Ecclesiastes 7:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי גַּם־פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת יָדַע לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר גַּם־את אַתָּה קִלַּלְתָּ אֲחֵרִים

Transliteration

Kî also-pəʿāmîm rabbôṯ yāḏaʿ libbeḵā that also-ʾattāh qillaltā ʾăḥērîm

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for/because
*pəʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times
*rabbôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural - many
*yāḏaʿ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - knows
*libbeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heart
*ʾattāh*: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
*qillaltā*: Piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you cursed
*ʾăḥērîm*: adjective, masculine plural - others

Word Meanings

*pəʿāmîm* *rabbôṯ*: many times/numerous occasions
*yāḏaʿ* *libbeḵā*: your heart knows/you know in your conscience
*qillaltā*: you cursed/you reviled/you spoke ill of
*ʾăḥērîm*: others/other people

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
Matt 18:32-35 : 32 Then his lord called him unto him, and says to him, You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you besoughtest me: 33 should not you also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you? 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due. 35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
John 8:7-9 : 7 But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. 9 And they, when they heard it, {G1651} {G5259} {G4893} went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
Jas 3:9 : 9 Therewith {G846} bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith {G846} curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

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