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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not over much
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
, neither be thou foolish
cakal (Hebrew #5530)
silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish), sottish.
Pronounce: saw-kawl'
Origin: from 5528
: whyf shouldest thou die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
γbefore thy time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
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Psa. 55:23• 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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not in.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Jer. 2:33‑34• 33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
 34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. (Jer. 2:33‑34)
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Ezek. 8:17• 17Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. (Ezek. 8:17)
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Ezek. 16:20• 20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, (Ezek. 16:20)
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James 1:21• 21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21)
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Gen. 38:7‑10• 7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
 8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
 9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
 10And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also. (Gen. 38:7‑10)
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1 Sam. 25:38• 38And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. (1 Sam. 25:38)
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Job 15:32‑33• 32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. (Job 15:32‑33)
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Psa. 55:23• 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Prov. 10:27• 27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. (Prov. 10:27)
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Acts 5:5,10• 5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
 10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. (Acts 5:5,10)
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Acts 12:23• 23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. (Acts 12:23)
before thy time.
Heb. not in thy time.
• But then err not on the other side, going into folly and licentiousness, ―a course which naturally tends to cut off life itself. It is the narrow way of philosophy: as said the old Latins, “Medio tutissimus ibis,” “midway is safety”. (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolishe: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 2.19.