NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon If the clouds`ab (awb) an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse -- clay, (thick) cloud, thick, thicket. be full male' (maw-lay') a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) of rain geshem (gheh'-shem) a shower -- rain, shower. they empty ruwq (rook) to pour out, i.e. empty -- arm, cast out, draw (out), (make) empty, pour forth (out). themselves upon the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and if the tree `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. fall naphal (naw-fal') to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) toward the south darowm (daw-rome') the south; poet. the south wind -- south. or toward the north tsaphown (tsaw-fone') hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind). in the place maqowm (maw-kome') a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) where the tree `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. falleth naphal (naw-fal') to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) there it shall be hava' (haw-vaw') to be (in the sense of existence) -- be, have. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies. King James Bible If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. Holman Christian Standard Bible If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or the north, the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. International Standard Version If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay. NET Bible If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls. GOD'S WORD® Translation If the clouds are full of rain, they will let it pour down on the earth. If a tree falls north or south, the tree will remain where it fell. King James 2000 Bible If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be. Links Ecclesiastes 11:3Ecclesiastes 11:3 NIV Ecclesiastes 11:3 NLT Ecclesiastes 11:3 ESV Ecclesiastes 11:3 NASB Ecclesiastes 11:3 KJV |