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Kohelet 7:11-15 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

11. Chochmah is better than a nachalah (inheritance); and by it there is an advantage to them that see the shemesh.

12. For chochmah is a protective tzel (shade), and kesef is as well; but the advantage of da'as is, that chochmah giveth chayyim (life) to them that possess it.

13. Consider the ma'aseh HaElohim; for who can make straight what Hashem hath made crooked?

14. In the yom tovah be joyful, but in the yom ra'ah consider: HaElohim also hath set the one over against the other in such a way that adam may not find out anything that will come after him.

15. All things have I seen in the yamim of my hevel; there is a tzaddik that perisheth in his tzedakah, and there is a rasha that prolongeth his life in his ra'ah.

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