H3651C–כֵּן–ken

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

כֵּן־ ken- “so”

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

כֵּֽן־ ken- “so”

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

כֵּֽן־ ken- “so”

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

כֵּ֤ן ken “so”

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

כֵּ֤ן׀ ken “[is] thus”

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

כֵּ֣ן ken “so”

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

כֵּ֛ן ken “-fore”

And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

כֵּ֣ן ken “so”

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

כֵּ֖ן ken “so”

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

וּבְכֵ֡ן (כֵ֡ן) Khen “such”

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

כֵּ֡ן ken “-fore”

Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

כֵּ֖ן ken “-fore”

As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

כֵּ֥ן ken “[is] so”

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

כֵּ֥ן ken “[is] so”

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

לָכֵ֗ן (כֵ֗ן) Khen “therefore”

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

כֵ֗ן Khen “thus”

For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

לָכֵ֛ן (כֵ֛ן) Khen “therefore”

For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.

לָכֵ֗ן (כֵ֗ן) Khen “therefore”

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of

לָכֵן֩ (כֵן֩) Khen “therefore”

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

כֵּ֡ן ken “-fore”

For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

לָ֠כֵן (כֵן) khen “therefore”

For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:

וְלָכֵ֡ן (כֵ֡ן) Khen “therefore”

For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned a

כֵּ֨ן ken “-fore”

But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

כֵ֣ן khen “thus”כֵ֣ן khen “thus”

So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.

כֵּ֛ן ken “so”