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אַל־תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל פִּ֜י־ךָ וְלִבְּךָ֧ אַל־יְמַהֵ֛ר לְהוֹצִ֥יא דָבָ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה עַל הָ־אָ֔רֶץ עַֽל־כֵּ֛ן יִהְי֥וּ דְבָרֶ֖יךָ מְעַטִּֽים׃
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μὴ σπεῦδε ἐπὶ στόματί σου, καὶ καρδία σου μὴ ταχυνάτω τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι λόγον πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ · ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω, καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς · διὰ τοῦτο ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι σου ὀλίγοι.
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Ne témere quid loquáris, neque cor tuum sit velox ad proferéndum sermónem coram Deo. Deus enim in cælo, et tu super terram: idcírco sint pauci sermónes tui.
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5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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כִּ֛י בָּ֥א הַחֲל֖וֹם בְּרֹ֣ב עִנְיָ֑ן וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל בְּרֹ֥ב דְּבָרִֽים׃
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ὅτι παραγίνεται ἐνύπνιον ἐν πλήθει πειρασμοῦ, καὶ φωνὴ ἄφρονος ἐν πλήθει λόγων.
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Multas curas sequúntur sómnia, et in multis sermónibus inveniétur stultítia.
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5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool ’s voice [is known] by multitude of words.
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כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ תִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר לֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים אַל־תְּאַחֵר֙ לְשַׁלְּמ֔וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין חֵ֖פֶץ בַּכְּסִילִ֑ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּדֹּ֖ר שַׁלֵּֽם׃
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καθὼς εὔξῃ εὐχὴν τῷ θεῷ, μὴ χρονίσῃς τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτήν. οὐκ ἔστιν θέλημα ἐν ἄφροσιν · σὺ οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν εὔξῃ ἀπόδος.
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Si quid vovísti Deo, ne moréris réddere: dísplicet enim ei infidélis et stulta promíssio, sed quodcúmque vóveris, redde:
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5:4
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.
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ט֖וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־תִדֹּ֑ר מִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹר וְלֹ֥א תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃
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ἀγαθὸν τὸ μὴ εὔξασθαί σε, ἢ τὸ εὔξασθαί σε καὶ μὴ ἀποδοῦναι.
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multóque mélius est non vovére, quam post votum promíssa non réddere.
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5:5
Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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אַל־תִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת פִּ֨י־ךָ֙ לַחֲטִ֣יא אֶת בְּשָׂרֶ֔־ךָ וְאַל־תֹּאמַר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ כִּ֥י שְׁגָגָ֖ה הִ֑יא לָ֣מָּה יִקְצֹ֤ף הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ עַל קוֹלֶ֔־ךָ וְחִבֵּ֖ל אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדֶֽיךָ׃
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μὴ δῷς τὸ στόμα σου τοῦ ἐξαμαρτῆσαι τὴν σάρκα σου, καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι Ἄγνοιά ἐστιν, ἵνα μὴ ὀργισθῇ ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ φωνῇ σου καὶ διαφθείρῃ τὰ ποιήματα χειρῶν σῶν.
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Ne déderis os tuum ut peccáre fácias carnem tuam, neque dicas coram ángelo: Non est providéntia: ne forte irátus Deus contra sermónes tuos, díssipet cuncta ópera mánuum tuárum.
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5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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כִּ֣י בְרֹ֤ב חֲלֹמוֹת֙ וַהֲבָלִ֔ים וּדְבָרִ֖ים הַרְבֵּ֑ה כִּ֥י אֶת הָ־אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְרָֽא׃
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ὅτι ἐν πλήθει ἐνυπνίων καὶ ματαιοτήτων καὶ λόγων πολλῶν · ὅτι σὺ τὸν θεὸν φοβοῦ.
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Ubi multa sunt sómnia, plúrimæ sunt vanitátes, et sermónes innúmeri: tu vero Deum time.
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5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.
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אִם־עֹ֣שֶׁק רָ֠שׁ וְגֵ֨זֶל מִשְׁפָּ֤ט וָצֶ֨דֶק֙ תִּרְאֶ֣ה בַמְּדִינָ֔ה אַל־תִּתְמַ֖הּ עַל הַ־חֵ֑פֶץ כִּ֣י גָבֹ֜הַּ מֵעַ֤ל גָּבֹ֨הַ֙ שֹׁמֵ֔ר וּגְבֹהִ֖ים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
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Ἐὰν συκοφαντίαν πένητος καὶ ἁρπαγὴν κρίματος καὶ δικαιοσύνης ἴδῃς ἐν χώρᾳ, μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι · ὑψηλὸς ἐπάνω ὑψηλοῦ φυλάξαι, καὶ ὑψηλοὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς ·
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Si víderis calúmnias egenórum, et violénta iudícia, et subvérti iustítiam in província, non miréris super hoc negótio: quia excélso excélsior est álius, et super hos quoque eminentióres sunt álii,
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5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
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וְיִתְר֥וֹן אֶ֖רֶץ בַּכֹּ֣ל היא מֶ֥לֶךְ לְשָׂדֶ֖ה נֶעֱבָֽד׃
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καὶ περισσεία γῆς · ἐπὶ παντί ἐστι βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἀγροῦ εἰργασμένου.
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et ínsuper univérsæ terræ rex ímperat serviénti.
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5:9
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
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אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹא־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּהָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃
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ἀγαπῶν ἀργύριον οὐ πλησθήσεται ἀργυρίου · καὶ τίς ἠγάπησεν ἐν πλήθει αὐτῶν γένημα; καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.
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Avárus non implébitur pecúnia: et qui amat divítias, fructum non cápiet ex eis: et hoc ergo vánitas.
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5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
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בִּרְבוֹת֙ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה רַבּ֖וּ אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ וּמַה־כִּשְׁרוֹן֙ לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֖י אִם־ראית עֵינָֽיו׃
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ἐν πλήθει ἀγαθωσύνης ἐπληθύνθησαν ἔσθοντες αὐτήν · καὶ τί ἀνδρεία τῷ παρ᾽ αὐτῆς; ὅτι ἀρχὴ τοῦ ὁρᾷν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ.
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Ubi multæ sunt opes, multi et qui cómedunt eas. Et quid prodest possessóri, nisi quod cernit divítias óculis suis?
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5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
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מְתוּקָה֙ שְׁנַ֣ת הָעֹבֵ֔ד אִם־מְעַ֥ט וְאִם־הַרְבֵּ֖ה יֹאכֵ֑ל וְהַשָּׂבָע֙ לֶֽעָשִׁ֔יר אֵינֶ֛נּוּ מַנִּ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ לִישֽׁוֹן׃
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γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου εἰ ὀλίγον καὶ εἰ πολὺ φάγεται, καὶ τῷ ἐμπλησθέντι τοῦ πλουτῆσαι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφίων αὐτὸν τοῦ ὑπνῶσαι.
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Dulcis est somnus operánti, sive parum sive multum cómedat: satúritas autem dívitis non sinit eum dormíre.
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5:12
The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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יֵ֚שׁ רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֹ֛שֶׁר שָׁמ֥וּר לִבְעָלָ֖יו לְרָעָתֽוֹ׃
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ἔστιν ἀρρωστία ἣν ἴδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, πλοῦτον φυλασσόμενον τῷ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰς κακίαν αὐτῷ,
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Est et ália infírmitas péssima, quam vidi sub sole: divítiæ conservátæ in malum dómini sui.
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5:13
There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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וְאָבַ֛ד הָעֹ֥שֶׁר הַה֖וּא בְּעִנְיַ֣ן רָ֑ע וְהוֹלִ֣יד בֵּ֔ן וְאֵ֥ין בְּיָד֖וֹ מְאֽוּמָה׃
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καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱόν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν ·
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Péreunt enim in afflictióne péssima: generávit fílium, qui in summa egestáte erit.
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5:14
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.
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4Q109 · f1i
[בענין רע והוליד בן ואין ביד׳ו מאו]מ#ה ׃
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כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָצָא֙ מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמּ֔וֹ עָר֛וֹם יָשׁ֥וּב לָלֶ֖כֶת כְּשֶׁבָּ֑א וּמְא֨וּמָה֙ לֹא־יִשָּׂ֣א בַעֲמָל֔וֹ שֶׁיֹּלֵ֖ךְ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
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καθὼς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ γυμνός, ἐπιστρέψει τοῦ πορευθῆναι ὡς ἥκει, καὶ οὐδὲν οὐ λήμψεται ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πορευθῇ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
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Sicut egréssus est nudus de útero matris suæ, sic revertétur, et nihil áuferet secum de labóre suo.
