H9002–/וְ–v

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous [supplied: men] unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked [supplied: men] to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֞וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

וְלִרְאוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (וּ) u. “and”

then I saw that all [supplied: is] the work of God, [supplied: and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [supplied: it] out, yet doth he not find [supplied: it]; and even, if a wise [supplied: man] think to know [supplied: it], he shall not be able to find [supplied: it] out.

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

For all this I laid to my heart and [supplied: indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

וְלָב֣וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

All things [supplied: come] alike to all: 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; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

וְלָרָשָׁע֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָרַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַטָּה֣וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַטָּמֵ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, [supplied: they have to go] to the dead.

וְגַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵֽין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more for ever a portion in all that is done under the sun.

וְחֵ֨לֶק (וְ) ve. “and”

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה (וּֽ) u. “and”

Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

וְשֶׁ֖מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”

Enjoy life 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 life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ (וּ) u. “and”

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַ֣עַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָכְמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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 the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

וְרָאֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֧א (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָפֶ֖גַע (וָ) va. “and”

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.

וּגְדוֹלָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompassed it, and built great bulwarks against it:

וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (וַ) va. “and”

and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.

וְאָדָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

וְחָכְמַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבָרָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

וְחוֹטֶ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

The heart of a wise [supplied: man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

וְלֵ֥ב (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [supplied: him], and he saith to every one [supplied: that] he is a fool.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

וְשָׂרִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”

He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

וּפֹרֵ֥ץ (וּ) u. “and”