Ecclesiastes 2:25

← Ecclesiastes 2:24	Ecclesiastes 2:25 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 2:26 →
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.	For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For who can eat^H398, or who else can hasten^H2363 hereunto, more^H2351 than I?

Original Hebrew

כִּי מִי יֹאכַל וּמִי יָחוּשׁ חוּץ מִמֶּנִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
מִ֥י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
יֹאכַ֛ל	yo.Khal	H398	HVqi3ms	will he eat
וּ/מִ֥י	u./Mi	H4310	HC/Ti	and/ who?
יָח֖וּשׁ	ya.Chush	H2363	HVqi3ms	will he enjoy
ח֥וּץ	chutz	H2351	HNcmsa	outside
מִמֶּֽ/נִּי	mi.Me./ni	H4480	HR/Sp1cs	from/ me

Strong's References

H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
H2351 — חוּץ (chûwts, khoots): or (shortened) חֻץ (chuts); (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
H2363 — חוּשׁ (chûwsh, koosh): a primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment; (make) haste(-n), ready.

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

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה (mâh) H4100 is of things; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

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