H9002–/וְ–v

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto 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.

וְיֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [ergänzt: all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֞וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְלִרְאוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה (וּ) u. “and”

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

וְלָב֣וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [ergänzt: and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

וְלָרָשָׁע֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָרַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַטָּה֣וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַטָּמֵ֔א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [ergänzt: they go] to the dead.

וְגַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחֲרָ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵֽין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

וְחֵ֨לֶק (וְ) ve. “and”

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה (וּֽ) u. “and”

Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

וְשֶׁ֖מֶן (וְ) ve. “and”

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ (וּ) u. “and”

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [ergänzt: it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדַ֣עַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָכְמָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

וְרָאֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֧א (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָפֶ֖גַע (וָ) va. “and”

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

וּגְדוֹלָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (וַ) va. “and”

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

וְאָדָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

וְחָכְמַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבָרָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

וְחוֹטֶ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

וְלֵ֥ב (וְ) ve. “and”

Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [ergänzt: that] he is a fool.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

וַעֲשִׁירִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

וְשָׂרִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

וּפֹרֵ֥ץ (וּ) u. “and”