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Ecclesiastes 2:21-23

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?

23For all hisdaysיָמָ֣יוya.MavH3117aresorrowsמַכְאֹבִ֗יםmakh.'o.VimH4341, and hislabourעִנְיָנ֔וֹin.ya.NoH6045griefוָכַ֙עַס֙va.Kha.'asH3708; yea, hisheartלִבּ֑וֹli.BoH3820taketh notrestשָׁכַ֣בsha.KhavH7901in thenightבַּלַּ֖יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915. This is alsovanityהֶ֥בֶלHe.velH1892.

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