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Ecclesiastes 5:8 Interlinear

the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice If thou seest in a province marvel than they not at the matter and there be higher than they and there be higher regardeth and there be higher than they

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2עֹ֣שֶׁקH6233the oppressioninjury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
3רָ֠שׁH7326of the poorto be destitute
4וְגֵ֨זֶלH1499and violentplunder, i.e., violence
5מִשְׁפָּ֤טH4941perverting of judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
6וָצֶ֙דֶק֙H6664and justicethe right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
7תִּרְאֶ֣הH7200If thou seestto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
8בַמְּדִינָ֔הH4082in a provinceproperly, a judgeship, i.e., jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
9אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
10תִּתְמַ֖הּH8539marvelto be in consternation
11עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃H5921than theyabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12הַחֵ֑פֶץH2656not at the matterpleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
13כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
14וּגְבֹהִ֖יםH1364and there be higherelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
15עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃H5921than theyabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
16וּגְבֹהִ֖יםH1364and there be higherelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
17שֹׁמֵ֔רH8104regardethproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
18וּגְבֹהִ֖יםH1364and there be higherelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
19עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃H5921than theyabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams there are also divers vanities words and many...
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (current) the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of judgment and justice If thou seest in a province marvel than they not at the matter and there be higher than they and there be higher regardeth and there be higher than they
Ecclesiastes 5:9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all the king by the field...

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