What Does Ecclesiastes 5:6 Mean?

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

“Suffer”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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

“not thy mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“to sin”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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

“to cause thy flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

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

“neither say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“thou before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the angel”

a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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

“that it was an error”

a mistake or inadvertent transgression

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“be angry”

to crack off, i.e., (figuratively) burst out in rage

“wherefore should God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“at thy voice”

a voice or sound

“and destroy”

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of partur

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

“the work”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

“of thine hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v