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Ecclesiastes 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.


Ecclesiastes 5:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:88 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יִתְר֥וֹןwəyitərwōn
betterconjH3504
excellency · profit
אֶ֖רֶץʾereṣ
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
בַּ/כֹּ֣לbakōl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
היאhyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ה֑וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
מֶ֥לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
לְ/שָׂדֶ֖הləśādeh
countrypronH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
נֶעֱבָֽדneʿĕbād
keep in bondageverbH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
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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