ଉପଦେଶକ 2:23
କାରଣ ତାହାର ଦିନସବୁ କବଳେ ଦୁଃଖମଯ ଓ ତାହାର ଆଯାସ ମନସ୍ତାପ ଜନକ ଅଟେ। ରାତ୍ରି ରେ ହିଁ ତା'ର ହୃଦଯ ବିଶ୍ରାମ ପାଏ ନାହିଁ। ଏହା ମଧ୍ଯ ଅସାର।
| For | כִּ֧י | kî | kee |
| all | כָל | kāl | hahl |
| his days | יָמָ֣יו | yāmāyw | ya-MAV |
| are sorrows, | מַכְאֹבִ֗ים | makʾōbîm | mahk-oh-VEEM |
| travail his and | וָכַ֙עַס֙ | wākaʿas | va-HA-AS |
| grief; | עִנְיָנ֔וֹ | ʿinyānô | een-ya-NOH |
| yea, | גַּם | gam | ɡahm |
| heart his | בַּלַּ֖יְלָה | ballaylâ | ba-LA-la |
| taketh not | לֹא | lōʾ | loh |
| rest | שָׁכַ֣ב | šākab | sha-HAHV |
| night. the in | לִבּ֑וֹ | libbô | LEE-boh |
| This | גַּם | gam | ɡahm |
| is also | זֶ֖ה | ze | zeh |
| vanity. | הֶ֥בֶל | hebel | HEH-vel |
| הֽוּא׃ | hûʾ | hoo |