H3588A–כִּי–ki

when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”כִּ֤י ki “for”

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Take his garment that is become surety [ergänzt: for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [ergänzt: endure] from generation to generation?

כִּ֤י ki “for”

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”

under an odious [ergänzt: woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man [ergänzt: do] that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

כִּי֩ ki “for”

And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

כִּי־ ki- “if”

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

כִּ֠י ki “for”

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

כִּ֛י ki “that”