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5:15
As he came forth of his mother ’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
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4Q109 · f1i
כיא [יצא מבטן אמ׳ו ערום ישוב ללכת ]כ##שבא [ומאומה לא־ישא בעמל׳ו שילך בי]ד׳ו ׃
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וְגַם־זֹה֙ רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה כָּל־עֻמַּ֥ת שֶׁבָּ֖א כֵּ֣ן יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּמַה־יִּתְר֣וֹן ל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל לָרֽוּחַ׃
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καί γε τοῦτο πονηρὰ ἀρρωστία · ὥσπερ γὰρ παρεγένετο, οὕτως καὶ ἀπελεύσεται · καὶ ἡ περισσεία αὐτῷ ᾗ μοχθεῖ εἰς ἄνεμον.
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Miserábilis prorsus infírmitas: quómodo venit, sic revertétur. Quid ergo prodest ei quod laborávit in ventum?
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5:16
And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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4Q109 · f1i
גם־זה [רעה חולה כול עמת שבא כן ילך ]ו#?מה־יתרון ל׳ו [שיעמל לרוח ׃
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גַּ֥ם כָּל יָמָ֖י־ו בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְכָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְחָלְי֥וֹ וָקָֽצֶף׃
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καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει καὶ ἐν πένθει καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ καὶ ἀρρωστίᾳ καὶ χόλῳ.
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Cunctis diébus vitæ suæ comédit in ténebris et in curis multis, et in ærúmna atque tristítia.
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5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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4Q109 · f1i
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הִנֵּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֗נִי ט֣וֹב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶ֣ה לֶֽאֶכוֹל וְ֠לִ־שְׁתּוֹת וְלִרְא֨וֹת טוֹבָ֜ה בְּכָל עֲמָל֣־וֹ ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹ֣ל תַּֽחַת הַ־שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ מִסְפַּ֧ר יְמֵי חי־ו אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן ל֥־וֹ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־ה֥וּא חֶלְקֽוֹ׃
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Ἰδοὺ ἴδον ἐγὼ ἀγαθὸν ὅ ἐστιν καλόν, τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τοῦ πιεῖν καὶ τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἀγαθωσύνην ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ ἐὰν μοχθῇ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ἀριθμὸν ἡμερῶν ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ὧν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός · ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ.
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Hoc ítaque visum est mihi bonum, ut cómedat quis, et bibat, et fruátur lætítia ex labóre suo, quo laborávit ipse sub sole, número diérum vitæ suæ, quos dedit ei Deus, et hæc est pars illíus.
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5:18
Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
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4Q109 · f1i
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גַּ֣ם כָּֽל הָ־אָדָ֡ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָֽתַן ל֣־וֹ הָאֱלֹהִים֩ עֹ֨שֶׁר וּנְכָסִ֜ים וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ לֶאֱכֹ֤ל מִמֶּ֨נּוּ֙ וְלָשֵׂ֣את אֶת חֶלְק֔־וֹ וְלִשְׂמֹ֖חַ בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ זֹ֕ה מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃
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καί γε πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς πλοῦτον καὶ ὑπάρχοντα, καὶ ἐξουσίασεν αὐτῶν, φαγεῖν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, τοῦτο δόμα θεοῦ ἐστίν.
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Et omni hómini, cui dedit Deus divítias atque substántiam, potestatémque ei tríbuit, ut cómedat ex eis, et fruátur parte sua, et lætétur de labóre suo: hoc est donum Dei.
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5:19
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 labour; this [is] the gift of God.
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כִּ֚י לֹ֣א הַרְבֵּ֔ה יִזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑יו כִּ֧י הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים מַעֲנֶ֖ה בְּשִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽוֹ׃
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ὅτι οὐκ ἄλλα μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ · ὅτι ὁ θεὸς περισπᾷ αὐτὸν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καρδίας αὐτοῦ.
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Non enim satis recordábitur diérum vitæ suæ, eo quod Deus óccupet delíciis cor eius.
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5:20
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
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