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Ecclesiastes 3

Ec. 3:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I said
'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
in mine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
concerning the estate
dibrah (Hebrew #1700)
a reason, suit or style
KJV usage: cause, end, estate, order, regard.
Pronounce: dib-raw'
Origin: feminine of 1697
of the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, that σGod
'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
might manifest
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and that they might 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
that they
hem (Hebrew #1992)
masculine plural from 1981; they (only used when emphatic)
KJV usage: it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
Pronounce: haym
Origin: or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}
themselves are beasts
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
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concerning.
Gn. 3:17‑19• 17Y al hombre dijo: Por cuanto obedeciste á la voz de tu mujer, y comiste del árbol de que te mandé diciendo, No comerás de él; maldita será la tierra por amor de ti; con dolor comerás de ella todos los días de tu vida;
18Espinos y cardos te producirá, y comerás hierba del campo;
19En el sudor de tu rostro comerás el pan hasta que vuelvas á la tierra; porque de ella fuiste tomado: pues polvo eres, y al polvo serás tornado.
(Gn. 3:17‑19)
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Job 14:1‑4• 1El hombre nacido de mujer, Corto de días, y harto de sinsabores:
2Que sale como una flor y es cortado; Y huye como la sombra, y no permanece.
3¿Y sobre éste abres tus ojos, Y me traes á juicio contigo?
4¿Quién hará limpio de inmundo? Nadie.
(Job 14:1‑4)
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Job 15:16• 16¿Cuánto menos el hombre abominable y vil, Que bebe la iniquidad como agua? (Job 15:16)
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Sal. 49:14,19‑20• 14Como rebaños serán puestos en la sepultura; La muerte se cebará en ellos; Y los rectos se enseñorearán de ellos por la mañana: Y se consumirá su bien parecer en el sepulcro de su morada.
19Entrará á la generación de sus padres: No verán luz para siempre.
20El hombre en honra que no entiende, Semejante es á las bestias que perecen.
(Sal. 49:14,19‑20)
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Sal. 73:18‑19• 18Ciertamente los has puesto en deslizaderos; En asolamientos los harás caer.
19Cómo han sido asolados! cuán en un punto! Acabáronse, fenecieron con turbaciones.
(Sal. 73:18‑19)
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Sal. 90:5‑12• 5Háceslos pasar como avenida de aguas; son como sueño; Como la hierba que crece en la mañana:
6En la mañana florece y crece; A la tarde es cortada, y se seca.
7Porque con tu furor somos consumidos, Y con tu ira somos conturbados.
8Pusiste nuestras maldades delante de ti, Nuestros yerros á la luz de tu rostro.
9Porque todos nuestros días declinan á causa de tu ira; Acabamos nuestros años como un pensamiento.
10Los días de nuestra edad son setenta años; Que si en los más robustos son ochenta años, Con todo su fortaleza es molestia y trabajo; Porque es cortado presto, y volamos.
11¿Quién conoce la fortaleza de tu ira, Y tu indignación según que debes ser temido?
12Enséñanos de tal modo á contar nuestros días, Que traigamos al corazón sabiduría.
(Sal. 90:5‑12)
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He. 9:27• 27Y de la manera que está establecido á los hombres que mueran una vez, y después el juicio; (He. 9:27)
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1 P. 1:24• 24Porque Toda carne es como la hierba, Y toda la gloria del hombre como la flor de la hierba: Secóse la hierba, y la flor se cayó; (1 P. 1:24)
that God, etc.
or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.
and that.

J. N. Darby Translation

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I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.