H9002–/וְ–v

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

וְגֵ֨זֶל (וְ) ve. “and”וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ (וָ) va. “and”וּגְבֹהִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [ergänzt: himself] is dependent upon the field.

וְיִתְר֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

וּמִֽי־ (וּ) u. “and”

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding [ergänzt: of them] with his eyes?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

וּמְא֙וּמָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

וְחָלְי֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וָקָֽצֶף׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Behold what I have seen good and comely: [ergänzt: it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [ergänzt: man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

וְ֠לִשְׁתּוֹת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְלִרְא֨וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

וּנְכָסִ֜ים (וּ) u. “and”וְלָשֵׂ֣את (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׂמֹ֖חַ (וְ) ve. “and”

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

וְרַבָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

וּנְכָסִ֨ים (וּ) u. “and”וְכָב֜וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֵינֶ֨נּוּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָחֳלִ֥י (וָ) vo. “and”

If a man beget a hundred [ergänzt: sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

וְשָׁנִים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַ֣ב׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (וּ) u. “and”

moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

וְאִלּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

וּרְע֥וּת (וּ) u. “and”

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

וְנוֹדָ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

A [ergänzt: good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

וְי֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.

וְהַחַ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

וְלֵ֥ב (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”