H0589–אֲנִי–a.ni

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

אֲנִ֤י 'a.Ni “I”אֲנִ֗י 'a.Ni “I”

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

אֲנִ֗י 'a.Ni “I”

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

אָ֔נִי 'A.ni “I”

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

אָ֔נִי 'A.ni “I”

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “me”אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”שֶׁאֲנִ֥י (אֲנִ֥י) 'a.Ni “I”

So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

אֲנִ֖י 'a.Ni “I”

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

אָ֔נִי 'A.ni “I”

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

אֲנִ֗י 'a.Ni “I”

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

אֲנִ֛י 'a.Ni “I”

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter wo

אֲנִ֣י 'a.Ni “[am] I”

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.

אָ֗נִי 'A.ni “I”

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.

אֲנִ֤י 'a.Ni “I”

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.

אֲנִ֜י 'a.Ni “I”

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

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

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.

אָ֔נִי 'A.ni “I”

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.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”

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.

אָ֔נִי 'A.ni “I”

I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

אֲנִי֙ 'a.Ni “I”