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לַכֹּ֖ל
זְמָ֑ן
וְעֵ֥ת
לְכָל־
חֵ֖פֶץ
תַּ֥חַת
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
ס
To everything
there is a season,
and a time
for every
purpose
under
heaven:
To every [thing there is] a season,
and a time
to every purpose
under the heaven:
2
עֵ֥ת
לָלֶ֖דֶת
וְעֵ֣ת
לָמ֑וּת
עֵ֣ת
לָטַ֔עַת
וְעֵ֖ת
לַעֲק֥וֹר
נָטֽוּעַ׃
a time
to be born
and a time
to die,
a time
to plant
and a time
to uproot,
A time
to be born,
and a time
to die;
a time
to plant,
and a time
to pluck up
[that which is] planted;
3
עֵ֤ת
לַהֲרוֹג֙
וְעֵ֣ת
לִרְפּ֔וֹא
עֵ֥ת
לִפְר֖וֹץ
וְעֵ֥ת
לִבְנֽוֹת׃
a time
to kill
and a time
to heal,
a time
to break down
and a time
to build,
A time
to kill,
and a time
to heal;
a time
to break down,
and a time
to build up;
4
עֵ֤ת
לִבְכּוֹת֙
וְעֵ֣ת
לִשְׂח֔וֹק
עֵ֥ת
סְפ֖וֹד
וְעֵ֥ת
רְקֽוֹד׃
a time
to weep
and a time
to laugh,
a time
to mourn
and a time
to dance,
A time
to weep,
and a time
to laugh;
a time
to mourn,
and a time
to dance;
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עֵ֚ת
לְהַשְׁלִ֣יךְ
אֲבָנִ֔ים
וְעֵ֖ת
כְּנ֣וֹס
אֲבָנִ֑ים
עֵ֣ת
לַחֲב֔וֹק
וְעֵ֖ת
לִרְחֹ֥ק
מֵחַבֵּֽק׃
a time
to cast away
stones
and a time
to gather
stones together,
a time
to embrace
and a time
to refrain
from embracing,
A time
to cast away
stones,
and a time
to gather
stones
together;
a time
to embrace,
and a time
to refrain
from embracing;
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עֵ֤ת
לְבַקֵּשׁ֙
וְעֵ֣ת
לְאַבֵּ֔ד
עֵ֥ת
לִשְׁמ֖וֹר
וְעֵ֥ת
לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃
a time
to search
and a time
to count as lost,
a time
to keep
and a time
to discard,
A time
to get,
and a time
to lose;
a time
to keep,
and a time
to cast away;
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עֵ֤ת
לִקְר֙וֹעַ֙
וְעֵ֣ת
לִתְפּ֔וֹר
עֵ֥ת
לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת
וְעֵ֥ת
לְדַבֵּֽר׃
a time
to tear
and a time
to mend,
a time
to be silent
and a time
to speak,
A time
to rend,
and a time
to sew;
a time
to keep silence,
and a time
to speak;
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עֵ֤ת
לֶֽאֱהֹב֙
וְעֵ֣ת
לִשְׂנֹ֔א
עֵ֥ת
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
וְעֵ֥ת
שָׁלֽוֹם׃
ס
a time
to love
and a time
to hate,
a time
for war
and a time
for peace.
A time
to love,
and a time
to hate;
a time
of war,
and a time
of peace.
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מַה־
יִּתְרוֹן֙
הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה
בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
ה֥וּא
עָמֵֽל׃
What
does the worker
gain
from his
toil?
What profit
hath he that worketh
in that wherein
he laboureth?
10
רָאִ֣יתִי
אֶת־
הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
נָתַ֧ן
אֱלֹהִ֛ים
לִבְנֵ֥י
הָאָדָ֖ם
לַעֲנ֥וֹת
בּֽוֹ׃
I have seen
the burden
that
God
has laid
upon the sons
of men
to occupy
them.
I have seen
the travail,
which God
hath given
to the sons
of men
to be exercised
in it.
