H3588A–כִּי–ki

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “that”

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

He wandereth abroad for bread, [ergänzt: saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

כִּ֣י ki “that”

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [ergänzt: them].

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Know now that God hath subverted me [ergänzt: in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

כִּ֣י ki “if”

Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [ergänzt: bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

כִּ֤י ki “that”

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

כִּ֤י׀ ki “for”

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֣י ki “that”

For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

כִּ֤י ki “for”

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

כִּ֤י ki “for”