Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 7:13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.