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Ecclesiastes 6 Interlinear

KJV text aligned with Hebrew and Aramaic forms, Strong’s numbers, and morphology. Open any Strong’s number for its full definition and complete KJV concordance.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

There
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
is
יֵ֣שׁH3426 · yêshHebrew demonstrative particle
an
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evil
רָעָ֔הH7451 · raʻHebrew common noun · feminine · singular · absolute
which I have
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
seen
רָאִ֖יתִיH7200 · râʼâhHebrew qal perfect verb · first person · common gender · singular
under the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
sun
שָּׁ֑מֶשׁH8121 · shemeshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
, and it [is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
common
רַבָּ֥הH7227 · rabHebrew adjective · feminine · singular · absolute
among
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
men
אָדָֽםH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
:
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Ecclesiastes 6:2

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.

A
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man
אִ֣ישׁH376 · ʼîyshHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
to whom
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
God
אֱלֹהִ֡יםH430 · ʼĕlôhîymHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · absolute
hath
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
given
יִתֶּןH5414 · nâthanHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
riches
עֹשֶׁר֩H6239 · ʻôsherHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
,
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
wealth
נְכָסִ֨יםH5233 · nekeçHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · absolute
, and
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
honour
כָב֜וֹדH3519 · kâbôwdHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
, so that he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
wanteth
חָסֵ֥רH2638 · châçêrHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
nothing for his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
soul
נַפְשׁ֣H5315 · nepheshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · construct
of all that he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
desireth
יִתְאַוֶּ֗הH183 · ʼâvâhHebrew hithpael imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
, yet
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
God
אֱלֹהִים֙H430 · ʼĕlôhîymHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · absolute
giveth him not
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
power
יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤H7980 · shâlaṭHebrew hiphil imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
to
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
eat
אֱכֹ֣לH398 · ʼâkalHebrew qal infinitive construct verb
thereof, but a
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
stranger
אִ֥ישׁH376 · ʼîyshHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
eateth
יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑H398 · ʼâkalHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
it: this [is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vanity
הֶ֛בֶלH1892 · hebelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
, and it [is] an
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
evil
רָ֖עH7451 · raʻHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
disease
חֳלִ֥יH2483 · chŏlîyHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:3

¶ If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

¶ If a
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man
אִ֣ישׁH376 · ʼîyshHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
beget
יוֹלִ֣ידH3205 · yâladHebrew hiphil imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
an
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
hundred
מֵאָ֡הH3967 · mêʼâhHebrew cardinal number · both genders · singular · absolute
[children], and
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live
יִֽחְיֶ֜הH2421 · châyâhHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
many
רַ֣בH7227 · rabHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
years
שָׁנָ֗יH8141 · shânehHebrew common noun · feminine · plural · construct
, so that the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
days
יְמֵֽיH3117 · yôwmHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · construct
of his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
years
שָׁנִים֩H8141 · shânehHebrew common noun · feminine · plural · absolute
be
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
many
רַבּ֨וֹתH7227 · rabHebrew adjective · feminine · plural · absolute
, and his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
soul
נַפְשׁH5315 · nepheshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · construct
be not
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
filled
תִשְׂבַּ֣עH7646 · sâbaʻHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · feminine · singular
with
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
good
טּוֹבָ֔הH2896 · ṭôwbHebrew adjective · feminine · singular · absolute
, and also [that] he have no
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
burial
קְבוּרָ֖הH6900 · qᵉbûwrâhHebrew common noun · feminine · singular · absolute
; I
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
say
אָמַ֕רְתִּיH559 · ʼâmarHebrew qal perfect verb · first person · common gender · singular
, [that] an untimely
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
birth
נָּֽפֶלH5309 · nephelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
[is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
better
ט֥וֹבH2896 · ṭôwbHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
than he.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:4

For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

For he
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cometh
בָּ֖אH935 · bôwʼHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
in with
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vanity
הֶ֥בֶלH1892 · hebelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
, and
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
departeth
יֵלֵ֑ךְH3212 · yâlakHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
in
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
darkness
חֹ֖שֶׁךְH2822 · chôshekHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
, and his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
name
שְׁמ֥H8034 · shêmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · construct
shall be
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
covered
יְכֻסֶּֽהH3680 · kâçâhHebrew pual imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
with
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darkness
חֹ֣שֶׁךְH2822 · chôshekHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
.
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Ecclesiastes 6:5

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing:] this hath more rest than the other.

Moreover he hath not
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
seen
רָאָ֖הH7200 · râʼâhHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
sun
שֶׁ֥מֶשׁH8121 · shemeshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
, nor
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
known
יָדָ֑עH3045 · yâdaʻHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
[any thing:]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
this
זֶ֖הH2088 · zehHebrew demonstrative pronoun · masculine · singular
hath more
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
rest
נַ֥חַתH5183 · NachathHebrew common noun · feminine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
than
זֶּֽהH2088 · zehHebrew demonstrative pronoun · masculine · singular
the other.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:6

¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

¶ Yea,
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
though
אִלּ֣וּH432 · ʼillûwHebrew conjunction
he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
live
חָיָ֗הH2421 · châyâhHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
a
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
thousand
אֶ֤לֶףH505 · ʼelephHebrew cardinal number · both genders · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
years
שָׁנִים֙H8141 · shânehHebrew common noun · feminine · plural · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
twice
פַּעֲמַ֔יִםH6471 · paʻamHebrew common noun · feminine · dual · absolute
[told], yet hath he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
seen
רָאָ֑הH7200 · râʼâhHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
no
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
good
טוֹבָ֖הH2896 · ṭôwbHebrew adjective · feminine · singular · absolute
: do not all
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
go
הוֹלֵֽךְH1980 · hâlakHebrew qal active participle verb · masculine · singular · absolute
to
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
one
אֶחָ֖דH259 · ʼechâdHebrew cardinal number · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
place
מָק֥וֹםH4725 · mâqôwmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
?
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

All the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
labour
עֲמַ֥לH5999 · ʻâmâlHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · construct
of
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
man
אָדָ֖םH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
[is] for his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
mouth
פִ֑יH6310 · pehHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · construct
, and yet the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
appetite
נֶּ֖פֶשׁH5315 · nepheshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
is not
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
filled
תִמָּלֵֽאH4390 · mâlêʼHebrew niphal imperfect verb · third person · feminine · singular
.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

For what hath the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
wise
חָכָ֖םH2450 · châkâmHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
more
יּוֹתֵ֥רH3148 · yôwthêrHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
than the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
fool
כְּסִ֑ילH3684 · kᵉçîylHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
? what hath the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
poor
עָנִ֣יH6041 · ʻânîyHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
, that
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
knoweth
יוֹדֵ֔עַH3045 · yâdaʻHebrew qal active participle verb · masculine · singular · absolute
to
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
walk
הֲלֹ֖ךְH1980 · hâlakHebrew qal infinitive construct verb
before the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
living
חַיִּֽיםH2416 · chayHebrew adjective · masculine · plural · absolute
?
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:9

¶ Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Better
ט֛וֹבH2896 · ṭôwbHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
[is] the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
sight
מַרְאֵ֥הH4758 · marʼehHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · construct
of the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
eyes
עֵינַ֖יִםH5869 · ʻayinHebrew common noun · both genders · dual · absolute
than the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
wandering
הֲלָךְH1980 · hâlakHebrew qal infinitive construct verb
of the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
desire
נָ֑פֶשׁH5315 · nepheshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
: this [is] also
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vanity
הֶ֖בֶלH1892 · hebelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
and
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vexation
רְע֥וּתH7469 · rᵉʻûwthHebrew common noun · feminine · singular · construct
of
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
spirit
רֽוּחַH7307 · rûwachHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:10

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

That which hath been is
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
named
נִקְרָ֣אH7121 · qârâʼHebrew niphal active participle verb · masculine · singular · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
already
כְּבָר֙H3528 · kᵉbârHebrew adverb
, and it is
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
known
נוֹדָ֖עH3045 · yâdaʻHebrew niphal active participle verb · masculine · singular · absolute
that it [is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
man
אָדָ֑םH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
: neither
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
may
יוּכַ֣לH3201 · yâkôlHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
contend
דִ֔יןH1777 · dîynHebrew qal infinitive construct verb
with him that is
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
mightier
תַּקִּ֖יףH8623 · taqqîyphHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
than he.
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:11

¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

¶ Seeing there
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
be
יֵשׁH3426 · yêshHebrew demonstrative particle
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
many
הַרְבֵּ֖הH7235 · râbâhHebrew hiphil infinitive absolute verb
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
things
דְּבָרִ֥יםH1697 · dâbârHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · absolute
that
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
increase
מַרְבִּ֣יםH7235 · râbâhHebrew hiphil active participle verb · masculine · plural · absolute
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vanity
הָ֑בֶלH1892 · hebelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
, what [is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
man
אָדָֽםH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
better
יֹּתֵ֖רH3148 · yôwthêrHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
?
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For who
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
knoweth
יוֹדֵעַ֩H3045 · yâdaʻHebrew qal active participle verb · masculine · singular · absolute
what [is]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
good
טּ֨וֹבH2896 · ṭôwbHebrew adjective · masculine · singular · absolute
for
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
man
אָדָ֜םH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
in [this]
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
life
חַיִּ֗יםH2416 · chayHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · absolute
,
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
all
מִסְפַּ֛רH4557 · miçpârHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · construct
the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
days
יְמֵיH3117 · yôwmHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · construct
of his
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
vain
הֶבְל֖H1892 · hebelHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · construct
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
life
חַיֵּ֥יH2416 · chayHebrew common noun · masculine · plural · construct
which he
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
spendeth
יַעֲשֵׂ֣H6213 · ʻâsâhHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
as a
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
shadow
צֵּ֑לH6738 · tsêlHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
? for who can
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
tell
יַגִּ֣ידH5046 · nâgadHebrew hiphil imperfect verb · third person · masculine · singular
a
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
man
אָדָ֔םH120 · ʼâdâmHebrew common noun · masculine · singular · absolute
what shall be
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
after
אַחֲרָ֖יH310 · ʼacharHebrew preposition
him under the
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.
sun
שָּֽׁמֶשׁH8121 · shemeshHebrew common noun · both genders · singular · absolute
?
No direct Strong’s tag for this KJV segment.

KJV and Strong’s alignment: public-domain KJV 2006 word alignment. Greek: Maurice A. Robinson Textus Receptus morphology, public domain. Hebrew and Aramaic: Original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb (CC BY 4.0); underlying Westminster Leningrad Codex text is public domain.