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Lexicon :: Strong's H120 - 'āḏām

Aa
אָדָם
Transliteration
'āḏām
Pronunciation
aw-dam'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 25a

Strong’s Definitions

אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x

The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x
The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

  1. man, mankind

    1. man, human being

    2. man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)

    3. Adam, first man

    4. city in Jordan valley

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
STRONGS H120: Abbreviations
אָדָם 560 noun masculine Genesis 1:27 man, mankind (Phoenician אדם, Sabean id., CISiv. 1, l. 4 and others; compare Assyrian admu, young (of bird) DlW, but NöZMG 1886, 722 identification with Arabic اٌَنَام collective creatures) — Singular absolute except construct Proverbs 6:12 compare Thes; (בְּנֵי (הָ)א׳ often = plural of א׳ Genesis 11:5 + 39 times, compare בְּנוֺת הָא׳ Genesis 6:2, 4) —
1. a man (= German Mensch) = human being Genesis 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:8, 15, 16, 18 +, Genesis 16:12 (27 times J) Leviticus 5:4 || נֶמֶּשׁ Leviticus 13:2, 9 (19 times P) Nehemiah 2:10; Isaiah 13:12 (|| אֱנוֺשׁ); הַגָּדוֺל הָאָ׳ Joshua 14:15 (E); בְּלִיַּעַל אָ׳ Proverbs 6:12 (|| אִישׁ אָוֶן compare 1 Samuel 25:25 & see H1000 בליעל); = any one Leviticus 1:2; Numbers 9:6, 7; Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 21:16, 20; Proverbs 24:30; Ecclesiastes 7:20 + often Wisdom Literature, Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 4:25; Nehemiah 2:12, compare נֶמֶּשׁ א׳ Numbers 19:11, 13 +; seldom man opposed to woman Genesis 2:22 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:23, 25; Genesis 3:8, 12, 17, 20, 21; Ecclesiastes 7:28.
2. collective man, mankind Genesis 1:26; Genesis 9:5, 6 (3 times in verse) + (P + 28 times) Genesis 6:1, 5, 6, 7 (J E + 24 times) Deuteronomy 4:32 (D + 6 times) (on 2 Samuel 7:19 compare 1 Chronicles 17:17 see DrSm); distinctly = men + women Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:1; Numbers 5:6; given as name Genesis 5:2; but = warriors Isaiah 22:6 רֶכֶב א׳ || (פּרשׁים ); || beasts (41 times) בְּהֵמָה Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:23 (J ?) Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Exodus 9:9, 10 (P) Exodus 9:19, 22, 25; Exodus 12:12; Exodus 13:2, 13, 15 (all J) +; late prophets Jeremiah 21:6; Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:62; Ezekiel 14:13, 17, 19, 21; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 29:8, 11; Ezekiel 32:13 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 36:11; Jonah 3:8; Zephaniah 1:3; Haggai 1:11; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 8:10; || בָּקָר Ezekiel 4:15; || צֹאן, חֲמֹרִים ב׳ Numbers 31:28; || id. + מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה Numbers 31:30 compare Jonah 3:7; || חַיָּה Genesis 9:5 (P) compare Ezekiel 1:5, 8, 10, 26, & description of כְּרוּבִים Ezekiel 10:8, 14, 21; compare Ezekiel 41:19; || trees Deuteronomy 20:19 (read הֶאָדָם see Di); opposed to God 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Samuel 16:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 31:3; Ezekiel 28:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 21:13; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Malachi 3:8 compare Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:21; so בֶּן־א׳ Numbers 23:19 (|| אישׁ) Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8 (87 times Ezekiel, always addressed to prophet); בְּנֵי הָא׳ 1 Samuel 26:19; made in God's image Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 9:6 compare Ecclesiastes 7:29; as feeble, earthly, mortal Numbers 16:29 (twice in verse); Psalm 82:7; Psalm 144:3; Psalm 144:4; Job 5:7; Job 14:1, 10; compare Job 25:6 (בֶּן־א׳) Ecclesiastes 12:5; as sinful 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Jeremiah 10:14 compare Numbers 5:6; Job 31:33; Hosea 6:7; of men in general, other men (opposed to particular ones) Judges 16:17 (compare אַחַד הָא׳ Judges 16:7; Judges 16:11) Judges 18:7, 28; Psalm 73:5; Jeremiah 32:20 +; || אִישׁ Isaiah 2:9, 11, 17; Isaiah 5:15 compare Ezekiel 23:42 (strike out Co Vrss); בְּנֵי א׳ 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| אֲנָשִׁים) Proverbs 8:4 (|| אִישִׁים); Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10 (both || בְּנֵי אִישׁ) = men of low opposed to men of high degree — so often Phoenician and = vassal Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 680 compare 686; נֶפֶשׁ א׳ collective Numbers 31:35, 40, 46; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezekiel 27:13.
†3. proper name, masculine Adam, first man (without article, compare שָׂטָן 1 Chronicles 21:1 over ag. הַשּׂ׳ Job 1:6 etc.) Genesis 4:25 (J) [H121 Genesis 5:1, 3, 4, 5 (P) 1 Chronicles 1:1]. (Genesis 2:20; 1 Chronicles 3:17, 21 read לָא׳ see Di.)
†4. proper name, of a location city in Jordan valley (as built ?) [H121 Joshua 3:16].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 1:27; 1:27; 2:5; 2:7; 2:8; 2:15; 2:16; 2:18; 2:20; 2:22; 2:23; 2:25; 3:8; 3:12; 3:17; 3:20; 3:21; 4:25; 5:1; 5:2; 6:1; 6:2; 6:4; 6:5; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 7:23; 9:5; 9:5; 9:6; 9:6; 11:5; 16:12

