H3588A–כִּי–ki

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

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For wisdom is a defence [ergänzt: as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [ergänzt: that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what 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 cometh 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 also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

Be not hasty to go out of his sight; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatever pleaseth him,

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For to every purpose there is time and manner. For 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 I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they 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 saw that all [ergänzt: is] the work of God, [ergänzt: and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [ergänzt: it] out, yet doth he not find [ergänzt: it]; and even, if a wise [ergänzt: man] think to know [ergänzt: it], he shall not be able to find [ergänzt: it] out.

כִּי֩ ki “that”

For all this I laid to my heart and [ergänzt: indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, [ergänzt: they have to go] to the dead.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For to him that is joined to 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, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do 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 the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; 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 taken with the snare, like them are the children 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 quietness pacifieth great offences.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will 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, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

כִּ֚י ki “for”