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Lexicon :: Strong's H8478 - taḥaṯ

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תַּחַת
Transliteration
taḥaṯ
Pronunciation
takh'-ath
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Part of Speech
proper patrial adjective, accusative adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as תּוֹחַ (H8430)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2504

Strong’s Definitions

תַּחַת tachath, takh'-ath; from the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.:—as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H8478 in the following manner: instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H8478 in the following manner: instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place.

  1. the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas

    masculine noun

    1. the under part

      accusative adverb

    2. beneath

      preposition

    3. under, beneath

      1. at the foot of (idiom)

      2. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)

      3. of subjection or conquest

    4. what is under one, the place in which one stands

      1. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)

      2. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)

      3. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)

        conjunction

    5. instead of, instead of that

    6. in return for that, because that

      in compounds

    7. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)

    8. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּחַת tachath, takh'-ath; from the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.:—as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.
STRONGS H8478: Abbreviations
תַּחַת noun [masculine] the under part (Arabic bdb106502 id.), hence as adverb accusative andpreposition underneath, below, instead of (so Arabic bdb106503, Sabean תחת, Ethiopic bdb106504 Phoenician תחת (Lzb385); Biblical Aramaic Targum, תְּחוֺת, Palmyrene in מן לתחת Tariff 1:4 (Cooke320), Syriac bdb106505); —
I. as adverb accusative † † Genesis 49:25 (= Deuteronomy 33:13) the deep רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת that coucheth beneath; more usually with מִן, מִתָּחַת literally off (מִן 1c) the under part = beneath, † Exodus 20:4 (= Deuteronomy 5:8) בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת (so Deuteronomy 4:39; Joshua 2:11; Kings 8:23 [both D2], Isaiah 51:6), Deuteronomy 33:27; Judges 7:8; Amos 2:9; Isaiah 14:9; Job 18:16; Ezekiel 47:1b
II. as preposition; so construct, and with suffix (usually in the plural, and so literally in the parts underneath) תַּחְתַּי Habakkuk 3:16+, חַתֵּנִי (compare בַּעֲדֵנִי, עוֺדֶנִּי : Ges§ 103 d) † 2 Samuel 22:37, 40, 48 (Psalm 18:37; 18:40; 18:48 תַּחְתָּ֑י); תַּחְתֶּיךָ; תַּחְתָּיו (Kt תַּחְתּוֺ † 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 16:8; Job 9:13), תֵּחְתֶּיהָ Leviticus 13:23 + 16 times, תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה (compare אֵינֶנָּה, עוֺדֶנָּה) † Genesis 2:21; תַּחְתֵּינוּ † 1 Samuel 14:9; Psalm 47:4; תַּחְתֵּיהֶם † Joshua 2:14; Amos 2:13; תַּחְתֵּיהֶם † Numbers 16:31; 1 Kings 20:24; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:22; 2 Chronicles 12:10 (for תַּחְתָּם 1 Kings 14:27), תַּחְתָּם Deuteronomy 2:12 + 10 times, תַּחְתֵּקהֶן †Jeremiah 28:13; —
1. under, beneath, Genesis 7:19 הַשָּׁמַיִם תַּחַת כָּלֿ under the whole heaven (so † Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 4:19; Job 28:24; Job 37:3; Job 41:3; Daniel 9:12), Genesis 18:4 הָעֵץ ת׳, Genesis 21:15; Genesis 24:2 + often; Job 30:14 שׁוֺאָה תּ׳ under the crash they roll themselves against me; הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ת׳ Ecclesiastes 1:3, 9, 13 + often. — Ecclesiastes (so in Phoenician, Cooke4. 7; 5. 12). With לְ † 2 Chronicles 4:3 תַּחַת לוֺ, Songs 2:6 = Songs 8:3 לְראֹשִׁי ת׳. Idiomatic
