H6213A–עָשָׂה–a.sah

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it has been done”

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

שֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (נַּעֲשׂ֖וּ) na.'a.Su “<they> have been done”

I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

עֹשָֽׂה׃ 'o.Sah “[is it] doing”

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

יַעֲשׂוּ֙ ya.'a.Su “they will do”

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ (עָשׂ֣וּ) 'a.Su “<they> had done”לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (עֲשׂ֑וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ (עָשֽׂוּ) 'a.Su. “people have done”

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה (נַּעֲשָׂ֖ה) na.'a.Sah “<it> was done”

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה (עוֹשֶׂ֔ה) 'o.Seh “worker”

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah “he has done”

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה ya.'a.Seh “he does”עָשָׂ֔ה 'a.Sah “he has acted”

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

נַעֲשִׂ֖ים na.'a.Sim “[were being] done”

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם (יַעֲשֵׂ֣) ya.'a.Se “he spends”

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

יַעֲשֶׂה־ ya.'a.seh- “he does”

Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ya.'a.Seh “he will do”

for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"

תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ ta.'a.Seh “are you doing”

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

עָשׂ֑וּ 'a.Su “they had done”

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (עֲשׂ֥וֹת) 'a.Sot “do”

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

עֹשֶׂ֥ה 'o.Seh “[is] doing”

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

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

נַעֲשָׂ֖ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

נַעֲשָׂ֣ה na.'a.Sah “it is done”