What Does Ecclesiastes 10:20 Mean?

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“no not in thy thought”

intelligence or consciousness

“not the king”

a king

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“Curse”

to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

“in thy bedchamber”

an apartment (usually literal)

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“Curse”

to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

“not the rich”

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for a bird”

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

“of the air”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the voice”

a voice or sound

“and that which hath”

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

“wings”

an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna

“shall tell”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

“the matter”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause