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Qoh 9:1 For 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.

hakkōl ka’ăšer lakkōl miqəreh ’eḥāḏ laṣṣaddîq wəlārāšā‘ laṭṭôḇ wəlaṭṭāhôr wəlaṭṭāmē’ wəlazzōḇēaḥ wəla’ăšer ’ênennû zōḇēaḥ kaṭṭôḇ kaḥōṭe’ hannišəbā‘ ka’ăšer šəḇû‘āh yārē’

Qoh 9:2 All 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.

zeh rā‘ bəḵōl ’ăšer-na‘ăśāh taḥaṯ haššemeš kî-miqəreh ’eḥāḏ lakkōl wəg̱am lēḇ bənê-hā’āḏām mālē’-rā‘ wəhôlēlôṯ biləḇāḇām bəḥayyêhem wə’aḥărāyw ’el-hammēṯîm

Qoh 9:3 This 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.

kî-mî ’ăšer yəḥubbar ’el kāl-haḥayyîm yēš biṭṭāḥôn kî-ləḵeleḇ ḥay hû’ ṭôḇ min-hā’arəyēh hammēṯ

Qoh 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

kî haḥayyîm yôḏə‘îm šeyyāmuṯû wəhammēṯîm ’ênām yôḏə‘îm mə’ûmāh wə’ên-‘ôḏ lāhem śāḵār kî nišəkaḥ ziḵərām

Qoh 9:5 For 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.

gam ’ahăḇāṯām gam-śinə’āṯām gam-qinə’āṯām kəḇār ’āḇāḏāh wəḥēleq ’ên-lāhem ‘ôḏ lə‘ôlām bəḵōl ’ăšer-na‘ăśāh taḥaṯ haššāmeš

Qoh 9:6 Also 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.

lēḵ ’ĕḵōl bəśiməḥāh laḥəmeḵā ûšăṯēh ḇəleḇ-ṭôḇ yêneḵā kî ḵəḇār rāṣāh hā’ĕlōhîm ’eṯ-ma‘ăśeyḵā

Qoh 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

bəḵāl-‘ēṯ yihəyû ḇəg̱āḏeyḵā ləḇānîm wəšemen ‘al-rō’šəḵā ’al-yeḥəsār

Qoh 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

rə’ēh ḥayyîm ‘im-’iššāh ’ăšer-’āhaḇətā kāl-yəmê ḥayyê heḇəleḵā ’ăšer nāṯan-ləḵā taḥaṯ haššemeš kōl yəmê heḇəleḵā kî hû’ ḥeləqəḵā baḥayyîm ûḇa‘ămāləḵā ’ăšer-’attāh ‘āmēl taḥaṯ haššāmeš

Qoh 9:9 Live 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.

kōl ’ăšer timəṣā’ yāḏəḵā la‘ăśôṯ bəḵōḥăḵā ‘ăśēh kî ’ên ma‘ăśeh wəḥešəbôn wəḏa‘aṯ wəḥāḵəmāh bišə’ôl ’ăšer ’attāh hōlēḵ šāmmāh

Qoh 9:10 Whatsoever 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.

šaḇətî wərā’ōh ṯaḥaṯ-haššemeš kî lō’ laqqallîm hammērôṣ wəlō’ laggibbôrîm hammiləḥāmāh wəg̱am lō’ laḥăḵāmîm leḥem wəg̱am lō’ lannəḇōnîm ‘ōšer wəg̱am lō’ layyōḏə‘îm ḥēn kî-‘ēṯ wāp̱eg̱a‘ yiqəreh ’eṯ-kullām

Qoh 9:11 I 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.

kî gam lō’-yēḏa‘ hā’āḏām ’eṯ-‘ittô kaddāg̱îm šenne’ĕḥāzîm biməṣôḏāh rā‘āh wəḵaṣṣippŏrîm hā’ăḥuzôṯ bappāḥ kāhēm yûqāšîm bənê hā’āḏām lə‘ēṯ rā‘āh kəšettippôl ‘ălêhem piṯə’ōm

Qoh 9:12 For 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.

gam-zōh rā’îṯî ḥāḵəmāh taḥaṯ haššāmeš ûg̱əḏôlāh hî’ ’ēlāy

Qoh 9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

‘îr qəṭannāh wa’ănāšîm bāhh mə‘āṭ ûḇā’-’ēleyhā meleḵ gāḏôl wəsāḇaḇ ’ōṯāhh ûḇānāh ‘āleyhā məṣôḏîm gəḏōlîm

Qoh 9:14 There 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:

ûmāṣā’ ḇāhh ’îš misəkēn ḥāḵām ûmillaṭ-hû’ ’eṯ-hā‘îr bəḥāḵəmāṯô wə’āḏām lō’ zāḵar ’eṯ-hā’îš hammisəkēn hahû’

Qoh 9:15 Now 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.

wə’āmarətî ’ānî ṭôḇāh ḥāḵəmāh miggəḇûrāh wəḥāḵəmaṯ hammisəkēn bəzûyāh ûḏəḇārāyw ’ênām nišəmā‘îm

Qoh 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

diḇərê ḥăḵāmîm bənaḥaṯ nišəmā‘îm mizza‘ăqaṯ môšēl bakkəsîlîm

Qoh 9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

ṭôḇāh ḥāḵəmāh mikkəlê qərāḇ wəḥôṭe’ ’eḥāḏ yə’abbēḏ ṭôḇāh harəbēh

Qoh 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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