Ecclesiastes 7:19

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[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.	Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.	For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wisdom^H2451 strengtheneth^H5810 the wise^H2450 more than ten^H6235 mighty^H7989 men which are in the city^H5892.

Original Hebrew

הַחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַֽ/חָכְמָ֖ה	ha./cha.khe.Mah	H2451	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ wisdom
תָּעֹ֣ז	ta.'Oz	H5810	HVqi3fs	it gives strength
לֶ/חָכָ֑ם	le./cha.Kham	H2450	HRd/Aamsa	to the/ wise (person)
מֵֽ/עֲשָׂרָה֙	me./'a.sa.Rah	H6235	HR/Acmsa	more than/ ten
שַׁלִּיטִ֔ים	sha.li.Tim	H7989	HAampa	rulers
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
הָי֖וּ	ha.Yu	H1961	HVqp3cp	they are
בָּ/עִֽיר	ba./'Ir	H5892	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ city

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

Strong's References

H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
H5810 — עָזַז (ʻâzaz, aw-zaz'): a primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively); harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
H6235 — עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, eh'ser): masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
H7989 — שַׁלִּיט (shallîyṭ, shal-leet'): from שָׁלַט; potent; concretely, a prince or warrior; governor, mighty, that hath power, ruler.

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

H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
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.

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