Ecclesiastes 10:3

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Ecclesiastes 10:3


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A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Yea also, when he that is a foolH5530 walkethH1980 by the wayH1870, his wisdomH3820 failethH2638 him, and he saithH559 to every one that he is a foolH5530.


Original Hebrew

וְגַם־בַּדֶּרֶךְ [כְּשֶׁהַסָּכָל כ] (כְּשֶׁסָּכָל ק) הֹלֵךְ לִבֹּו חָסֵר וְאָמַר לַכֹּל סָכָל הוּא׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/גַם
ve./gam- H1571 HC/Ta and/ also
בַּ/דֶּ֛רֶךְ
ba./De.rekh H1870 HRd/Ncbsa on the/ way
[כ/ש/ה/סכל כ] (כְּ/שֶׁ/סָּכָ֥ל ק)
[çâkâl כ] (ke./she./sa.khal ק) H5530 כ [HR/Tr/Td/Ncmsa כ] (HR/Tr/Aamsa ק) (like/ when/ a fool ק)
הֹלֵ֖ךְ
ho.Lekh H1980 HVqrmsa (is) going
לִבּ֣/וֹ
li.B/o H3820 HNcmsc/Sp3ms heart/ his
חָסֵ֑ר
cha.Ser H2638 HVqp3ms is lacking
וְ/אָמַ֥ר
ve./'a.Mar H559 HC/Vqq3ms and/ he says
לַ/כֹּ֖ל
la./Kol H3605 HRd/Ncmsa to (the)/ everyone
סָכָ֥ל
sa.Khal H5530 HNcmsa (is) a fool
הֽוּא
Hu' H1931 HPp3ms he
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
Strong's References
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ (dârak) H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
  • H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ (yâlak) H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
  • H2638 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): from חָסֵר (châçêr) H2637; lacking; hence, without; destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
  • H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב (lêbâb) H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  • H5530 — סָכָל (çâkâl, saw-kawl'): from סָכַל (çâkal) H5528; silly; fool(-ish), sottish.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
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