Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָכָםchâkâmwise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- מִצְוָהmitsvâha command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- עֵתʻêthtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Heb 5:14, 1Pe 3:13–14, Php 1:9–10, Rom 13:5–7, 1Ch 12:32, Act 4:19, Luk 20:25, Ecc 10:2