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'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126. qarab (kaw-rab') -- to come near, approach">and draw</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7138.htm" title="7138. qarowb (kaw-robe') -- near">near</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085. shama' (shaw-mah') -- to hear">to listen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">rather</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">to offer</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice">the sacrifice</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of fools;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">for they do not know</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213a.htm" title="6213a">they are doing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7451a.htm" title="7451a">evil.</a> <span class="reftext">2</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4116.htm" title="4116. mahar (maw-har') -- to hasten">Do not be hasty</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">in word</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4116.htm" title="4116. mahar (maw-har') -- to hasten">or impulsive</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">in thought</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318. yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') -- to go or come out">to bring</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">up a matter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">in the presence</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">For God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064. shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) -- heaven, sky">is in heaven</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land">and you are on the earth;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over">therefore</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">let your words</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592. m'at (meh-at') -- a little, fewness, a few">be few.</a> <span class="reftext">3</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472. chalowm (khal-ome') -- a dream">For the dream</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">comes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230. rob (robe) -- multitude, abundance, greatness">through much</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6045.htm" title="6045. inyan (in-yawn') -- occupation, task">effort</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963. qowl (kole) -- sound, voice">and the voice</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of a fool</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230. rob (robe) -- multitude, abundance, greatness">through many</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">words.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">4</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3512c.htm" title="3512c">When</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5087.htm" title="5087. nadar (naw-dar') -- to vow">you make</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088. neder (neh'-der) -- a vow">a vow</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">to God,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/309.htm" title="309. 'achar (aw-khar') -- to remain behind, tarry">do not be late</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7999a.htm" title="7999a">in paying</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="369. 'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">it; for [He takes] no</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656. chephets (khay'-fets) -- delight, pleasure">delight</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">in fools.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7999a.htm" title="7999a">Pay</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">what</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5087.htm" title="5087. nadar (naw-dar') -- to vow">you vow!</a> <span class="reftext">5</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">It is better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5087.htm" title="5087. nadar (naw-dar') -- to vow">that you should not vow</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5087.htm" title="5087. nadar (naw-dar') -- to vow">that you should vow</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7999a.htm" title="7999a">and not pay.</a> <span class="reftext">6</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">Do not let</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">your speech</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398. chata' (khaw-taw') -- to miss, go wrong, sin">cause you to sin</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/559.htm" title="559. 'amar (aw-mar') -- to utter, say">and do not say</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">in the presence</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397. mal'ak (mal-awk') -- a messenger">of the messenger</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7684.htm" title="7684. shgagah (sheg-aw-gaw') -- sin of error or inadvertance">[of God] that it was a mistake.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">Why</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">should God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7107.htm" title="7107. qatsaph (kaw-tsaf') -- to be angry">be angry</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over">on account</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963. qowl (kole) -- sound, voice">of your voice</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2254b.htm" title="2254b">and destroy</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639. ma'aseh (mah-as-eh') -- a deed, work">the work</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">of your hands?</a> <span class="reftext">7</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7230.htm" title="7230. rob (robe) -- multitude, abundance, greatness">For in many</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472. chalowm (khal-ome') -- a dream">dreams</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">and in many</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">words</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">there is emptiness.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">Rather,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3372a.htm" title="3372a">fear</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">God.