Hebrew, word by word. The text arrives sealed from the shelf and is drawn above, every word pressable for its record. Under each verse here: the reading printed for each of its words, oldest witness first, credited by number to its source at the foot.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
these1 · be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash)2 · Most High2 · jar3 · and + heart + your4 · these1 · be carried headlong2 · to + bring out4 · to speak1 · before1 · <the> + God4 · since1 · <the> + God4 · smell2 · and + you4 · Most High2 · the + earth4 · Most High2 · thus1 · they were5 · words + your4 · almost (some, very) few(-er, -est)2
Ecclesiastes 5:2
since1 · abide2 · the + dream4 · in + [the] greatness of4 · business1 · and + voice4 · constellation1 · in + [the] greatness of4 · bee2
Ecclesiastes 5:3
according as6 · (make a) vow2 · thing promised1 · <into> + God4 · these1 · continue2 · since1 · nothing1 · pleasure1 · among <the> + fools4 · with1 · that1 · (make a) vow2 · to complete1
Ecclesiastes 5:4
beautiful1 · that1 · no1 · (make a) vow2 · and + not4 · make amends2
when + increase4 · the + good4 · greatness1 · food9 · and + what?4 · success1 · since1 · mother1 · appear2 · sight1 · eyes + his4
Ecclesiastes 5:11
sweet(-er, -ness)2 · sleep1 · the + servant4 · mother1 · some1 · and + if4 · increase2 · X at all2 · and + will you swear?4 · to + [the] rich [man]4 · not [was] + he4 · bestow2 · if (haply)2 · a reading that quotes Hebrew letters, in the reader
and + it will perish4 · the + wealth4 · <the> + that4 · bad1 · and + he fathered4 · son1 · and + not4 · on + hand + his4 · speck1
Ecclesiastes 5:14
according as6 · going out1 · from + [the] womb of4 · mother + his4 · crafty1 · jashub1 · to + go4 · and + [was] anything4 · no1 · beguile2 · in + toil + his4 · on + hand + his4
Ecclesiastes 5:15
and + also4 · this1 · trouble2 · beseech2 · all1 · (over) against2 · Sheba1 · thus1 · walk1 · and + what?4 · preeminence1 · if (haply)2 · that + he toils4 · to + [the] wind of4
Ecclesiastes 5:16
also1 · all1 · days + his4 · at <the> + darkness4 · X at all2 · and + provocation4 · increase2 · and + anger4
Ecclesiastes 5:17
here1 · that1 · advise self2 · galley1 · beautiful1 · that1 · beautiful1 · to + eat4 · and + to + drink4 · and + to + see4 · prosperity2 · over + all4 · (take) labour (in)2 · that + he toils4 · under1 · the + sun4 · account1 · age2 · keep (leave, make) alive2 · that1 · Make2 · if (haply)2 · <the> + God4 · since1 · this5 · divide2
Ecclesiastes 5:18
also1 · all1 · any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence10 · that1 · Make2 · if (haply)2 · <the> + God4 · ten1 · and + riches4 · to + eat4 · from + it4 · and + to <the> + swelling4 · with1 · divide2 · in + toil + his4 · this1 · kill2 · judges1 · it2
Ecclesiastes 5:19
since1 · no1 · increase2 · X burn (incense)2 · with1 · age2 · life + his4 · since1 · <the> + God4 · den2 · in + [the] joy of4 · heart + his4
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