H9002–/וְ–v

Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד (וִֽ) vi. “so”

Wisdom `is' good with an inheritance, And an advantage `it is' to those beholding the sun.

וְיֹתֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

For wisdom `is' a defense, money `is' a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom `is', She reviveth her possessors.

וְיִתְר֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

וּבְי֥וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

`It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,' and it `is' far from me.

וְהִ֖יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

וְעָמֹ֥ק׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

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 am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

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

(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

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

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.

וְהֵ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

Who `is' as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

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

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

וְעַ֕ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Where the word of a king `is' power `is', and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

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

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (וּ) u. “and”

There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

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

All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

וְנָת֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.

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

Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred `times', and prolonging `himself' for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

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