Ecclesiastes 9:1
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
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ASV
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
KJV
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| זֶ֞ה | zeh | this | H2088 → |
| נָתַ֤תִּי | na.Ta.ti | I have given | H5414 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| לִבִּי֙ | li.Bi | heart my | H3820 → |
| וְלָב֣וּר | ve.la.Vur | and to make clear | H952 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| זֶ֔ה | Zeh | this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים | ha.tza.di.Kim | the righteous | H6662 → |
| וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים | ve.ha.cha.kha.Mim | and the wise | H2450 → |
| וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם | va.'a.va.dei.Hem | and deeds their | H5652 → |
| בְּיַ֣ד | be.Yad | [are] in [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | ha.'E.lo.Him | <the> God | H430 → |
| גַּֽם־ | gam- | both | H1571 → |
| אַהֲבָ֣ה | 'a.ha.Vah | love | H160 → |
| גַם־ | gam- | as well as | H1571 → |
| שִׂנְאָ֗ה | sin.'Ah | hatred | H8135 → |
| אֵ֤ין | 'ein | not | H369 → |
| יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ | yo.De.a' | [is] knowing | H3045 → |
| הָֽאָדָ֔ם | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
| הַכֹּ֖ל | ha.Kol | <the> everything | H3605 → |
| לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | lif.nei.Hem | [is] <to> before them | H6440 → |
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