Ecclesiastes 5:8
If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- גֵּזֶלgêzelplunder, i.e. violence
- תָּמַהּtâmahhto be in consternation
- עֹשֶׁקʻôsheqinjury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
- רוּשׁrûwshto be destitute
- גָּבֹהַּgâbôahhelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
- חֵפֶץchêphetspleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a
- מְדִינָהmᵉdîynâhproperly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge)
- צֶדֶקtsedeqthe right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 12:5, Ecc 4:1, Ecc 3:16, Psa 82:1, Rev 17:6–7, 1Ki 21:19–20, Mat 13:41–42, Psa 58:10–11