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אֶת־
הַכֹּ֥ל
עָשָׂ֖ה
יָפֶ֣ה
בְעִתּ֑וֹ
גַּ֤ם
אֶת־
הָעֹלָם֙
נָתַ֣ן
בְּלִבָּ֔ם
מִבְּלִ֞י
אֲשֶׁ֧ר
לֹא־
יִמְצָ֣א
הָאָדָ֗ם
אֶת־
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה
אֲשֶׁר־
עָשָׂ֥ה
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
מֵרֹ֥אשׁ
וְעַד־
סֽוֹף׃
He has made
everything
beautiful
in its time.
He has also
set
eternity
in the hearts of men,
yet
they
cannot
fathom
the work
that
God
has done
from beginning
to
end.
He hath made
every [thing] beautiful
in his time:
also he hath set
the world
in their heart,
so that
no man
can find out
the work
that God
maketh
from the beginning
to the end.
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יָדַ֕עְתִּי
כִּ֛י
אֵ֥ין
ט֖וֹב
בָּ֑ם
כִּ֣י
אִם־
לִשְׂמ֔וֹחַ
וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
ט֖וֹב
בְּחַיָּֽיו׃
I know
that
there is nothing
better
for them
than
to rejoice
and do
good
while they live,
I know
that [there is] no good
in them, but for [a man] to rejoice,
and to do
good
in his life.
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וְגַ֤ם
כָּל־
הָאָדָם֙
שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל
וְשָׁתָ֔ה
וְרָאָ֥ה
ט֖וֹב
בְּכָל־
עֲמָל֑וֹ
מַתַּ֥ת
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
הִֽיא׃
and also
that every
man
should eat
and drink
and find
satisfaction
in all
his labor—
this is
the gift
of God.
And also that every man
should eat
and drink,
and enjoy
the good
of all his labour,
it [is] the gift
of God.
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יָדַ֗עְתִּי
כִּ֠י
כָּל־
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה
הָאֱלֹהִים֙
ה֚וּא
יִהְיֶ֣ה
לְעוֹלָ֔ם
עָלָיו֙
אֵ֣ין
לְהוֹסִ֔יף
וּמִמֶּ֖נּוּ
אֵ֣ין
לִגְרֹ֑עַ
וְהָאֱלֹהִ֣ים
עָשָׂ֔ה
שֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּ
מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃
I know
that
everything
God
does
endures forever;
nothing
can be added
to it
or taken
from it.
God
does it
so that they should fear
Him.
I know
that, whatsoever God
doeth,
it shall be for ever:
nothing
can be put
to it, nor any thing taken
from it: and God
doeth
[it], that [men] should fear
before
him.
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מַה־
שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙
כְּבָ֣ר
ה֔וּא
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
לִהְי֖וֹת
כְּבָ֣ר
הָיָ֑ה
וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ
אֶת־
נִרְדָּֽף׃
What exists
has already
been,
and what
will be
has already
been,
for God
will call to account
what has passed.
That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath already
been; and God
requireth
that which is past.
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וְע֥וֹד
רָאִ֖יתִי
תַּ֣חַת
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
מְק֤וֹם
הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙
שָׁ֣מָּה
הָרֶ֔שַׁע
וּמְק֥וֹם
הַצֶּ֖דֶק
שָׁ֥מָּה
הָרָֽשַׁע׃
Furthermore,
I saw
under
the sun
that in the place
of judgment
there is
wickedness,
and in the place
of righteousness
there is
wickedness.
And moreover I saw
under the sun
the place
of judgment,
[that] wickedness
[was] there; and the place
of righteousness,
[that] iniquity
[was] there.
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אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי
אֲנִי֙
בְּלִבִּ֔י
אֶת־
הַצַּדִּיק֙
וְאֶת־
הָ֣רָשָׁ֔ע
יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
כִּי־
עֵ֣ת
לְכָל־
חֵ֔פֶץ
וְעַ֥ל
כָּל־
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה
שָֽׁם׃
I
said
in my heart,
“God
will judge
the righteous
and
the wicked,
since
there is a time
for every
activity
and every
deed.”
