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1. I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was 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 of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
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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. I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven 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 made me great works; I builded 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 parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
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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 pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
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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 bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that 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. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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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 was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with 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 whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
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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. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit 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. And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.
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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. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth 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 mans eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth 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. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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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 of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as 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 is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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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 all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be 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 knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is 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. Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored 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 a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great 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 what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth 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 but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is 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. There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. 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 can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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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 to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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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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