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Ecclesiastes 7

Ec. 7:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
is a ρdefence
tsel (Hebrew #6738)
shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Pronounce: tsale
Origin: from 6751
, and money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
is a defence
tsel (Hebrew #6738)
shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Pronounce: tsale
Origin: from 6751
: but the excellency
yithrown (Hebrew #3504)
preeminence, gain
KJV usage: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
Pronounce: yith-rone'
Origin: from 3498
of knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
is, that wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
d giveth life
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
to them that have
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
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Ministry on This Verse

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wisdom.
a defence.
Heb. a shadow.
the excellency.
Dt. 30:19‑20• 19A los cielos y la tierra llamo por testigos hoy contra vosotros, que os he puesto delante la vida y la muerte, la bendición y la maldición: escoge pues la vida, porque vivas tú y tu simiente:
20Que ames á Jehová tu Dios, que oigas su voz, y te allegues á él; porque él es tu vida, y la longitud de tus días; á fin de que habites sobre la tierra que juró Jehová á tus padres Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob, que les había de dar.
(Dt. 30:19‑20)
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Dt. 32:47• 47Porque no os es cosa vana, mas es vuestra vida: y por ellas haréis prolongar los días sobre la tierra, para poseer la cual pasáis el Jordán. (Dt. 32:47)
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Pr. 3:18• 18Ella es árbol de vida á los que de ella asen: Y bienaventurados son los que la mantienen. (Pr. 3:18)
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Pr. 8:35• 35Porque el que me hallare, hallará la vida, Y alcanzará el favor de Jehová. (Pr. 8:35)
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Pr. 9:11• 11Porque por mí se aumentarán tus días, Y años de vida se te añadirán. (Pr. 9:11)
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Pr. 11:4• 4No aprovecharán las riquezas en el día de la ira: Mas la justicia librará de muerte. (Pr. 11:4)
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Jn. 12:50• 50Y sé que su mandamiento es vida eterna: así que, lo que yo hablo, como el Padre me lo ha dicho, así hablo. (Jn. 12:50)
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Jn. 17:3• 3Esta empero es la vida eterna: que te conozcan el solo Dios verdadero, y á Jesucristo, al cual has enviado. (Jn. 17:3)
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Fil. 3:8• 8Y ciertamente, aun reputo todas las cosas pérdida por el eminente conocimiento de Cristo Jesús, mi Señor, por amor del cual lo he perdido todo, y téngolo por estiércol, para ganar á Cristo, (Fil. 3:8)
 Our writer, ignorant as he confessedly is of this glorious light of divine revelation, still speaks in praise of the feeble glimmer that human wisdom gives. From his point of view, wealth and wisdom are both good―are a “defense” or “shadow” to their possessors; but still that which men generally esteem the most―wealth―is given the second place; for knowledge, or wisdom, has in itself a positive virtue that money lacks. (Ecclesiastes 7 by F.C. Jennings)
 It “gives life to them that have it,” animates, preserves in life, modifies, at least in measure, the evils from which it cannot altogether guard its possessor. (Ecclesiastes 7 by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For wisdom is a defence as money is a defenceb; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "[one is] in the shadow of wisdom [as] in the shadow of money." see Ps. 91.1.