Ecclesiastes 7:25
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
5437 [e]סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי
sab-bō-w-ṯî
appliedV-Qal-Perf-1cs
589 [e]אֲנִ֤י
’ă-nî
IPro-1cs
3820 [e]וְלִבִּי֙
wə-lib-bî
and my heartConj-w | N-msc | 1cs
3045 [e]לָדַ֣עַת
lā-ḏa-‘aṯ
to knowPrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
8446 [e]וְלָת֔וּר
wə-lā-ṯūr,
and to searchConj-w, Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf
1245 [e]וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ
ū-ḇaq-qêš
and seek outConj-w | V-Piel-Inf
2451 [e]חָכְמָ֖ה
ḥāḵ-māh
wisdomN-fs
2808 [e]וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן
wə-ḥeš-bō-wn;
and the reason [of things]Conj-w | N-ms
1847 [e]וְלָדַ֙עַת֙
wə-lā-ḏa-‘aṯ
and to knowConj-w, Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf
7562 [e]רֶ֣שַׁע
re-ša‘
the wickednessN-ms
3689 [e]כֶּ֔סֶל
ke-sel,
of follyN-ms
5531 [e]וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת
wə-has-siḵ-lūṯ
and Even of foolishnessConj-w, Art | N-fs
1947 [e]הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃
hō-w-lê-lō-wṯ.
[and] madnessN-fp





















Hebrew Texts
קהלת 7:25 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
סַבֹּ֨ותִֽי אֲנִ֤י וְלִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת וְלָת֔וּר וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ חָכְמָ֖ה וְחֶשְׁבֹּ֑ון וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ רֶ֣שַׁע כֶּ֔סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הֹולֵלֹֽות׃

קהלת 7:25 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
סבותי אני ולבי לדעת ולתור ובקש חכמה וחשבון ולדעת רשע כסל והסכלות הוללות׃

קהלת 7:25 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
סבותי אני ולבי לדעת ולתור ובקש חכמה וחשבון ולדעת רשע כסל והסכלות הוללות׃

קהלת 7:25 Hebrew Bible
סבותי אני ולבי לדעת ולתור ובקש חכמה וחשבון ולדעת רשע כסל והסכלות הוללות׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.

King James Bible
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I applied mine heart

Ecclesiastes 1:13-17 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all …

Ecclesiastes 2:1-3,12,20 I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore …

the reason

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Behold, this have I found, said the preacher, counting one by one, …

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens …

Ecclesiastes 3:16,17 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness …

Ecclesiastes 9:1,2 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that …

Jeremiah 12:1,2 Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk …

2 Peter 2:3-9 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise …

2 Peter 3:3-9 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, …

know

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that …

Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end …

Genesis 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and …

Joshua 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to …

2 Samuel 13:12 And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such …

Proverbs 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

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