H3588A–כִּי–ki

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

כִּ֠י ki “that”

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

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.

כִּי֩ ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּי־ ki- “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֛י ki “for”

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

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.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

כִּ֥י ki “that”

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

כִּ֚י ki “for”כִּ֧י ki “for”

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

כִּ֛י ki “for”

There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

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

כִּ֣י ki “for”

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

כִּ֣י ki “for”