H9003–/ב–b

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.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

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.

בְּכֹ֤ל (בְּ) be. “in”בִּלְבָבָם֙ (בִּ) bi “[is] in”בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּכֹ֥ל (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ (בְּ) be. “with”בְלֶב־ (בְ) ve. “with”

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

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”

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.

בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים (בַּֽ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ (בַ) va. “in”

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.

בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ (בְּ) be. “with”בִּשְׁא֕וֹל (בִּ) bi “in”

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.

בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”בַּפָּ֑ח (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

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.

בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “in <the>”

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.

בָ֗הּ (בָ֗) Va “in <the>”בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

בְּנַ֖חַת (בְּ) be. “in”בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “among <the>”

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.

בַּדֶּ֛רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

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

בַּמְּרוֹמִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בַּשֵּׁ֥פֶל (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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

בּ֣וֹ (בּ֣) b “in <the>”

Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [ergänzt: and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

בָּהֶ֑ם (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”בָּֽם׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “by <the>”

If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

בְּלוֹא־ (בְּ) be. “with”

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

בַּבֹּ֥קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”בִּגְבוּרָ֖ה (בִּ) bi “for”בַשְּׁתִֽי׃ (בַ) va. “for <the>”

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם (בַּ) ba. “in”וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת (בְ) ve. “in”

Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

בְּמַדָּֽעֲךָ֗ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחַדְרֵי֙ (בְ) ve. “in”

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

בְרֹ֥ב (בְ) ve. “in”

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

בַּדָּר֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “at the”בַּצָּפ֑וֹן (בַּ) ba. “at the”

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

בֶעָבִ֖ים (בֶ) ve. “on the”

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, [ergänzt: nor] how the bones [ergänzt: do grow] in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

בְּבֶ֣טֶן (בְּ) be. “in”

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”