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Ecclesiastes 2:17-22

17Therefore Ihatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ve.sa.Ne.tiH8130lifeהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416; because theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that iswroughtשֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖הshe.na.'a.SahH6213under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121isgrievousרַ֤עra'H7451to me: for all isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

18Yea, Ihatedוְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽיve.sa.Ne.tiH8130all mylabourעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999which I hadtakenעָמֵ֖ל'a.MelH6001under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121: because I shouldleaveH3240it to themanלָאָדָ֖םla.'a.DamH120that shall beafterאַחֲרָֽי׃'a.cha.RaiH310me.

19And whoknowethיוֹדֵ֗עַyo.De.a'H3045whether he shall be awiseהֶֽחָכָ֤םhe.cha.KhamH2450man or afoolסָכָ֔לsa.KhalH5530? yet shall he haveruleוְיִשְׁלַט֙ve.yish.LatH7980over all mylabourעֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.LiH5999in which I havelabouredשֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.tiH5998, and in which I have showed myselfwiseוְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּיve.she.cha.Kham.tiH2449under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121. This is alsovanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

20Therefore I wentaboutוְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽיve.sa.Bo.tiH5437tocauseH2976myheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820todespairH2976of all thelabourהֶ֣עָמָ֔לhe.'a.MalH5999which Itookשֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּיshe.'a.Mal.tiH5998under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

21For thereisיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426amanאָדָ֗ם'a.DamH120whoselabourשֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹshe.'a.ma.LoH5999is inwisdomבְּחָכְמָ֥הbe.cha.khe.MahH2451, and inknowledgeוּבְדַ֖עַתu.ve.Da.'atH1847, and inequityוּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹןu.ve.khish.RonH3788; yet to amanוּלְאָדָ֞םu.le.'a.DamH120that hath notlabouredעָֽמַל־'a.mal-H5998in it shall heleaveיִתְּנֶ֣נּוּyi.te.Ne.nuH5414it for hisportionחֶלְק֔וֹchel.KoH2506. This also isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and agreatרַבָּֽה׃ra.BahH7227evilוְרָעָ֥הve.ra.'AhH7451.

22For whathathהֹוֶ֤הho.VehH1933manלָֽאָדָם֙la.'a.DamH120of all hislabourעֲמָל֔וֹa.ma.LoH5999, and of thevexationוּבְרַעְי֖וֹןu.ve.ra'.YonH7475of hisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820, inwhichשֶׁה֥וּאshe.Hu'H1931he hathlabouredעָמֵ֖ל'a.MelH6001under thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

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