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Ecclesiastes 8:7 — King James Version← Study notes

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?


Ecclesiastes 8:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 8:711 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵינֶ֥/נּוּʾēynenw
not heparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
יֹדֵ֖עַyōdēʿa
is knowingverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
שֶּׁ/יִּֽהְיֶ֑הšeyihəyeh
that will it beparticleH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כִּ֚יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִֽהְיֶ֔הyihəyeh
it will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מִ֖יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
יַגִּ֥ידyagiyd
will he tellverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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