I said
in mine heart,
God
shall judge
the righteous
and the wicked:
for [there is] a time
there for every purpose
and for every work.
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אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי
אֲנִי֙
בְּלִבִּ֔י
עַל־
דִּבְרַת֙
בְּנֵ֣י
הָאָדָ֔ם
לְבָרָ֖ם
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
וְלִרְא֕וֹת
שְׁהֶם־
בְּהֵמָ֥ה
הֵ֖מָּה
לָהֶֽם׃
I
said
to myself,
“As for
the sons
of men,
God
tests them
so that they may see
for themselves
that they
are but beasts.”
I said
in mine heart
concerning the estate
of the sons
of men,
that God
might manifest
them, and that they might see
that they
themselves are beasts.
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כִּי֩
מִקְרֶ֨ה
בְֽנֵי־
הָאָדָ֜ם
וּמִקְרֶ֣ה
הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה
וּמִקְרֶ֤ה
אֶחָד֙
לָהֶ֔ם
כְּמ֥וֹת
זֶה֙
כֵּ֣ן
מ֣וֹת
זֶ֔ה
וְר֥וּחַ
אֶחָ֖ד
לַכֹּ֑ל
וּמוֹתַ֨ר
הָאָדָ֤ם
מִן־
הַבְּהֵמָה֙
אָ֔יִן
כִּ֥י
הַכֹּ֖ל
הָֽבֶל׃
For
the fates
of both men
and
beasts
are the same:
As one
dies,
so
dies
the other—
they all
have the same
breath.
Man
has no
advantage
over
the animals,
since
everything
is futile.
For that which befalleth
the sons
of men
befalleth
beasts;
even one thing
befalleth
them: as the one dieth,
so dieth
the other;
yea, they have all one
breath;
so that a man
hath no preeminence
above a beast:
for all [is] vanity.
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הַכֹּ֥ל
הוֹלֵ֖ךְ
אֶל־
מָק֣וֹם
אֶחָ֑ד
הַכֹּל֙
הָיָ֣ה
מִן־
הֶֽעָפָ֔ר
וְהַכֹּ֖ל
שָׁ֥ב
אֶל־
הֶעָפָֽר׃
All
go
to
one
place;
all
come
from
dust,
and all
return
to
dust.
All go
unto one
place;
all are of the dust,
and all turn
to dust
again.
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מִ֣י
יוֹדֵ֗עַ
ר֚וּחַ
בְּנֵ֣י
הָאָדָ֔ם
הָעֹלָ֥ה
הִ֖יא
לְמָ֑עְלָה
וְר֙וּחַ֙
הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה
הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶת
הִ֖יא
לְמַ֥טָּה
לָאָֽרֶץ׃
Who
knows
if the spirit
of man
rises
upward
and the spirit
of the animal
descends
into the earth?
Who knoweth
the spirit
of man
that goeth
upward,
and the spirit
of the beast
that goeth
downward
to the earth?
22
וְרָאִ֗יתִי
כִּ֣י
אֵ֥ין
טוֹב֙
מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר
יִשְׂמַ֤ח
הָאָדָם֙
בְּֽמַעֲשָׂ֔יו
כִּי־
ה֖וּא
חֶלְק֑וֹ
כִּ֣י
מִ֤י
יְבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙
לִרְא֔וֹת
בְּמֶ֖ה
שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה
אַחֲרָֽיו׃
I have seen
that
there is nothing
better
for a man
than
to enjoy
his work,
because
that
is his lot.
For
who
can bring him
to see
what
will come
after him?
Wherefore I perceive
that [there is] nothing better,
than that a man
should rejoice
in his own works;
for that [is] his portion:
for who shall bring
him to see
what shall be after
him?
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