H9005–/ל–l

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

לִכְע֑וֹס (לִ) li “to”

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

לְרֹאֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

לְתַקֵּ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing [ergänzt: of what shall be] after him.

לְעֻמַּת־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

לָ֖מָּה (לָ֖) La. “<to>”

Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [ergänzt: men] that are in a city.

לֶחָכָ֑ם (לֶ) le. “to the”

Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלָת֔וּר (לָ) la. “to”וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [ergänzt: and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [ergänzt: searching] one by one to find out the reason;

לְאַחַ֖ת (לְ) le. “to”לִמְצֹ֥א (לִ) li “to”

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

לִכְל֣וֹא (לִ) li “to”

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when man ruleth man to his hurt.

לְכָֽל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַ֥ע (לְ) le. “for”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “of”

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

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [ergänzt: days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “for <the>”לְיִרְאֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (לְּ) le. “to”

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [ergänzt: his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.

לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע (לָֽ) la. “to the”מִלִּפְנֵ֥י (לִּ) li “to”

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

לָֽאָדָם֙ (לָֽ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לֶאֱכ֥וֹל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (לִ) li “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

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),

לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלִרְאוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”

then I saw that all [ergänzt: is] the work of God, [ergänzt: and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [ergänzt: it] out, yet doth he not find [ergänzt: it]; and even, if a wise [ergänzt: man] think to know [ergänzt: it], he shall not be able to find [ergänzt: it] out.

לִמְצוֹא֙ (לִ) li “to”בְּ֠שֶׁל (ל) l “<to>”לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָדַ֔עַת (לָ) la. “to”לִמְצֹֽא׃ (לִ) li “to”

For all this I laid to my heart and [ergänzt: indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

וְלָב֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “[is] <to>”

All things [ergänzt: come] alike to all: 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; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

לַכֹּ֗ל (לַ) la. “for <the>”לַצַּדִּ֤יק (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”וְלָרָשָׁע֙ (לָ) la. “to the”לַטּוֹב֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלָרַע (לָ) la. “to the”וְלַטָּה֣וֹר (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַטָּמֵ֔א (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (לַ) la. “to”