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'ebel (ay'-bel) -- mourning">of mourning</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">Than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980. halak (haw-lak') -- to go, come, walk">to go</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">to a house</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4960.htm" title="4960. mishteh (mish-teh') -- a feast, drink">of feasting,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">Because</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5490.htm" title="5490. cowph (sofe) -- an end">that is the end</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">of every</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">man,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2416a.htm" title="2416a">And the living</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">takes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">[it] to heart.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">3</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3708a.htm" title="3708a">Sorrow</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">is better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7814.htm" title="7814. schowq (sekh-oke') -- laughter, derision, sport">laughter,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">For when a face</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7455.htm" title="7455. roa' (ro'-ah) -- badness, evil">is sad</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">a heart</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190. yatab (yaw-tab') -- to be good, well, glad, or pleasing">may be happy.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">4</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">The mind</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">of the wise</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">is in the house</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/60.htm" title="60. 'ebel (ay'-bel) -- mourning">of mourning,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">While the mind</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of fools</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">is in the house</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057. simchah (sim-khaw') -- joy, gladness, mirth">of pleasure.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">5</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">It is better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085. shama' (shaw-mah') -- to hear">to listen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1606.htm" title="1606. g'arah (gheh-aw-raw') -- a rebuke">to the rebuke</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">of a wise</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">Than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">for one</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085. shama' (shaw-mah') -- to hear">to listen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7892a.htm" title="7892a">to the song</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of fools.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">6</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963. qowl (kole) -- sound, voice">For as the crackling</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5518b.htm" title="5518b">of thorn</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5518b.htm" title="5518b">bushes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of">under</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5518a.htm" title="5518a">a pot,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651. ken (kane) -- so, thus">So</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7814.htm" title="7814. schowq (sekh-oke') -- laughter, derision, sport">is the laughter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of the fool;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">And this</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">too</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">is futility.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">7</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6233.htm" title="6233. osheq (o'-shek) -- oppression, extortion">For oppression</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1984b.htm" title="1984b">makes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">a wise</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1984b.htm" title="1984b">mad,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4979.htm" title="4979. mattanah (mat-taw-naw') -- a gift">And a bribe</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6.htm" title="6. 'abad (aw-bad') -- to perish">corrupts</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">the heart.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">8</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/319.htm" title="319. 'achariyth (akh-ar-eeth') -- the after-part, end">The end</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">of a matter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">is better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7225.htm" title="7225. re'shiyth (ray-sheeth') -- beginning, chief">its beginning;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/750.htm" title="750. 'arek (aw-rake') -- long">Patience</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307. ruwach (roo'-akh) -- breath, wind, spirit">of spirit</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">is better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) -- high, exalted">haughtiness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307. ruwach (roo'-akh) -- breath, wind, spirit">of spirit.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">9</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/926.htm" title="926. bahal (baw-hal') -- to disturb, terrify">Do not be eager</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307. ruwach (roo'-akh) -- breath, wind, spirit">in your heart</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707. ka'ac (kaw-as') -- to be vexed or angry">to be angry,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3708a.htm" title="3708a">For anger</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117. nuwach (noo'-akh) -- to rest">resides</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2436.htm" title="2436. cheyq (khake) -- bosom">in the bosom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3684.htm" title="3684. kciyl (kes-eel') -- stupid fellow, dullard, fool">of fools.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">10</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/559.htm" title="559. 'amar (aw-mar') -- to utter, say">Do not say,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">"Why</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223. ri'shown (ree-shone') -- former, first, chief">is it that the former</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">days</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">were better</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/428.htm" title="428. 'el-leh (ale'-leh) -- these">these?"</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">For it is not from wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7592.htm" title="7592. sha'al (shaw-al') -- to ask, inquire">that you ask</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over">about</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">this.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">11</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">Wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973. im (eem) -- with">along</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159. nachalah (nakh-al-aw') -- possession, property, inheritance">with an inheritance</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">is good</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3148.htm" title="3148. yowther (yo-thare') -- superiority, advantage, excess">And an advantage</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">to those who see</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">the sun.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">12</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">For wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6738.htm" title="6738. tsel (tsale) -- a shadow">is protection</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701. keceph (keh'-sef) -- silver, money">[just as] money</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6738.htm" title="6738. tsel (tsale) -- a shadow">is protection,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3504.htm" title="3504. yithrown (yith-rone') -- advantage, profit">But the advantage</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847. da'ath (dah'-ath) -- knowledge">of knowledge</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">is that wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2421a.htm" title="2421a">preserves</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2421a.htm" title="2421a">the lives</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1167.htm" title="1167. ba'al (bah'-al) -- owner, lord">of its possessors.