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Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? (KJV)

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רְאֵ֖הre.'Ehconsider

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to see: examine

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 42:1, Exodus 33:13, Judges 6:22, Judges 18:26, 1 Samuel 10:14, 1 Samuel 12:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200H; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 1

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 2

מַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.Seh[the] work of

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: deed: work

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 3

הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> God

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 4

כִּ֣יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 5

מִ֤יmiwho?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 6

יוּכַל֙yu.Khalis he able

Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: be able

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 7

לְתַקֵּ֔ןle.ta.Kento straighten

Lemma: תָּקַן (ta.qan) · Strong's: H8626

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: be straight

Used 3 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 1:15, Ecclesiastes 12:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8626; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 8

אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 9

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] which

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 10

עִוְּתֽוֹ\׃i.ve.Tohe has bent it

Lemma: עָוַת (a.vat) · Strong's: H5791

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to pervert

Used 11 times. Also: Job 8:3, Job 19:6, Job 34:12, Psalms 119:78, Psalms 146:9, Ecclesiastes 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5791; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 7:13 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Consider	→	רָאָה H7200H to see: examine
the work	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work
of God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can	→	יָכֹל H3201 be able
straighten	→	תָּקַן H8626 be straight
what	→	אֲשֶׁר H0834A which
He has bent	→	עָוַת H5791 to pervert

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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