Ecclesiastes 2:1-12
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I said H559 in my heart, H3820 Go H3212 to now, H4994 I will prove H5254 you with mirth, H8057 therefore enjoy H7200 pleasure: H2896 and, behold, H2009 this H1931 also H1571 is vanity. H1892
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I said H559 of laughter, H7814 It is mad: H1984 and of mirth, H8057 What H4100 does H6213 it?
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I sought H8446 in my heart H3820 to give H4900 myself to wine, H3196 yet acquainting H5090 my heart H3820 with wisdom; H2451 and to lay hold H270 on folly, H5531 till H5704 I might see H7200 what H335 was that good H2896 for the sons H1121 of men, H120 which H834 they should do H6213 under H8478 the heaven H8064 all H4557 the days H3117 of their life. H2416
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I made me great H1431 works; H4639 I built H1129 me houses; H1004 I planted H5193 me vineyards: H3754
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I made H6213 me gardens H1593 and orchards, H6508 and I planted H5193 trees H6086 in them of all H3605 kind of fruits: H6529
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I made H6213 me pools H1295 of water, H4325 to water H8248 therewith the wood H3293 that brings H6779 forth H6779 trees: H6086
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I got H7069 me servants H5650 and maidens, H8198 and had H1961 servants born H1121 in my house; H1004 also H1571 I had H1961 great H7235 possessions H4735 of great H1241 and small cattle H4735 above all H3605 that were in Jerusalem H3389 before H6440 me:
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I gathered H3664 me also H1571 silver H3701 and gold, H2091 and the peculiar H5459 treasure of kings H4428 and of the provinces: H4082 I got H6213 me men singers H7891 and women singers, H7891 and the delights H8588 of the sons H1121 of men, H120 as musical H7705 instruments, and that of all sorts.
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So I was great, H1431 and increased H3254 more than all H3605 that were before H6440 me in Jerusalem: H3389 also H637 my wisdom H2451 remained H5975 with me.
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And whatever H3605 H834 my eyes H5869 desired H7592 I kept H680 not from them, I withheld H4513 not my heart H3820 from any H3605 joy; H8057 for my heart H3820 rejoiced H8055 in all H3605 my labor: H5999 and this H2088 was my portion H2506 of all H3605 my labor. H5999
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Then I looked H6437 on all H3605 the works H4639 that my hands H3027 had worked, H6213 and on the labor H5999 that I had labored H5998 to do: H6213 and, behold, H2009 all H3605 was vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit, H7307 and there was no H369 profit H3504 under H8478 the sun. H8121
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And I turned H6437 myself to behold H7200 wisdom, H2451 and madness, H1947 and folly: H5531 for what H4100 can the man H120 do that comes after H310 the king? H4428 even H853 that which H834 has been already H3528 done. H6213
1 Kings 4:21-24
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And Solomon H8010 reigned H4910 over all H3605 kingdoms H4467 from the river H5104 to the land H776 of the Philistines, H6430 and to the border H1366 of Egypt: H4714 they brought H5066 presents, H4503 and served H5647 Solomon H8010 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life. H2416
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And Solomon's H8010 provision H3899 for one H259 day H3117 was thirty H7970 measures H3734 of fine flour, H5560 and three score H8346 measures H3734 of meal, H7058
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Ten H6235 fat H1277 oxen, H1241 and twenty H6242 oxen H1241 out of the pastures, H7471 and an hundred H3967 sheep, H6629 beside H905 harts, H354 and roebucks, H6643 and fallow deer, H3180 and fatted H75 fowl. H1257
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For he had dominion H7287 over all H3605 the region on this side H5676 the river, H5104 from Tiphsah H8607 even to Azzah, H5804 over all H3605 the kings H4428 on this side H5676 the river: H5104 and he had H1961 peace H7965 on all H3605 sides H5676 round H5439 about him.