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">13</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">Consider</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639. ma'aseh (mah-as-eh') -- a deed, work">the work</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310. miy (me) -- who?">For who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201. yakol (yaw-kole') -- to be able, have power">is able</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8626.htm" title="8626. taqan (taw-kan') -- to become straight">to straighten</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">what</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5791.htm" title="5791. avath (aw-vath') -- to be bent or crooked">He has bent?</a> <p> <span class="reftext">14</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">In the day</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2899b.htm" title="2899b">of prosperity</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896b.htm" title="2896b">be happy,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">But in the day</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7463a.htm" title="7463a">of adversity</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">consider--</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213a.htm" title="6213a">has made</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">the one</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5980.htm" title="5980. ummah (oom-maw') -- close by, side by side with">as well</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">as the other</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over">So</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">that man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">will not discover</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3972.htm" title="3972. muwmah (meh-oo'-maw) -- anything">anything</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/310.htm" title="310. 'achar (akh-ar') -- the hind or following part">[that will be] after</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">him.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">15</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">I have seen</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">everything</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">during my lifetime</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">of futility;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426. yesh (yaysh) -- being, substance, existence, is">there</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">is a righteous</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6.htm" title="6. 'abad (aw-bad') -- to perish">who perishes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664. tsedeq (tseh'-dek) -- rightness, righteousness">in his righteousness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426. yesh (yaysh) -- being, substance, existence, is">and there</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563. rasha' (raw-shaw') -- wicked, criminal">is a wicked</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563. rasha' (raw-shaw') -- wicked, criminal">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/748.htm" title="748. 'arak (aw-rak') -- to be long">who prolongs</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7463a.htm" title="7463a">[his life] in his wickedness.</a> <span class="reftext">16</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">Do not be excessively</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">righteous</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3148.htm" title="3148. yowther (yo-thare') -- superiority, advantage, excess">and do not be overly</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2449.htm" title="2449. chakam (khaw-kam') -- to be wise">wise.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">Why</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074. shamem (shaw-mame') -- to be desolated or appalled">should you ruin</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">yourself?</a> <span class="reftext">17</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7235a.htm" title="7235a">Do not be excessively</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7561.htm" title="7561. rasha' (raw-shah') -- to be wicked, act wickedly">wicked</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5530.htm" title="5530. cakal (saw-kawl') -- a fool">and do not be a fool.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">Why</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191. muwth (mooth) -- to die">should you die</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">before</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256. eth (ayth) -- time">your time?</a> <span class="reftext">18</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">It is good</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/270.htm" title="270. 'achaz (aw-khaz') -- to grasp, take hold, take possession">that you grasp</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">one</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">thing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">and also</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117. nuwach (noo'-akh) -- to rest">not let</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5117.htm" title="5117. nuwach (noo'-akh) -- to rest">go</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">of the other;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3372a.htm" title="3372a">for the one who fears</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318. yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') -- to go or come out">comes</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318. yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') -- to go or come out">forth</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">with both</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">of them.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">19</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">Wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5810.htm" title="5810. azaz (aw-zaz') -- to be strong">strengthens</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">a wise</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">more</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235. eser (eh'ser) -- ten">ten</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7989.htm" title="7989. shalliyt (shal-leet') -- having mastery, domineering">rulers</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5892b.htm" title="5892b">are in a city.</a> <span class="reftext">20</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">Indeed,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="369. 'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">there</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">is not a righteous</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land">on earth</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213a.htm" title="6213a">[continually] does</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896b.htm" title="2896b">good</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">and who never</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398. chata' (khaw-taw') -- to miss, go wrong, sin">sins.</a> <span class="reftext">21</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">Also,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">do not take</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">seriously</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">all</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">words</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">which</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696. dabar (daw-bar') -- to speak">are spoken,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">so</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085. shama' (shaw-mah') -- to hear">that you will not hear</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650. ebed (eh'-bed) -- slave, servant">your servant</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043. qalal (kaw-lal') -- to be slight, swift or trifling">cursing</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">you.