Ecclesiastes 7:12

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Bible > Ecclesiastes > Chapter 7 > Verse 12

Ecclesiastes 7:12


← Ecclesiastes 7:11 Ecclesiastes 7:12 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 7:13 →
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For wisdomH2451 is a defenceH6738, and moneyH3701 is a defenceH6738: but the excellencyH3504 of knowledgeH1847 is, that wisdomH2451 giveth lifeH2421 to them that haveH1167 it.


Original Hebrew

כִּי בְּצֵל הַחָכְמָה בְּצֵל הַכָּסֶף וְיִתְרֹון דַּעַת הַחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶיהָ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּ֛י
ki H3588 HC for
בְּ/צֵ֥ל
be./Tzel H6738 HR/Ncmsa (is) (in)/ a shade
הַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה
ha./cha.khe.Mah H2451 HTd/Ncfsa (the)/ wisdom
בְּ/צֵ֣ל
be./Tzel H6738 HR/Ncmsa (is) (in)/ a shade
הַ/כָּ֑סֶף
ha./Ka.sef H3701 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ money
וְ/יִתְר֣וֹן
ve./yit.Ron H3504 HC/Ncmsc and/ (the) advantage of
דַּ֔עַת
Da.'at H1847 HNcfsa knowledge
הַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה
ha./cha.khe.Mah H2451 HTd/Ncfsa (the)/ wisdom
תְּחַיֶּ֥ה
te.chai.Yeh H2421 HVpi3fs it preserves alive
בְעָלֶֽי/הָ
ve.'a.Lei./ha H1167 HNcmpc/Sp3fs owners/ its
Strong's References
  • H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל (bâʻal) H1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
  • H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע (yâdaʻ) H3045; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
  • H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה (châvâh) H2331, חָיָה (châyâh) H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
  • H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם (châkam) H2449; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
  • H3504 — יִתְרוֹן (yithrôwn, yith-rone'): from יָתַר (yâthar) H3498; preeminence, gain; better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
  • H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף (kâçaph) H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
  • H6738 — צֵל (tsêl, tsale): from צָלַל (tsâlal) H6751; shade, whether literal or figurative; defence, shade(-ow).

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.
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