- 1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.כִּ֣י אֶת כָּל זֶ֞ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶל לִבִּי֙ וְלָב֣וּר אֶת כָּל זֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם בְּיַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים גַּֽם אַהֲבָ֣ה גַם שִׂנְאָ֗ה אֵ֤ין יוֹדֵ֨עַ֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם הַכֹּ֖ל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם
- 2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.הַכֹּ֞ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל מִקְרֶ֨ה אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק וְלָרָשָׁע֙ לַטּוֹב֙ וְלַטָּה֣וֹר וְלַטָּמֵ֔א וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵינֶ֣נּוּ זֹבֵ֑חַ כַּטּוֹב֙ כַּֽחֹטֶ֔א הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר שְׁבוּעָ֥ה יָרֵֽא
- 3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.זֶ֣ה רָ֗ע בְּכֹ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר נַעֲשָׂה֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּֽי מִקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד לַכֹּ֑ל וְגַ֣ם לֵ֣ב בְּֽנֵי הָ֠אָדָם מָלֵא רָ֨ע וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת בִּלְבָבָם֙ בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם וְאַחֲרָ֖יו אֶל הַמֵּתִֽים
- 4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.כִּי מִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יבחר יְחֻבַּ֔ר אֶ֥ל כָּל הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּח֑וֹן כִּֽי לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא ט֔וֹב מִן הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת
- 5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין ע֤וֹד שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם
- 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.גַּ֣ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם גַּם שִׂנְאָתָ֛ם גַּם קִנְאָתָ֖ם כְּבָ֣ר אָבָ֑דָה וְחֵ֨לֶק אֵין עוֹד֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
- 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה בְלֶב ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י כְבָ֔ר רָצָ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶֽת מַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ
- 8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.בְּכָל עֵ֕ת יִהְי֥וּ בְגָדֶ֖יךָ לְבָנִ֑ים וְשֶׁ֖מֶן עַל רֹאשְׁךָ֥ אַל יֶחְסָֽר
- 9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.רְאֵ֨ה חַיִּ֜ים עִם אִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר אָהַ֗בְתָּ כָּל יְמֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י הֶבְלֶ֔ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתַן תַּ֣חַת הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י הֶבְלֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חֶלְקְךָ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּ֥ה עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
- 10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה
- 11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.שַׁ֜בְתִּי וְרָאֹ֣ה תַֽחַת הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֣י לֹא֩ לַקַּלִּ֨ים הַמֵּר֜וֹץ וְלֹ֧א לַגִּבּוֹרִ֣ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וְ֠גַם לֹ֣א לַחֲכָמִ֥ים לֶ֨חֶם֙ וְגַ֨ם לֹ֤א לַנְּבֹנִים֙ עֹ֔שֶׁר וְגַ֛ם לֹ֥א לַיֹּדְעִ֖ים חֵ֑ן כִּי עֵ֥ת וָפֶ֖גַע יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת כֻּלָּֽם
- 12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.כִּ֡י גַּם֩ לֹֽא יֵדַ֨ע הָאָדָ֜ם אֶת עִתּ֗וֹ כַּדָּגִים֙ שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה רָעָ֔ה וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת בַּפָּ֑ח כָּהֵ֗ם יֽוּקָשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָֽאָדָ֔ם לְעֵ֣ת רָעָ֔ה כְּשֶׁתִּפּ֥וֹל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם פִּתְאֹֽם
- 13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:גַּם זֹ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי חָכְמָ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וּגְדוֹלָ֥ה הִ֖יא אֵלָֽי
- 14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:עִ֣יר קְטַנָּ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים מְעָ֑ט וּבָֽא אֵלֶ֜יהָ מֶ֤לֶךְ גָּדוֹל֙ וְסָבַ֣ב אֹתָ֔הּ וּבָנָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ מְצוֹדִ֥ים גְּדֹלִֽים
- 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.וּמָ֣צָא אִ֤ישׁ מִסְכֵּן֙ חָכָ֔ם וּמִלַּט ה֥וּא אֶת הָעִ֖יר בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ וְאָדָם֙ לֹ֣א זָכַ֔ר אֶת הָאִ֥ישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן הַהּֽוּא
- 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי אָ֔נִי טוֹבָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו אֵינָ֥ם נִשְׁמָעִֽים
- 17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים
- 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.טוֹבָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה מִכְּלֵ֣י קְרָ֑ב וְחוֹטֶ֣א אֶחָ֔ד יְאַבֵּ֥ד טוֹבָ֥ה הַרְבֵּֽה
Ecclesiastes 9 KJV
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305 tagged Hebrew tokens133 distinct lexical entries18 of 18 verses source-tagged
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
גַּםH1571
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
חַיH2416
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
טוֹבH2896
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
אַיִןH369
a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
חׇכְמָהH2451
wisdom (in a good sense)
שֶׁמֶשׁH8121
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
תַּחַתH8478
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
אָדָםH120
ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
הוּאH1931
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
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