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Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

9Whatprofitיִּתְרוֹן֙yit.rOnH3504hath he thatworkethהָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔הha.'o.SehH6213in that inwhichבַּאֲשֶׁ֖רba.'a.SherH834helabourethעָמֵֽל׃'a.MelH6001?

10I haveseenרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200thelabourהָֽעִנְיָ֗ןha.'in.YanH6045, whichGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414to thesonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofmenהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120to beexercisedלַעֲנ֥וֹתla.'a.NotH6031in it.

11He hathmadeעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213every thingbeautifulיָפֶ֣הya.PehH3303in itstimeבְעִתּ֑וֹve.'i.ToH6256: also he hathsetנָתַ֣ןna.TanH5414theworldהָעֹלָם֙ha.'o.LamH5769in theirheartבְּלִבָּ֔םbe.li.BamH3820, sothatמִבְּלִ֞יmi.be.LiH1097nomanהָאָדָ֗םha.'a.DamH120can findoutיִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'H4672theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛הha.ma.'a.SehH4639thatGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430makethעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213from thebeginningמֵרֹ֥אשׁme.RoshH7218to theendסֽוֹף׃SofH5490.

12Iknowיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that there is nogoodט֖וֹבTovH2896in them, but for a man torejoiceלִשְׂמ֔וֹחַlis.Mo.achH8055, and todoוְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתve.la.'a.SotH6213goodט֖וֹבTovH2896in hislifeבְּחַיָּֽיו׃be.chai.YavH2416.

13And also that everymanהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120shouldeatשֶׁיֹּאכַ֣לshei.yo.KhalH398anddrinkוְשָׁתָ֔הve.sha.TahH8354, andenjoyוְרָאָ֥הve.ra.'AhH7200thegoodט֖וֹבTovH2896of all hislabourעֲמָל֑וֹa.ma.LoH5999, it is thegiftמַתַּ֥תma.TatH4991ofGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430.

14Iknowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that, whateverGodהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430doethיַעֲשֶׂ֤הya.'a.SehH6213, it shall be foreverלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769:nothingH369can beaddedלְהוֹסִ֔יףle.ho.SifH3254to it, nor any thingtakenלִגְרֹ֑עַlig.Ro.a'H1639from it: andGodוְהָאֱלֹהִ֣יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430doethעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213it, that men shouldfearשֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּshei.yir.'UH3372beforeמִלְּפָנָֽיו׃mi.le.fa.NavH6440him.

15That which hath been isnowכְּבָ֣רke.VarH3528; and that which is to be hathalreadyכְּבָ֣רke.VarH3528been; andGodוְהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםve.ha.'E.lo.HimH430requirethיְבַקֵּ֥שׁye.va.KeshH1245that which ispastנִרְדָּֽף׃nir.DafH7291.

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