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Everythingאֶת הַכֹּלI have seenרָאִיתִיin the daysבִּימֵיof my vapor:הֶבְלִיthere isיֵשׁa righteous manצַדִּיקperishingאֹבֵדin his righteousness,בְּצִדְקוֹand there isוְיֵשׁa wicked manרָשָׁעprolonging his daysמַאֲרִיךְin his evil.בְּרָעָתוֹ
Ecclesiastes 7:15
Study it in the app“Everything I have seen in the days of my vapor: there is a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man prolonging his days in his evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:15, word by word
- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of my vaporהֶבְלִhevli
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevli” appears- a righteous manצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- perishingאֹבֵדoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “oved” appears- in his righteousnessצִדְקtsidk
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsidk” appears- a wicked manרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- prolonging his daysמַאֲרִיךְmaarich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “maarich” appears- in his evilרָעָתraat
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appears
The context
14In the day of good, be in the good, and in the day of evil, see: also this one alongside that one Elohim has made, so that the human being may not find anything after him.
15 · This verse (above)
16Do not be righteous overmuch, and do not act overly wise; why should you ruin yourself?