H1892–הֶ֫בֶל–he.vel

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

הֶ֥בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

For God giveth to a man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “futility”

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.

הֶ֛בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

וַהֲבָלִ֔ים (הֲבָלִ֔ים) ha.va.Lim “futilities”

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

הֶ֛בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

For he cometh with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

בַהֶ֥בֶל (הֶ֥בֶל) He.vel “futility”

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

הָ֑בֶל Ha.vel “futility”

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

הֶבְל֖וֹ (הֶבְל֖) hev.L “futility”

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

הֶבְלִ֑י (הֶבְלִ֑) hev.L “futility”

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

הֶבֶל֮ he.Vel “[is] futility”הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

Live joyfully 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 this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun.

הֶבְלֶ֔ךָ (הֶבְלֶ֔) hev.Le. “futility”הֶבְלֶ֑ךָ (הֶבְלֶ֑) hev.Le. “futility”

But if a man shall live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[are] futility”

Vanity of vanities saith the preacher; all is vanity.

הֲבֵ֧ל ha.Vel “futility of”הֲבָלִ֛ים ha.va.Lim “futilities”הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”