H3588A–כִּי–ki

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

כִּ֣י ki “for”

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֚י ki “that”

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [ergänzt: days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:

כִּ֚י ki “for”

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

כִּ֣י ki “for”

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

כִּי֩ ki “that”

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [ergänzt: they go] to the dead.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

כִּי־ ki- “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

כִּ֧י ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [ergänzt: it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

כִּ֣י ki “that”כִּי־ ki- “for”

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

כִּ֡י ki “for”

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

כִּ֚י ki “for”