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Ecclesiastes 7:13 — King James Version← Study notes

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?


Ecclesiastes 7:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1311 words
HebrewMeaning
רְאֵ֖הrəʾēh
considerverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaʿăśēh
the work ofnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִ֤יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יוּכַל֙ywkal
is he ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לְ/תַקֵּ֔ןlətaqēn
to straightenpronH8626
make straight
אֵ֖תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
that whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עִוְּתֽ/וֹʿiwətwō
he has bent itverbH5791
crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···
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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