NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And I findmatsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present more bitter mar (mar) bitter; also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, great, heavy. than death maveth (maw'-veth) death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). the woman 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman whose heart leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect is snares matsowd (maw-tsode') a net (for capturing animals or fishes) -- also a fastness or (beseiging) tower -- bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare. and nets cherem (khay'-rem) physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstr. Extermination and her hands yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), as bands 'ecuwr (ay-soor') a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner) -- band, prison. whoso pleaseth towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) God 'elohiym (el-o-heem') angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty. shall escape malat (maw-lat') to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks from her but the sinner chata' (khaw-taw') to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn shall be taken lakad (law-kad') to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere by her Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her. King James Bible And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Holman Christian Standard Bible And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her. " International Standard Version I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her. NET Bible I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her. GOD'S WORD® Translation I find that a woman whose thoughts are [like] traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are [like] chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin. King James 2000 Bible And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are fetters: whosoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Links Ecclesiastes 7:26Ecclesiastes 7:26 NIV Ecclesiastes 7:26 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:26 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:26 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:26 KJV |