Exodus

8:13; 8:14; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:22; 9:25; 12:12; 13:2; 13:13; 13:15; 33:20

Leviticus

1:2; 5:4; 13:2; 13:9

Numbers

5:6; 5:6; 9:6; 9:7; 16:29; 19:11; 19:13; 23:19; 31:28; 31:30; 31:35; 31:40; 31:46

Deuteronomy

4:32; 5:21; 20:19

Joshua

14:15

Judges

16:7; 16:11; 16:17; 18:7; 18:28

1 Samuel

15:29; 16:7; 25:25; 26:19

2 Samuel

7:14; 7:19

1 Kings

8:46

1 Chronicles

3:17; 3:21; 5:21; 17:17; 21:1; 21:13; 29:1

2 Chronicles

6:18; 6:36

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:12

Job

1:6; 5:7; 14:1; 14:10; 20:29; 25:6; 27:13; 31:33

Psalms

49:3; 62:10; 73:5; 82:7; 144:3; 144:4

Proverbs

6:12; 6:12; 8:4; 15:20; 21:16; 21:20; 24:30

Ecclesiastes

7:20; 7:28; 7:29; 12:5

Isaiah

2:9; 2:11; 2:17; 5:15; 13:12; 22:6; 31:3

Jeremiah

2:6; 4:25; 10:14; 21:6; 31:27; 32:20; 50:3; 51:62

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:8; 1:10; 1:26; 2:1; 2:3; 2:6; 2:8; 4:15; 10:8; 10:14; 10:21; 14:13; 14:17; 14:19; 14:21; 23:42; 25:13; 27:13; 28:2; 28:9; 29:8; 29:11; 32:13; 36:11; 41:19

Hosea

6:7

Jonah

3:7; 3:8

Zephaniah

1:3

Haggai

1:11

Zechariah

2:8; 8:10

Malachi

3:8

H120

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם ('āḏām),
which occurs 552 times in 526 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 11 (Pro 24:9–Ecc 8:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not [fn]render to man H120 according to his work?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:30 - I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man H120 lacking [fn]sense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man H120 reflects man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - [fn]Sheol and [fn]Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are the eyes of man H120 ever satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - By the transgression of a land many are its princes,
But by a man H120 of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12 - When the righteous triumph, there is great glory,
But when the wicked rise, men H120 [fn]hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - How blessed is the man H120 who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - A man H120 who is laden with the guilt of human blood
Will [fn]be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - He who rebukes a man H120 will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:28 - When the wicked rise, men H120 hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23 - A man’s H120 pride will bring him low,
But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - The fear of man H120 [fn]brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a [fn]kind of man whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What advantage does man H120 have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I set my [fn]mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is [fn]a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men H120 to be afflicted with.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my [fn]mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my [fn]mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men H120 [fn]to do under heaven the few [fn]years of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men— H120many concubines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man H120 do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man H120 who will come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When there is a man H120 who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his [fn]legacy to one H120 who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what does a man H120 get in all his labor and in [fn]his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man H120 than to eat and drink and [fn]tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to a person H120 who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men H120 with which to occupy themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He has made everything [fn]appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [fn]yet so that man H120 will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover, that every man H120 who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said [fn]to myself concerning the sons of men, H120 “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of the sons of men H120 and the fate of beasts [fn]is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man H120 over beast, for all is [fn]vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows that the breath of man H120 ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - I have seen that nothing is better than that man H120 should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, as for every man H120 to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his [fn]reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent [fn]among men H120—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All a man’s H120 labor is for his mouth and yet the [fn]appetite is not [fn]satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man H120 is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for a man H120 during his lifetime, during the few [fn]years of his futile life? He will [fn]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man H120 what will be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because [fn]that is the end of every man, H120
And the living [fn]takes it to [fn]heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:14 - In the day of prosperity be happy,
But in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man H120 will not discover anything that will be after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:20 - Indeed, there is not a righteous man H120 on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - which [fn]I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man H120 among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:29 - “Behold, I have found only this, that God made men H120 upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:1 - Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s H120 wisdom illumines [fn]him and causes his stern face to [fn]beam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man’s H120 trouble is heavy upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No man H120 has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver [fn]those who practice it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen and applied my [fn]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man H120 has exercised authority over another man H120 to his hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men H120 among them are given fully to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man H120 under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his [fn]toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man H120 cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man H120 should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.

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