Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, How — bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- בֶּטֶןbeṭenthe belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- מָלֵאmâlêʼfull (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverb
- עֶצֶםʻetsema bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) s
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jhn 3:8, Psa 92:5, Ecc 8:17, Rom 11:33, Isa 40:28, Psa 104:24, Psa 139:13–16, Ecc 7:24