Ecclesiastes 7:22

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matt 18:32-35 : 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
John 8:7-9 : 7 So 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 wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Jas 3:9 : 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

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