H9023–הוּ–hu

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

עֲמָל֣וֹ׀ (וֹ) o “his”חַיָּ֛יו (ו) v “his”חֶלְקֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor-this is the gift of God.

חֶלְק֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [ergänzt: him] in the joy of his heart.

חַיָּ֑יו (ו) v “his”לִבּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

לְנַפְשׁ֣וֹ׀ (וֹ) o “his”

If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

שָׁנָ֗יו (ו) v “his”וְנַפְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

שְׁמ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

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

לְפִ֑יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

שְׁמ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

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

הֶבְל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

לִבּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; [ergänzt: and] the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [ergänzt: his life] in his evil-doing.

בְּצִדְק֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

פָּנָ֔יו (ו) v “his”פָּנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

מִפָּנָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

בְּעָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

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

מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

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.

בַעֲמָל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”חַיָּ֛יו (ו) v “his”

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),

בְּעֵינָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

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.

עִתּ֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

וּדְבָרָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

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

לִֽימִינ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לִשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

לִבּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

פִ֖יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”פִּ֔יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

yea, they shall be afraid of [ergänzt: that which is] high, and terrors [ergänzt: shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

עוֹלָמ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”