֵדַ֤עye.Da'H3045what shall be; and what shall beafterמֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, who cantellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him?
15Thelabourעֲמַ֥ל'a.MalH5999of thefoolishהַכְּסִילִ֖יםha.ke.si.LimH3684weariethתְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּte.yag.ge.'E.nuH3021every one of them, because heknowethיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045not how togoH3212to thecityעִֽיר׃'IrH5892.
16Woeאִֽי־'i-H337to thee, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, when thykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428is achildנָ֑עַרNa.'arH5288, and thyprincesוְשָׂרַ֖יִךְve.sa.Ra.yikhH8269eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398in themorningבַּבֹּ֥קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242!
17Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֣יךְ'ash.ReikhH835art thou, Olandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, when thykingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428is thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofnoblesחוֹרִ֑יםcho.RimH2715, and thyprincesוְשָׂרַ֙יִךְ֙ve.sa.Ra.yikhH8269eatיֹאכֵ֔לוּyo.Khe.luH398in dueseasonבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256, forstrengthבִּגְבוּרָ֖הbig.vu.RahH1369, and not fordrunkennessבַשְּׁתִֽי׃va.she.TiH8358!
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