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Ecclesiastes 5:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?


Ecclesiastes 5:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:610 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְ/רֹ֤בbərōb
in abundance ofpronH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
חֲלֹמוֹת֙ḥălōmwōt
dreamsnounH2472
וַ/הֲבָלִ֔יםwahăbāliym
and futilitiesconjH1892
altogether · vanity
וּ/דְבָרִ֖יםwdəbāriym
and wordsconjH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַרְבֵּ֑הharəbēh
manyverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יְרָֽאyərāʾ
fearverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
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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