Ecclesiastes 7:16

← Ecclesiastes 7:15	Ecclesiastes 7:16 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 7:17 →
All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.	Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?	Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Be not righteous^H6662 over much^H7235; neither make thyself over^H3148 wise^H2449: why shouldest thou destroy^H8074 thyself?

Original Hebrew

אַל־תְּהִי צַדִּיק הַרְבֵּה וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּם יֹותֵר לָמָּה תִּשֹּׁומֵם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּהִ֤י	te.Hi	H1961	HVqj2ms	you be
צַדִּיק֙	tza.Dik	H6662	HAamsa	righteous
הַרְבֵּ֔ה	har.Beh	H7235	HVha	greatly
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם	tit.cha.Kam	H2449	HVtj2ms	you make yourself wise
יוֹתֵ֑ר	yo.Ter	H3148	HNcmsa	excess
לָ֖/מָּה	La./mah	H4100	HR/Ti	(to)/ why?
תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם	ti.sho.Mem	H8074	HVri2ms	will you destroy yourself

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root,; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
H3148 — יוֹתֵר (yôwthêr, yo-thare'): active participle of יָתַר; properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction; better, more(-over), over, profit.
H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
H8074 — שָׁמֵם (shâmêm, shaw-mame'): a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

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

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Be not — Proverbs 25:16, Matthew 6:1-7, Matthew 9:14, Matthew 15:2-9, Matthew 23:5, Matthew 23:23-24, Matthew 23:29, Luke 18:12, Romans 10:2, 1 Timothy 4:3
destroy thyself — Matthew 23:38, Revelation 18:19
neither — Genesis 3:6, Job 11:12, Job 28:28, Proverbs 23:4, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Romans 11:25, Romans 12:3, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:20, Colossians 2:18, Colossians 2:23, James 3:13-17

Reciprocal references (1): Ecclesiastes 1:18

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