H3588A–כִּי–ki

When he speaketh fair, 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 may bring forth.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

כִּ֤י ki “for”

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth, he will not answer.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”

For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle 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 grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

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

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

כִּי־ ki- “if”

For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

כִּ֠י ki “for”

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

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

כִּ֛י ki “that”

For who can eat, or who else can hasten to it more than I?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For God giveth to a man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

כִּ֛י ki “that”