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Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

BSB

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ASV

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

KJV

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-ifH518
יִמָּלְא֨וּyi.mal.'Uthey will be filledH4390
הֶעָבִ֥יםhe.'a.Vimthe cloudsH5645
גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ge.shemrainH1653
עַל־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
יָרִ֔יקוּya.Ri.kuthey will pour [it] outH7324
וְאִם־ve.'im-and whetherH518
יִפּ֥וֹלyi.Polit fallsH5307
עֵ֛ץ'etza treeH6086
בַּדָּר֖וֹםba.da.Romat the southH1864
וְאִ֣םve.'Imand orH518
בַּצָּפ֑וֹןba.tza.Fonat the northH6828
מְק֛וֹםme.Kom[the] placeH4725
שֶׁיִּפּ֥וֹלshei.yi.Polwhere it fallsH5307
הָעֵ֖ץha.'Etzthe treeH6086
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033
יְהֽוּא׃ye.Hu'it will beH1933

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain