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Ecclesiastes 5

Eccl. 5:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Suffer
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
not thy mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
to cause thy flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
to sin
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
; neither say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thou before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the angel
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
g, that it was an error
shgagah (Hebrew #7684)
a mistake or inadvertent transgression
KJV usage: error, ignorance, at unawares; unwittingly.
Pronounce: sheg-aw-gaw'
Origin: from 7683
: wherefore should God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
be angry
qatsaph (Hebrew #7107)
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
KJV usage: (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-tsaf'
Origin: a primitive root
at thy voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
, and destroy
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of thine hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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1 Cor. 11:10• 10On this account ought the woman to have authority on her head on account of the angels. (1 Cor. 11:10)
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Heb. 1:14• 14Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service on account of those who are about to inherit salvation? (Heb. 1:14)

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Flesh,
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Ministry on This Verse

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thy mouth.
Eccl. 5:1‑2• 1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God;{HR}For to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools:{HR}For they know not that they do evil.
 2Be not rash with thy mouth,{HR}And let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God;{HR}For God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth:{HR}Therefore let thy words be few. (Eccl. 5:1‑2)
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James 1:26• 26If anyone thinks he is religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this [man's] religion is vain. (James 1:26)
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James 3:2• 2For in many things we all offend. If anyone offendeth not in word, he [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. (James 3:2)
before.Or, "before the messenger," {hammalach,} the priest whose business it was to take cognizance of vows and offerings.
Lev. 5:4‑5• 4Or if a soul swear rashly with his lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth, then shall he be guilty in one of these.
 5And it shall be when he shall be guilty in one of these, that he shall confess wherein he hath sinned; (Lev. 5:4‑5)
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Gen. 48:16• 16the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth . (Gen. 48:16)
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Hos. 12:4‑5• 4Yea; he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
 5even Jehovah the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial. (Hos. 12:4‑5)
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Mal. 2:7• 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:7)
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Mal. 3:1• 1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:1)
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Acts 7:30‑35• 30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
 31And Moses on seeing, wondered at the sight, and as he went up to observe, there came a voice of [the] Lord .
 32I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe.
 33And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
 34I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and am come down to take them out for myself. And now come, I send thee into Egypt.
 35This Moses whom they denied, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge? him hath God sent [both] ruler and deliverer, with an angel's hand that appeared to him in the bush. (Acts 7:30‑35)
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1 Cor. 11:10• 10On this account ought the woman to have authority on her head on account of the angels. (1 Cor. 11:10)
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1 Tim. 5:21• 21I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that thou keep these things apart from prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality. (1 Tim. 5:21)
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Heb. 1:14• 14Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service on account of those who are about to inherit salvation? (Heb. 1:14)
it was.
Lev. 5:4‑6• 4Or if a soul swear rashly with his lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth, then shall he be guilty in one of these.
 5And it shall be when he shall be guilty in one of these, that he shall confess wherein he hath sinned;
 6and he shall bring his trespass to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin. (Lev. 5:4‑6)
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Lev. 27:9‑10• 9And if it be] a beast of which men offer an offering to Jehovah, all that they give of such to Jehovah shall be holy.
 10They shall not alter it nor change it; a good for a bad nor a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. (Lev. 27:9‑10)
destroy.
Hag. 1:9‑11• 9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? said Jehovah of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
 10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
 11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. (Hag. 1:9‑11)
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Hag. 2:14‑17• 14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer thereon is unclean.
 15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah:
 16since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
 17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah. (Hag. 2:14‑17)
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1 Cor. 3:13‑15• 13the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is to be revealed in fire, and the fire itself shall try the work of each, of what sort it is.
 14If the work of anyone shall abide which he built on [it], he shall receive reward:
 15if the work of anyone shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but himself shall be saved but so as through fire. (1 Cor. 3:13‑15)
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2 John 8• 8Look to yourselves, that we may not lose what we wrought but receive full reward. (2 John 8)
• {v.4-5} Oh fear, then, to utter one syllable thoughtlessly or without meaning, for One listens to whom a vow once uttered must be paid (“Ecclesiastes 5” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angeld, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "messenger."

W. Kelly Translation

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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;{HR}Neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error:{HR}Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice,{HR}And destroy the work of thy hands?