קהלת ח׳Ecclesiastes 8

Verse 1א׳Ecclesiastes 8:1 · קהלת ח:אStandard2,935

מִי כְּהֶחָכָם וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ פֵּשֶׁר דָּבָר חָכְמַת אָדָם תָּאִיר פָּנָיו וְעֹז פָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּֽא

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, And the boldness of his face is changed.

Verse 2ב׳Ecclesiastes 8:2 · קהלת ח:בStandard2,363

אֲנִי פִּי־מֶלֶךְ שְׁמוֹר וְעַל דִּבְרַת שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִֽים

I [counsel thee]: keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Verse 3ג׳Ecclesiastes 8:3 · קהלת ח:גStandard3,281

אַל־תִּבָּהֵל מִפָּנָיו תֵּלֵךְ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד בְּדָבָר רָע כִּי כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ יַעֲשֶֽׂה

Be not hasty to go out of his presence; stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Verse 4ד׳Ecclesiastes 8:4 · קהלת ח:דStandard2,357

בַּאֲשֶׁר דְּבַר־מֶלֶךְ שִׁלְטוֹן וּמִי יֹֽאמַר־לוֹ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה

Forasmuch as the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him: ‘What doest thou?’

Verse 5ה׳Ecclesiastes 8:5 · קהלת ח:הStandard2,373

שׁוֹמֵר מִצְוָה לֹא יֵדַע דָּבָר רָע וְעֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט יֵדַע לֵב חָכָֽם

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; And a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment.

Verse 6ו׳Ecclesiastes 8:6 · קהלת ח:וStandard2,576

כִּי לְכָל־חֵפֶץ יֵשׁ עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט כִּֽי־רָעַת הָאָדָם רַבָּה עָלָֽיו

For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.

Verse 7ז׳Ecclesiastes 8:7 · קהלת ח:זStandard1,300

כִּֽי־אֵינֶנּוּ יֹדֵעַ מַה־שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶה כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יִֽהְיֶה מִי יַגִּיד לֽוֹ

For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?

Verse 8ח׳Ecclesiastes 8:8 · קהלת ח:חStandard4,534

אֵין אָדָם שַׁלִּיט בָּרוּחַ לִכְלוֹא אֶת־הָרוּחַ וְאֵין שִׁלְטוֹן בְּיוֹם הַמָּוֶת וְאֵין מִשְׁלַחַת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְלֹֽא־יְמַלֵּט רֶשַׁע אֶת־בְּעָלָֽיו

There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

Verse 9ט׳Ecclesiastes 8:9 · קהלת ח:טStandard6,656

אֶת־כָּל־זֶה רָאִיתִי וְנָתוֹן אֶת־לִבִּי לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עֵת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַט הָאָדָם בְּאָדָם לְרַע לֽוֹ

All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt.

Verse 10י׳Ecclesiastes 8:10 · קהלת ח:יStandard4,470

וּבְכֵן רָאִיתִי רְשָׁעִים קְבֻרִים וָבָאוּ וּמִמְּקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ יְהַלֵּכוּ וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּחוּ בָעִיר אֲשֶׁר כֵּן־עָשׂוּ גַּם־זֶה הָֽבֶל

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they entered into their rest; but they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city; this also is vanity.