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Ecclesiastes 3:17 — King James Version← Study notes

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.


Ecclesiastes 3:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 3:1717 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽיʾāmarətiy
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/יbəlibiy
heartpronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/צַּדִּיק֙haṣadiyq
justparticleH6662
lawful · righteous
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
הָ֣/רָשָׁ֔עhārāšāʿ
guiltyparticleH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִשְׁפֹּ֖טyišəpōṭ
contendverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עֵ֣תʿēt
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חֵ֔פֶץḥēpeṣ
acceptablenounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
וְ/עַ֥לwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֖הhamaʿăśeh
actparticleH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
שָֽׁםšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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