Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.Ecclesiastes 7:5 in the real world
In what words
- גְּעָרָהgᵉʻârâha chiding
- שִׁירshîyra song; abstractly, singing
- חָכָםchâkâmwise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
- אִישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.