Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?This verse in the real world
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- שְׁגָגָהshᵉgâgâha mistake or inadvertent transgression
- חָבַלchâbalto wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to per
- קָצַףqâtsaphto crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- חָטָאchâṭâʼproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, la
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- בָּשָׂרbâsârflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pude
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.