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">8</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">If</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">you see</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6233.htm" title="6233. osheq (o'-shek) -- oppression, extortion">oppression</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7326.htm" title="7326. ruwsh (roosh) -- to be in want or poor">of the poor</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1498.htm" title="1498. gazel (gaw-zale') -- robbery">and denial</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941. mishpat (mish-pawt') -- judgment">of justice</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664. tsedeq (tseh'-dek) -- rightness, righteousness">and righteousness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4082.htm" title="4082. mdiynah (med-ee-naw') -- a province">in the province,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8539.htm" title="8539. tamahh (taw-mah') -- to be astounded or dumbfounded">do not be shocked</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656. chephets (khay'-fets) -- delight, pleasure">at the sight;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) -- high, exalted">for one official</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104. shamar (shaw-mar') -- to keep, watch, preserve">watches</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">over</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) -- high, exalted">another official,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) -- high, exalted">and there are higher</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) -- high, exalted">officials</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over">over</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">them.</a> <span class="reftext">9</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">After all,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428. melek (meh'-lek) -- king">a king</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647. abad (aw-bad') -- to work, serve">who cultivates</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704. sadeh (saw-deh') -- field, land">the field</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3504.htm" title="3504. yithrown (yith-rone') -- advantage, profit">is an advantage</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land">to the land.</a> <p> <font color="#000000"><b><i>The Folly of Riches</i></b></font><p><span class="reftext">10</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/157.htm" title="157. 'ahab (aw-hab') -- to love">He who loves</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money">money</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646. saba' (saw-bah') -- to be sated, satisfied or surfeited">will not be satisfied</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money">with money,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">nor</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310. miy (me) -- who?">he who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/157.htm" title="157. 'ahab (aw-hab') -- to love">loves</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995. hamown (haw-mone') -- a sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance">abundance</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8393.htm" title="8393. tbuw'ah (teb-oo-aw') -- product, revenue">[with its] income.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">This</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">too</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">is vanity.</a> <span class="reftext">11</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2899b.htm" title="2899b">When good</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2899b.htm" title="2899b">things</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">increase,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="398. 'akal (aw-kal') -- to eat">those who consume</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7231.htm" title="7231. rabab (raw-bab') -- to be or become many or much">them increase.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">So what</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3788.htm" title="3788. kishrown (kish-rone') -- skill, success">is the advantage</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1167.htm" title="1167. ba'al (bah'-al) -- owner, lord">to their owners</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">except</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7212.htm" title="7212. r'iyth (reh-eeth') -- a look">to look</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">on?</a> <span class="reftext">12</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8142.htm" title="8142. shehah (shay-naw') -- sleep">The sleep</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647. abad (aw-bad') -- to work, serve">of the working</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4966.htm" title="4966. mathowq (maw-thoke') -- sweet, sweetness">man is pleasant,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/518.htm" title="518. 'im (eem) -- if">whether</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="398. 'akal (aw-kal') -- to eat">he eats</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592. m'at (meh-at') -- a little, fewness, a few">little</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">or much;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7647.htm" title="7647. saba' (saw-baw') -- plenty, satiety">but the full</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7647.htm" title="7647. saba' (saw-baw') -- plenty, satiety">stomach</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6223.htm" title="6223. ashiyr (aw-sheer') -- rich">of the rich</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6223.htm" title="6223. ashiyr (aw-sheer') -- rich">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117. nuwach (noo'-akh) -- to rest">does not allow</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3462.htm" title="3462. yashen (yaw-shane') -- to sleep">him to sleep.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">13</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426. yesh (yaysh) -- being, substance, existence, is">There</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2470a.htm" title="2470a">is a grievous</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7463a.htm" title="7463a">evil</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">[which] I have seen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of">under</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">the sun:</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6239.htm" title="6239. osher (o'-sher) -- riches">riches</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104. shamar (shaw-mar') -- to keep, watch, preserve">being hoarded</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1167.htm" title="1167. ba'al (bah'-al) -- owner, lord">by their owner</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7463a.htm" title="7463a">to his hurt.</a> <span class="reftext">14</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931. huw' (hoo) -- he, she, it">When those</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6239.htm" title="6239. osher (o'-sher) -- riches">riches</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6.htm" title="6. 'abad (aw-bad') -- to perish">were lost</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7451a.htm" title="7451a">through a bad</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6045.htm" title="6045. inyan (in-yawn') -- occupation, task">investment</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205. yalad (yaw-lad') -- to bear, bring forth, beget">and he had fathered</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121. ben (bane) -- son">a son,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="369. 'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">then there</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="369. 'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">was nothing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">to support</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">him.