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Kohelet 5:13-18 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

13. (5:12) There is a grievous ra'ah which I have seen under the shemesh; osher (riches) hoarded by the ba'al thereof to his hurt;

14. (5;13) The same osher (riches) perish by an evil event and he begetteth a ben; thus this one hath nothing in his hand.

15. (5:14) As he came forth of the womb of his Em (mother), arom (naked) shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his amal (labor), which he may carry away in his hand.

16. (5:15) And this also is a grievous evil, that in every respect as he came, just so shall he go; and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the ruach (wind)?

17. (5:16) All his yamim also he eateth in choshech, and he hath much ka'as (grief, vexation) and sickness and anger.

18. (5:17) Hinei I have seen it is tov and yafeh for one to eat and to drink, and to find tovah in all his amal (labor) that he toils under the shemesh all the few days of his life, which HaElohim giveth him; for it is his chelek.

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