Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.This verse in the real world
In what words
- דָּרוֹםdârôwmthe south; poet. the south wind
- רוּקrûwqto pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
- גֶּשֶׁםgeshema shower
- עָבʻâbproperly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scu
- צָפוֹןtsâphôwnproperly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- מָלֵאmâlêʼto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- מָקוֹםmâqôwmproperly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); al
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Jn 3:17, Psa 65:9–13, Isa 55:10–11, Luk 13:7, 1Ki 18:45, Luk 16:22–26, Mat 3:10