H9002–/וְ–v

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד (וִֽ) vi. “so”

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

וְיֹתֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

וְיִתְר֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

וּבְי֥וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

וְהִ֖יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

וְעָמֹ֥ק׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

וְלִבִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “<and>”וְלָת֔וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת (וְ) ve. “and”

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

וּמוֹצֶ֨א (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲרָמִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”וְחוֹטֵ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

וְהֵ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וְעֹ֥ז (וְ) ve. “and”

I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

וְעַ֕ל (וְ) ve. “and”

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

וְעֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (וּ) u. “and”

For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (וּ) u. “and”

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

וְאֵ֤ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

וְנָת֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

וּבְכֵ֡ן (וּ) u. “and”וּמִמְּק֤וֹם (וּ) u. “and”וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְ (וּ) u. “and”

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

וְטוֹב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”