Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:11–13

¹¹Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good,

and it benefits those who see the sun.

¹²For wisdom, like money, is a shelter,

and the advantage of knowledge

is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

¹³Consider the work of God:

Who can straighten what He has bent?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Wisdom	חָכְמָ֖ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
like	עִֽם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
an inheritance	נַחֲלָ֑ה	na·ḥă·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
good	טוֹבָ֥ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and it benefits	וְיֹתֵ֖ר	wə·yō·ṯêr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3148 superiority, advantage, excess
those who see	לְרֹאֵ֥י	lə·rō·’ê	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H7200 see
the sun	הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃	haš·šā·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
wisdom	הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה	ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
like money	הַכָּ֑סֶף	hak·kā·sep̄	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
a shelter	בְּצֵ֣ל	bə·ṣêl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow
and the advantage	וְיִתְר֣וֹן	wə·yiṯ·rō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3504 advantage, profit
of knowledge	דַּ֔עַת	da·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge
is that wisdom	הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה	ha·ḥā·ḵə·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
preserves the life	תְּחַיֶּ֥ה	tə·ḥay·yeh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2421 live
of its owner	בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃	ḇə·‘ā·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1167 owner, lord

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Consider	רְאֵ֖ה	rə·’êh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7200 see
the work	מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה	ma·‘ă·śêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
Who	מִ֤י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
can	יוּכַל֙	yū·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
straighten	לְתַקֵּ֔ן	lə·ṯaq·qên	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H8626 become straight
what	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
He has bent	עִוְּתֽוֹ׃	‘iw·wə·ṯōw	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5791 be bent, crooked

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11 Ecclesiastes 11:7 · 1 Timothy 6:17–19 · Proverbs 8:10–11 · Ecclesiastes 2:13

Ecclesiastes 7:12 Proverbs 8:35 · Proverbs 2:7 · Proverbs 3:18 · Proverbs 11:4 · John 17:3 · Proverbs 18:10–11 · John 12:50 · Judges 9:15 · Isaiah 32:2 · Isaiah 33:6 · Proverbs 2:11 · Deuteronomy 32:47

Ecclesiastes 7:13 Ecclesiastes 1:15 · Job 12:14 · Psalm 107:43 · Ecclesiastes 3:11 · Isaiah 5:12 · Isaiah 14:27 · Romans 9:15 · Ephesians 1:11 · Job 37:14 · Isaiah 43:13 · Romans 9:19 · Isaiah 46:10–11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.