Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 8:6–7
6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. 7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
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.
Ecclesiastes 8:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| there is | יֵ֖שׁ | yêš | Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| a right time | עֵ֣ת | ‘êṯ | Noun - common singular | H6256 time |
| and procedure | וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט | ū·miš·pāṭ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H4941 judgment |
| to every | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| purpose | חֵ֔פֶץ | ḥê·p̄eṣ | Noun - masculine singular | H2656 delight, pleasure |
| though | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| a man’s | הָאָדָ֖ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| misery | רָעַ֥ת | rā·‘aṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H7451 bad, evil |
| weighs heavily | רַבָּ֥ה | rab·bāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7227 much, many, great |
| upon him | עָלָֽיו׃ | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
Ecclesiastes 8:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| no one | אֵינֶ֥נּוּ | ’ê·nen·nū | Adverb; third person masculine singular | H369 nothing, nought |
| knows | יֹדֵ֖עַ | yō·ḏê·a‘ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H3045 know |
| what | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| will happen | שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶ֑ה | še·yih·yeh | Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| who | מִ֖י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| can tell | יַגִּ֥יד | yag·gîḏ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| him | לֽוֹ׃ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| what | כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| is to come | יִֽהְיֶ֔ה | yih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ecclesiastes 8:6 Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Ecclesiastes 3:17 · Ecclesiastes 3:11 · Luke 19:42–44 · Ecclesiastes 7:13–14 · Luke 17:26–30
Ecclesiastes 8:7 Ecclesiastes 10:14 · Ecclesiastes 6:12 · Matthew 24:50 · Ecclesiastes 9:12 · Proverbs 24:22 · Ecclesiastes 3:22 · Matthew 25:6–13 · Matthew 24:44
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.