Allכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרyour handיָדְךָfindsתִּמְצָאto do,לַעֲשׂוֹתdo itעֲשֵׂהwith your strength,בְּכֹחֲךָforכִּיthere is noאֵיןworkמַעֲשֶׂהor reckoningוְחֶשְׁבּוֹןor knowledgeוְדַעַתor wisdomוְחָכְמָהin Sheol,בִּשְׁאוֹלto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתָּהare going.הֹלֵךְ
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Study it in the app“All that your hand finds to do, do it with your strength, for there is no work or reckoning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 9:10, word by word
- your handיָדְyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- findsתִּמְצָאtimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsa” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- with your strengthכֹחֲchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- workמַעֲשֶׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- or reckoningחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon
sum, reckoning
Reckoning, reasoning; the result of adding things up.
Where else “cheshbon” appears- or knowledgeדַעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- or wisdomחָכְמָהchachma
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachma” appears- in Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- are goingהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears
The context
9Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your life of vapor that he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vapor, for that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
10 · This verse (above)
11I turned and saw under the sun that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty men the war, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the discerning riches, nor even to those who know favor, for time and occurrence befall them all.