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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
is νgood
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
with an inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
: and by it there is profit
yowther (Hebrew #3148)
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction (as follows)
KJV usage: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Pronounce: yo-thare'
Origin: active participle of 3498
to them that see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
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or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too.

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good with an inheritance.
or, as good as an inheritance,yea, better too.
Eccl. 9:15‑18• 15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
 17The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. (Eccl. 9:15‑18)
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1 Kings 3:6‑9• 6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.
 7And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.
 8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
 9Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people? (1 Kings 3:6‑9)
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Luke 16:8‑9• 8And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
 9And *I* say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles. (Luke 16:8‑9)
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1 Tim. 6:17‑19• 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
 18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,
 19laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life. (1 Tim. 6:17‑19)
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Eccl. 11:7• 7Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun; (Eccl. 11:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wisdom is as good asa an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "is good with."