H3588A–כִּי–ki

I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth [ergänzt: it], that [ergänzt: men] should fear before him.

כִּ֠י ki “that”

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

כִּי֩ ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֛י ki “for”

[ergänzt: There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

כִּ֥י ki “that”

For in the multitude of dreams are vanities; so with many words: but fear God.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Behold what I have seen good and comely: [ergänzt: it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [ergänzt: man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth [ergänzt: him] with the joy of his heart.

כִּ֚י ki “for”כִּ֧י ki “for”

one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and a sore evil.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

כִּ֣י ki “for”