</a> <span class="reftext">22</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">For you also</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">have realized</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">that you likewise</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7227a.htm" title="7227a">have many</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471. pa'am (pah'-am) -- a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence">times</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043. qalal (kaw-lal') -- to be slight, swift or trifling">cursed</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/312.htm" title="312. 'acher (akh-air') -- another">others.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">23</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5254.htm" title="5254. nacah (naw-saw') -- to test, try">I tested</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">all</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2090.htm" title="2090. zoh (zo) -- this">this</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">with wisdom,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/559.htm" title="559. 'amar (aw-mar') -- to utter, say">[and] I said,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2449.htm" title="2449. chakam (khaw-kam') -- to be wise">"I will be wise,"</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350. rachowq (raw-khoke') -- distant, far, a distance">but it was far</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">from me.</a> <span class="reftext">24</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100. mah (maw) -- what? how? anything">What</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961. hayah (haw-yaw) -- to fall out, come to pass, become, be">has been</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350. rachowq (raw-khoke') -- distant, far, a distance">is remote</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013. amoq (aw-moke') -- deep">and exceedingly</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013. amoq (aw-moke') -- deep">mysterious.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310. miy (me) -- who?">Who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">can discover</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">it?</a> <span class="reftext">25</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437. cabab (saw-bab') -- to turn about, go around, surround">I directed</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">my mind</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">to know,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8446.htm" title="8446. tuwr (toor) -- to seek out, spy out, explore">to investigate</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245. baqash (baw-kash') -- to seek">and to seek</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2451.htm" title="2451. chokmah (khok-maw') -- wisdom">wisdom</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2808.htm" title="2808. cheshbown (khesh-bone') -- a reckoning, account">and an explanation,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">and to know</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7562.htm" title="7562. resha' (reh'-shah) -- wickedness">the evil</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3689.htm" title="3689. kecel (keh'-sel) -- loins, stupidity, confidence">of folly</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3689.htm" title="3689. kecel (keh'-sel) -- loins, stupidity, confidence">and the foolishness</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1947.htm" title="1947. howlelah (ho-lay-law') -- madness">of madness.</a> <span class="reftext">26</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">And I discovered</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">more</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751. mar (mar) -- bitter, bitterness">bitter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194. maveth (maw'-veth) -- death">death</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/802.htm" title="802. 'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- woman, wife, female">the woman</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">whose</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">heart</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4685b.htm" title="4685b">is snares</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2764b.htm" title="2764b">and nets,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">whose hands</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/612.htm" title="612. 'ecuwr (ay-soor') -- a band, bond">are chains.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">One</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">who</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">is pleasing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">to God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4422.htm" title="4422. malat (maw-lat') -- to slip away">will escape</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398. chata' (khaw-taw') -- to miss, go wrong, sin">from her, but the sinner</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920. lakad (law-kad') -- to capture, seize, take">will be captured</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">by her.</a> <p> <span class="reftext">27</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">"Behold,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">I have discovered</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">this,"</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/559.htm" title="559. 'amar (aw-mar') -- to utter, say">says</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6953.htm" title="6953. qoheleth (ko-heh'-leth) -- 'a collector (of sentences),' 'a preacher,' a son of David">the Preacher,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/259.htm" title="259. 'echad (ekh-awd') -- one">"[adding] one</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/259.htm" title="259. 'echad (ekh-awd') -- one">thing</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/259.htm" title="259. 'echad (ekh-awd') -- one">to another</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">to find</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2808.htm" title="2808. cheshbown (khesh-bone') -- a reckoning, account">an explanation,</a> <span class="reftext">28</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">which</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750. owd (ode) -- a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, beside">I am still</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245. baqash (baw-kash') -- to seek">seeking</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">but have not found.</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">I have found</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/259.htm" title="259. 'echad (ekh-awd') -- one">one</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">man</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">among</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/505.htm" title="505. 'eleph (eh'-lef) -- a thousand">a thousand,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">but I have not found</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/802.htm" title="802. 'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- woman, wife, female">a woman</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">among all</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/428.htm" title="428. 'el-leh (ale'-leh) -- these">these.</a> <span class="reftext">29</span><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200. ra'ah (raw-aw') -- to see">"Behold,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672. matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- to attain to, find">I have found</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/905.htm" title="905. bad (bad) -- separation, a part">only</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">this,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">that God</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213a.htm" title="6213a">made</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">men</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3477.htm" title="3477. yashar (yaw-shawr') -- straight, right">upright,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245. baqash (baw-kash') -- to seek">but they have sought</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7227a.htm" title="7227a">out many</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2810.htm" title="2810. chishshabown (khish-shaw-bone') -- device, invention">devices."</a> <p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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