Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 8:12 Interlinear

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times and his days be prolonged yet surely I know that it shall be well which fear God which fear before

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
2חֹטֶ֗אH2398Though a sinnerproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
3עֹשֶׂ֥הH6213doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4רָ֛עH7451evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5מְאַ֖תH3967an hundred timesa hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
6וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְH748and his days be prolongedto be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
7ל֑וֹH0
8כִּ֚יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
10יוֹדֵ֣עַH3045yet surely I knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
11אָ֔נִיH589i
12אֲשֶׁ֤רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
13יִהְיֶהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
14טּוֹב֙H2896that it shall be wellgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
15יִֽירְא֖וּH3372which fearto fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
16הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
17אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
18יִֽירְא֖וּH3372which fearto fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
19מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃H6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

Verse Context

Ecclesiastes 8:11 in them to do Because sentence work against an evil...
Ecclesiastes 8:12 (current) Though a sinner do evil an hundred times and his days be prolonged yet surely I know that it shall be well which fear God which fear before
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked neither shall he prolong...

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