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Ecclesiastes 8:4 Interlinear

“ Where the word of a king is there is power and who may say unto him What doest”

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Ecclesiastes 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
2	דְּבַר	H1697	Where the word	a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
3	מֶ֖לֶךְ	H4428	of a king	a king
4	שִׁלְט֑וֹן	H7983	is there is power	a potentate
5	וּמִ֥י	H4310		who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
6	יֹֽאמַר	H559	and who may say	to say (used with great latitude)
7	ל֖וֹ	H0
8	מַֽה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
9	תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃	H6213	unto him What doest	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Ecclesiastes 8:4 (current) Where the word of a king is there is power and who may say unto him What doest