6. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the bor (cistern).
7. Then shall the aphar return to ha'aretz as it was; and the ruach shall return unto HaElohim who gave it.
8. Hevel havalim, saith Kohelet; all is hevel.
9. And moreover, because Kohelet was chacham, he taught the people da'as; yea, he applied, and searched out, and set in order many meshalim (proverbs).
10. Kohelet searched to find out divrei chefetz; and that which was written was yosher, even divrei emes.