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Ecclesiastes 5:13 — King James Version← Study notes

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.


Ecclesiastes 5:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1310 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אָבַ֛דwəʾābad
and it was lostconjH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
הָ/עֹ֥שֶׁרhāʿōšer
the wealthparticleH6239
far
הַ/ה֖וּאhahwʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
בְּ/עִנְיַ֣ןbəʿinəyan
in a business ofpronH6045
travail
רָ֑עrāʿ
eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/הוֹלִ֣ידwəhwōliyd
and he fatheredconjH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
בֵּ֔ןbēn
a sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn
and notconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
בְּ/יָד֖/וֹbəyādwō
was in hand hispronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
מְאֽוּמָהməʾwmāh
anythingnounH3972
no · ought · somewhat · any thing
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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Transformation through the Word - Ecclesiastes 5
We bring nothing; He provides everything. God is faithful in every circumstance. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the...
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