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Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

7All thelabourעֲמַ֥ל'a.MalH5999ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120is for hismouthלְפִ֑יהוּle.Fi.huH6310, and yet theappetiteהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315is notfilledתִמָּלֵֽא׃ti.ma.Le'H4390.

8For what hath thewiseלֶחָכָ֖םle.cha.KhamH2450moreיּוֹתֵ֥רyo.TerH3148than thefoolהַכְּסִ֑ילha.ke.SilH3684? what hath thepoorלֶּעָנִ֣יle.'a.NiH6041, thatknowethיוֹדֵ֔עַyo.De.a'H3045towalkלַהֲלֹ֖ךְla.ha.LokhH1980before thelivingהַחַיִּֽים׃ha.chai.YimH2416?

9Betterט֛וֹבTovH2896is thesightמַרְאֵ֥הmar.'EhH4758of theeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869than thewanderingמֵֽהֲלָךְ־me.ha.lokh-H1980of thedesireנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315: this is alsovanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

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