Ecclesiastes 2
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Ecclesiastes 2:11-13

11Then Ilookedוּפָנִ֣יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437on all theworksמַעֲשַׂי֙ma.'a.SaiH4639that myhandsיָדַ֔יya.DaiH3027hadwroughtשֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּshe.'a.SuH6213, and on thelabourוּבֶֽעָמָ֖לu.ve.'a.MalH5999that I hadlabouredשֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.tiH5998todoלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213: and, behold, all wasvanityהֶ֙בֶל֙he.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֣וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritר֔וּחַRu.achH7307, and there was noprofitיִתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.
12And Iturnedוּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437myself tobeholdלִרְא֣וֹתlir.'otH7200wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451, andmadnessוְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.LotH1947, andfollyוְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531: for what can themanהָאָדָ֗םha.'a.DamH120do thatcomethשֶׁיָּבוֹא֙shei.ya.Vo'H935afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428? even that which hath beenalreadyכְּבָ֖רke.VarH3528doneעָשֽׂוּהוּ׃'a.Su.huH6213.
13Then Isawוְרָאִ֣יתִיve.ra.'I.tiH7200thatשֶׁיֵּ֥שׁshei.YeshH3426wisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֖הla.cha.khe.MahH2451excellethיִתְר֛וֹןyit.RonH3504follyהַסִּכְל֑וּתha.sikh.LutH5531, as far aslightהָא֖וֹרha.'OrH216excellethכִּֽיתְר֥וֹןkit.RonH3504darknessהַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ha.Cho.shekhH2822.
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