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1. I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
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1. I H589 said H559 in mine heart H3820 , Go to H1980 now H4994 , I will prove H5254 thee with mirth H8057 , therefore enjoy H7200 pleasure H2896 : and, behold H2009 , this H1931 also H1571 is vanity H1892 .
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2. I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this:
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2. I said H559 of laughter H7814 , It is mad H1984 : and of mirth H8057 , What H4100 doeth H6213 it H2090 ?
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3. And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as with wine, (though my heart guided me in wisdom,) and I desired to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.
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3. I sought H8446 in mine heart H3820 to give H4900 H853 myself H1320 unto wine H3196 , yet acquainting H5090 mine heart H3820 with wisdom H2451 ; and to lay hold H270 on folly H5531 , till H5704 H834 I might see H7200 what H335 was that H2088 good H2896 for the sons H1121 of men H120 , which H834 they should do H6213 under H8478 the heaven H8064 all H4557 the days H3117 of their life H2416 .
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4. I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
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4. I made me great H1431 works H4639 ; I built H1129 me houses H1004 ; I planted H5193 me vineyards H3754 :
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5. I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.
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5. I made H6213 me gardens H1593 and orchards H6508 , and I planted H5193 trees H6086 in them of all H3605 kind of fruits H6529 :
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6. I made me Lit. baths pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.
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6. I made H6213 me pools H1295 of water H4325 , to water H8248 therewith H4480 the wood H3293 that bringeth forth H6779 trees H6086 :
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7. I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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7. I got H7069 me servants H5650 and maidens H8198 , and had H1961 servants born H1121 in my house H1004 ; also H1571 I had H1961 great H7235 possessions H4735 of great H1241 and small cattle H6629 above all H4480 H3605 that were H7945 H1961 in Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 me:
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8. Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.
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8. I gathered H3664 me also H1571 silver H3701 and gold H2091 , and the peculiar treasure H5459 of kings H4428 and of the provinces H4082 : I got H6213 me men singers H7891 and women singers H7891 , and the delights H8588 of the sons H1121 of men H120 , as musical instruments H7705 H7705 , and that of all sorts.
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9. So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
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9. So I was great H1431 , and increased more H3254 than all H4480 H3605 that were H7945 H1961 before H6440 me in Jerusalem H3389 : also H637 my wisdom H2451 remained H5975 with me.
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10. And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
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10. And whatsoever H3605 H834 mine eyes H5869 desired H7592 I kept H680 not H3808 from H4480 them , I withheld H4513 not H3808 H853 my heart H3820 from any H4480 H3605 joy H8057 ; for H3588 my heart H3820 rejoiced H8056 in all H4480 H3605 my labor H5999 : and this H2088 was H1961 my portion H2506 of all H4480 H3605 my labor H5999 .
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11. And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
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11. Then I H589 looked H6437 on all H3605 the works H4639 that my hands had wrought H7945 H6213 H3027 , and on the labor H5999 that I had labored H7945 H5998 to do H6213 : and, behold H2009 , all H3605 was vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 , and there was no H369 profit H3504 under H8478 the sun H8121 .
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12. Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it?
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12. And I H589 turned H6437 myself to behold H7200 wisdom H2451 , and madness H1947 , and folly H5531 : for H3588 what H4100 can the man H120 do that cometh H7945 H935 after H310 the king H4428 ? even H853 that which H834 hath been already H3528 done H6213 .
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13. And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
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13. Then I H589 saw H7200 that H7945 H3426 wisdom H2451 excelleth H3504 folly H4480 H5531 , as far as light H216 excelleth H3504 darkness H4480 H2822 .
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14. The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.
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14. The wise man H2450 's eyes H5869 are in his head H7218 ; but the fool H3684 walketh H1980 in darkness H2822 : and I myself H589 perceived H3045 also H1571 that one event H7945 H4745 H259 happeneth H7136 to H854 them all H3605 .
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15. And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.
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15. Then said H559 I H589 in my heart H3820 , As it happeneth H4745 to the fool H3684 , so it happeneth H7136 even H1571 to me ; and why H4100 was I H589 then H227 more H3148 wise H2449 ? Then I said H1696 in my heart H3820 , that this H2088 also H7945 H1571 is vanity H1892 .
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16. For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?
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16. For H3588 there is no H369 remembrance H2146 of the wise H2450 more than H5973 of the fool H3684 forever H5769 ; seeing that which now H7945 H3528 is in the days H3117 to come H935 shall all H3605 be forgotten H7911 . And how H349 dieth H4191 the wise H2450 man ? as H5973 the fool H3684 .
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17. So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil Gr. toward, or, upon me before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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17. Therefore I hated H8130 H853 life H2416 ; because H3588 the work H4639 that is wrought H7945 H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 is grievous H7451 unto H5921 me: for H3588 all H3605 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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18. And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
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18. Yea, I H589 hated H8130 H853 all H3605 my labor H5999 which I H7945 H589 had taken H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121 : because I should leave H7945 H5117 it unto the man H120 that shall be H7945 H1961 after H310 me.
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19. And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
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19. And who H4310 knoweth H3045 whether he shall be H1961 a wise H2450 man or H176 a fool H5530 ? yet shall he have rule H7980 over all H3605 my labor H5999 wherein I have labored H7945 H5998 , and wherein I have showed myself wise H7945 H2449 under H8478 the sun H8121 . This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 .
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20. so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
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20. Therefore I H589 went about H5437 to cause H853 my heart H3820 to despair H2976 of H5921 all H3605 the labor H5999 which I took H7945 H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 .
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21. For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great Gr. wickedness evil.
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21. For H3588 there is H3426 a man H120 whose labor H7945 H5999 is in wisdom H2451 , and in knowledge H1847 , and in equity H3788 ; yet to a man H120 that hath not H7945 H3808 labored H5998 therein shall he leave H5414 it for his portion H2506 . This H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and a great H7227 evil H7451 .
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22. For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.
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22. For H3588 what H4100 hath H1933 man H120 of all H3605 his labor H5999 , and of the vexation H7475 of his heart H3820 , wherein he H7945 H1931 hath labored H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121 ?
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23. For all his days are days of sorrows, and Or, distraction vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
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23. For H3588 all H3605 his days H3117 are sorrows H4341 , and his travail H6045 grief H3708 ; yea H1571 , his heart H3820 taketh not H3808 rest H7901 in the night H3915 . This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 .
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24. A man has nothing really good Gr. which he shall eat and which, etc. to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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24. There is nothing H369 better H2896 for a man H120 , than that he should eat H7945 H398 and drink H8354 , and that he should make his soul H7200 H853 H5315 good H2896 in his labor H5999 . This H2090 also H1571 I H589 saw H7200 , that H3588 it H1931 was from the hand H4480 H3027 of God H430 .
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25. For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without i. e. God him?
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25. For H3588 who H4310 can eat H398 , or who H4310 else can hasten H2363 hereunto , more H2351 than H4480 I?
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26. For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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26. For H3588 God giveth H5414 to a man H120 that is good H7945 H2896 in his sight H6440 wisdom H2451 , and knowledge H1847 , and joy H8057 : but to the sinner H2398 he giveth H5414 travail H6045 , to gather H622 and to heap up H3664 , that he may give H5414 to him that is good H2896 before H6440 God H430 . This H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307 .
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