</a> <span class="reftext">15</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318. yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') -- to go or come out">As he had come</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6174.htm" title="6174. arowm (aw-rome') -- naked">naked</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/517.htm" title="517. 'em (ame) -- a mother">from his mother's</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/990.htm" title="990. beten (beh'-ten) -- belly, body, womb">womb,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725. shuwb (shoob) -- to turn back, return">so will he return</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">as he came.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375. nasa' (naw-saw') -- to lift, carry, take">He will take</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3972.htm" title="3972. muwmah (meh-oo'-maw) -- anything">nothing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999. amal (aw-mawl') -- trouble, labor, toil">from the fruit</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999. amal (aw-mawl') -- trouble, labor, toil">of his labor</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980. halak (haw-lak') -- to go, come, walk">that he can carry</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">in his hand.</a> <span class="reftext">16</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2090.htm" title="2090. zoh (zo) -- this">This</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">also</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2470a.htm" title="2470a">is a grievous</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7463a.htm" title="7463a">evil--</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5980.htm" title="5980. ummah (oom-maw') -- close by, side by side with">exactly</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">as a man is born,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651. ken (kane) -- so, thus">thus</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980. halak (haw-lak') -- to go, come, walk">will he die.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">So what</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3504.htm" title="3504. yithrown (yith-rone') -- advantage, profit">is the advantage</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7945.htm" title="7945. shel (shel) -- who, which, that">to him who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5998.htm" title="5998. amal (aw-mal') -- to labor, toil">toils</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307. ruwach (roo'-akh) -- breath, wind, spirit">for the wind?</a> <span class="reftext">17</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">Throughout</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">his life</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">[he] also</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="398. 'akal (aw-kal') -- to eat">eats</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822. choshek (kho-shek') -- darkness, obscurity">in darkness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">with great</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707. ka'ac (kaw-as') -- to be vexed or angry">vexation,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2483.htm" title="2483. choliy (khol-ee') -- sickness">sickness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7110a.htm" title="7110a">and anger.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">18</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009. hinneh (hin-nay') -- lo! behold!">Here</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">is what</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">I have seen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">to be good</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3303.htm" title="3303. yapheh (yaw-feh') -- fair, beautiful">and fitting:</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="398. 'akal (aw-kal') -- to eat">to eat,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354. shathah (shaw-thaw') -- to drink">to drink</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">and enjoy</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">oneself in all</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999. amal (aw-mawl') -- trouble, labor, toil">one's labor</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7945.htm" title="7945. shel (shel) -- who, which, that">in which</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5998.htm" title="5998. amal (aw-mal') -- to labor, toil">he toils</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of">under</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">the sun</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557. micpar (mis-pawr') -- number, tally">[during] the few</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">years</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2425b.htm" title="2425b">of his life</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">which</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">has given</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931. huw' (hoo) -- he, she, it">him; for this</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506. cheleq (khay'lek) -- portion, tract, territory">is his reward.</a> <span class="reftext">19</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">Furthermore,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">as for every</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">to whom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">has given</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6239.htm" title="6239. osher (o'-sher) -- riches">riches</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5233.htm" title="5233. nekec (neh'-kes) -- riches, treasures">and wealth,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7980.htm" title="7980. shalat (shaw-lat') -- to domineer, be master of">He has also empowered</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="398. 'akal (aw-kal') -- to eat">him to eat</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375. nasa' (naw-saw') -- to lift, carry, take">from them and to receive</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506. cheleq (khay'lek) -- portion, tract, territory">his reward</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8055.htm" title="8055. samach (saw-makh') -- rejoice, be glad">and rejoice</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999. amal (aw-mawl') -- trouble, labor, toil">in his labor;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2090.htm" title="2090. zoh (zo) -- this">this</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4991.htm" title="4991. mattath (mat-tawth') -- a gift">is the gift</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God.</a> <span class="reftext">20</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">For he will not often</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142. zakar (zaw-kar') -- remember">consider</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">the years</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2425b.htm" title="2425b">of his life,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">because</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 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