Psalms 73:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When I thought{H8762)} to know{H8800)} this, it was too painful for me;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל *היא **ה֣וּא בְעֵינָֽי׃

Transliteration

Wa'achashevah lada'at zot; 'amal hu ve'eynai.

Grammar Details

*Wa'achashevah*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - and I thought/considered
*lada'at*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to know
*zot*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*'amal*: noun, masculine singular - trouble/labor
*hu*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular (ketiv/qere variation) - it/he is
*ve'eynai*: preposition + noun, common dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my eyes

Word Meanings

*chashav*: thought/considered/planned
*da'at*: to know/understand
*zot*: this (feminine)
*'amal*: trouble/labor/toil/hardship
*hu*: he/it (ketiv: *hi* - feminine; qere: *hu* - masculine)
*'ayin*: eye/sight/appearance

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Luke 18:32-34 : 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them , neither knew they the things which were spoken.
John 16:18-19 : 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted{H8799)} in vain: he heapeth up{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H8799)} not who shall gather{H8802)} them.
Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Prov 30:2-3 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

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