Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî For Conj 120 [e] לְאָדָם֙ lə-’ā-ḏām to a man Prep-l | N-ms 2896 [e] שֶׁטּ֣וֹב šeṭ-ṭō-wḇ who [is] good Pro-r | Adj-ms 6440 [e] לְפָנָ֔יו lə-p̄ā-nāw, in His sight Prep-l | N-cpc | 3ms 5414 [e] נָתַ֛ן nā-ṯan [God] gives V-Qal-Perf-3ms 2451 [e] חָכְמָ֥ה ḥāḵ-māh wisdom N-fs 1847 [e] וְדַ֖עַת wə-ḏa-‘aṯ and knowledge Conj-w | N-fs 8057 [e] וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה wə-śim-ḥāh; and joy Conj-w | N-fs 2398 [e] וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ wə-la-ḥō-w-ṭe but to the sinner Conj-w, Prep-l, Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 5414 [e] נָתַ֨ן nā-ṯan he gives V-Qal-Perf-3ms 6045 [e] עִנְיָ֜ן ‘in-yān the work N-ms 622 [e] לֶאֱס֣וֹף le-’ĕ-sō-wp̄ of gathering Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 3664 [e] וְלִכְנ֗וֹס wə-liḵ-nō-ws, and collecting Conj-w, Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5414 [e] לָתֵת֙ lā-ṯêṯ that He may give Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 2896 [e] לְטוֹב֙ lə-ṭō-wḇ to [him who is] good Prep-l | Adj-ms 6440 [e] לִפְנֵ֣י lip̄-nê before Prep-l | N-cpc 430 [e] הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm, God Art | N-mp 1571 [e] גַּם־ gam- Also Conj 2088 [e] זֶ֥ה zeh this Pro-ms 1892 [e] הֶ֖בֶל he-ḇel [is] vanity N-ms 7469 [e] וּרְע֥וּת ū-rə-‘ūṯ and grasping for Conj-w | N-fsc 7307 [e] רֽוּחַ׃ rū-aḥ. the wind N-cs

New American Standard Bible
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

King James Bible
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God's sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

in his sight

Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; …

Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments …

wisdom

2 Chronicles 31:20,21 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which …

Proverbs 3:13-18 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding…

Isaiah 3:10,11 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they …

John 16:24 Till now have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, …

Romans 14:17,18 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, …

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, …

to the sinner

Job 27:16,17 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay…

Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: and …

Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall …

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