H9023–הוּ–hu

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

עֲמָל֣וֹ׀ (וֹ) o “his”חַיָּ֛יו (ו) v “his”חֶלְקֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

חֶלְק֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

חַיָּ֑יו (ו) v “his”לִבּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ׀ (וֹ) o “his”

If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

שָׁנָ֗יו (ו) v “his”וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

שְׁמ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

לְפִ֑יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

שְׁמ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

הֶבְל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

לִבּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

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.

בְּצִדְק֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

פָּנָ֔יו (ו) v “his”פָּנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

מִפָּנָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

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.

בְּעָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

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.

מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

בַעֲמָל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”חַיָּ֛יו (ו) v “his”

When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

בְּעֵינָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

עִתּ֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

וּדְבָרָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

לִֽימִינ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

לִבּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

פִ֖יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”פִּ֔יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

עוֹלָמ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”