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Ecclesiastes 9:8
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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Let thy garmentsH899 be alwaysH6256 whiteH3836; and let thy headH7218 lackH2637 no ointmentH8081.
Original Hebrew
בְּכָל־עֵת יִהְיוּ בְגָדֶיךָ לְבָנִים וְשֶׁמֶן עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ אַל־יֶחְסָר׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
בְּ/כָל |
be./khol | H3605 | HR/Ncmsc | at/ every |
עֵ֕ת |
'et | H6256 | HNcbsa | time |
יִהְי֥וּ |
yih.Yu | H1961 | HVqi3mp | let them be |
בְגָדֶ֖י/ךָ |
ve.ga.Dei./kha | H899 | HNcmpc/Sp2ms | clothes/ your |
לְבָנִ֑ים |
le.va.Nim | H3836 | HAampa | white |
וְ/שֶׁ֖מֶן |
ve./She.men | H8081 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ oil |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | on |
רֹאשְׁ/ךָ֥ |
ro.she./Kha | H7218 | HNcmsc/Sp2ms | head/ your |
אַל |
'al- | H408 | HTn | may not |
יֶחְסָֽר |
yech.Sar | H2637 | HVqj3ms | it be lacking |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
- H2637 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen; be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
- H3836 — לָבָן (lâbân, law-bawn'): or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן; from לָבַן; white; white.
- H6256 — עֵת (ʻêth, ayth): from עַד; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.; [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
- H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
- H8081 — שֶׁמֶן (shemen, sheh'-men): from שָׁמַן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.
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.
- H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- let thy head — 2 Samuel 14:2, Daniel 10:3, Amos 6:6, Matthew 6:17, Luke 7:46
- thy garments — 2 Samuel 19:24, Esther 8:15, Revelation 3:4-5, Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:13-14, Revelation 16:15, Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:14
Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 5:5, 2 Samuel 12:20, Isaiah 61:3, Matthew 26:7, Luke 7:38
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