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 7:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:1311 words

HebrewMeaning

רְאֵ֖הrəʾēh

advise selfverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מַעֲשֵׂ֣הmaʿăśēh

actnounH4639

art · bakemeat · business · deed ···

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מִ֤יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוּכַל֙ywkal

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לְ/תַקֵּ֔ןlətaqēn

set in orderpronH8626

make straight

אֵ֖תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עִוְּתֽ/וֹʿiwətwō

bow selfverbH5791

crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···

ℹWords 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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