H9033–וֹ–o

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [ergänzt: do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃ (הוּ) hu “it”

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

בּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “it”יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

בּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “it”

I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth [ergänzt: it], that [ergänzt: men] should fear before him.

עָלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “it”וּמִמֶּ֖נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

יְבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙ (נּוּ֙) nu “him”אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

There is one [ergänzt: alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [ergänzt: he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

ל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

וְאִ֣יל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”לַהֲקִימֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And if a [ergänzt: man] overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

יִתְקְפוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”נֶגְדּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.

תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

[ergänzt: There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

ב֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

לְשַׁלְּמ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

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.

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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?

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

ל֣וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ (וֹ) o “him”מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ (נּוּ֙) nu “it”

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.

ל֣וֹ (וֹ) o “him”יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

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.

לּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”מִמֶּ֖נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”

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.

מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (נּוּ) nu “him”

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?

אַחֲרָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

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

עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “it”

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.

אַחֲרָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃ (נּוּ) nu “it”

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

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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

עָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”