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Ecclesiastes 8:1-8

1Who is as thewiseכְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םke.He.cha.KhamH2450man ? and whoknowethיוֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'H3045theinterpretationפֵּ֣שֶׁרPe.sherH6592of athingדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697? aman’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120wisdomחָכְמַ֤תcha.khe.MatH2451maketh hisfaceפָּנָ֔יוpa.NavH6440toshineתָּאִ֣ירta.'IrH215, and theboldnessוְעֹ֥זve.'OzH5797of hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440shall bechangedיְשֻׁנֶּֽא׃ye.shu.Ne'H8132.

2I counsel thee tokeepשְׁמ֔וֹרshe.MorH8104theking’sמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428commandmentפִּי־pi-H6310, and that inregardדִּבְרַ֖תdiv.RatH1700of theoathשְׁבוּעַ֥תshe.vu.'AtH7621ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430.

3Be nothastyתִּבָּהֵ֤לti.ba.HelH926to gooutH3212of hissightמִפָּנָיו֙mi.pa.NavH6440:standתַּעֲמֹ֖דta.'a.ModH5975not in anevilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingבְּדָבָ֣רbe.da.VarH1697; for hedoethיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.SehH6213whateverpleasethיַחְפֹּ֖ץyach.PotzH2654him.

4Where thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of akingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is, there ispowerשִׁלְט֑וֹןshil.TonH7983: and who maysayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559to him, Whatdoestתַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ta.'a.SehH6213thou?

5He whokeepethשׁוֹמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104thecommandmentמִצְוָ֔הmitz.VahH4687shallfeelיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045noevilרָ֑עRa'H7451thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697: and a wiseman’sחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450heartלֵ֥בlevH3820discernethיֵדַ֖עye.Da'H3045bothtimeוְעֵ֣תve.'EtH6256andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֔טu.mish.PatH4941.

6Because to everypurposeחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656thereisיֵ֖שׁyeshH3426timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941, therefore themiseryרָעַ֥תra.'AtH7451ofmanהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120isgreatרַבָּ֥הra.BahH7227upon him.

7For heknowethיֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'H3045not that which shall be: for who cantellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him when it shall be?

8There is nomanאָדָ֞ם'a.DamH120that hathpowerשַׁלִּ֤יטsha.LitH7989over thespiritבָּר֙וּחַ֙ba.Ru.achH7307toretainלִכְל֣וֹאlikh.Lo'H3607thespiritהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307; neither hath hepowerשִׁלְטוֹן֙shil.tOnH7983in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117ofdeathהַמָּ֔וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194: and there is nodischargeמִשְׁלַ֖חַתmish.La.chatH4917in thatwarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421; neither shallwickednessרֶ֖שַׁעRe.sha'H7562deliverיְמַלֵּ֥טye.ma.LetH4422those that aregivenבְּעָלָֽיו׃be.'a.LavH1167to it.

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