a. תַּחַת הָהָר at the foot of the mountain, Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:11, so Deuteronomy 3:17 ת׳ הַפִּסְגָה אַשְׁדֹּת Joshua 11:3, 17 +; figurative Psalm 18:37 תַּחְתָּ֑י תַּרְחִיד אְעָדַי thou broadenest mysteps under me, Job 36:16 רַחַב לאֹ מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיךָ (so read for תחתיה, Di Bu) breadth unstraitened is beneath thee.
b. הַלָּשׁוֺן ת׳, of something held there as a dainty morsel, and ready, when needed, to be brought out, figurative of sweetness Songs 4:11, of evil Psalm 10:7 לְשֹׁנוֺ עָמָל וָאָוֶן ת׳, Job 20:12 (so שְׁפָתֵימוֺ ת׳ Psalm 140:4), of praise Psalm 66:17 לְשֹׁנוֺ וְרוֺמַם ת׳ (synonym בִּגְרוֺנָם Psalm 149:6).
c. תַּחַת פ׳ :
(a) of subjection, Psalm 18:40 תַּחְתָּ֑י תַּכְּ רִיעַ קָמַי, Psalm 18:48 (compare Psalm 47:4; Psalm 144:2), Psalm 45:6; Job 9:13.
(b) of a woman, אִישָׁתּ ת׳, i.e. under his authority, Numbers 5:19, 20, 29, so Ezekiel 23:5 תַּחְתַּי being under me = being mine (figurative of Israel as י׳'s spouse), compare ὕπανδρος Romans 7:2, and bdb106506 Kor 66:10.
(c) of being burdened or oppressed under, Isaiah 24:5 the earth יָֽשְׁבֶיהָ הָֽנְפָה ת׳, Proverbs 30:21 שָׁלוֺשׁ רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ ת׳, Proverbs 30:22; Proverbs 30:23; Habakkuk 3:7 אָיֶן ת׳ i.e. (si vera lectio) suffering under calamity.
d. יַד פ׳ ת׳, of authority or control, Genesis 41:35 פַּרְעֹה יַד ח׳ בָר וְיִצְבְּרוּ Judges 3:30 (compare Psalm 106:42), 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 21:5 (strike out אֶל; dittograph חֹל), 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 3:6.
e. רַגְלֵי פ׳ ת׳, of subjection or conquest, Psalm 8:7 רַגְלָיו כֹּל שַׁתָּה ת׳, Psalm 18:39; Psalm 47:4; Lamentations 3:34, compare Malachi 3:31.
2. what is under one, the place in which one stands: hence as accusative,
a. with reflexive pronoun, idiomatic, in one's place, where one stands, Exodus 16:29 תַּחְתָּיו שְׁבוּ אִישׁ abide every one in his place, Leviticus 13:23, 28; Joshua 5:8; Joshua 6:5, 20; Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9 וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ we will remain where we are, 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּו he died where he was (compare Jeremiah 38:9 [read וּמֵת]), Jeremiah 7:10; Isaiah 25:10; Isaiah 46:7; Amos 2:13; Habakkuk 3:16 וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּ֑ז I tremble where I stand, Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 14:10; Job 36:20; Job 40:12 תַּחְתָּם
b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of:
(a) Genesis 2:18; Genesis 4:25 הֶבֶל ת׳ instead of Abel, Genesis 22:13 בְּנוֺ ת׳, Genesis 30:2 אלהיס אנכי הֲת׳ (compare Genesis 50:19), Genesis 44:33; 2 Samuel 19:1 + often; Job 16:4; Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 61:3, 7; of one succeeding to the place of another, תַּחְתָּיו וַיִּמְחֹ Genesis 36:33-49 1 Kings 8:20; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 14:20 + often, Deuteronomy 2:12, 21 וַיֵָּֽשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם, Leviticus 16:32; 1 Kings 2:35 +; Psalm 45:17 in place of thy fathers (whom thou mayest therefore forget) will be thy children. compare in Ph CISi.3.9 (Cooke30). Sq. infinitive Isaiah 60:15 הֱיוֺתֵח ת׳ instead of thy being... Peculiarly Job 34:26 (si vera lectio)= as if they were, like; but text very dubious; Bi Bu תָּחֵת חֲמָתוֺ רְשָׁעִ֑ים his wrath breaketh in pieces the wicked.
(b) in particular, of things mutually interchanged, in place of, in exchange or return for: Genesis 30:15 דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵח ת׳ in return, for thy son's love-apples, Exodus 21:23) גֶפְשׁ life for life, Exodus 21:24; Exodus 21:25; Exodus 21:26; Exodus 21:27; Exodus 21:36; Exodus 22:37, Joshua 2:14 נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם לָמוּת, 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Kings 20:39 נפשׁו נפשׁך ת׳, 1 Kings 20:42 (compare 2 Kings 10:24), 2 Kings 21:2; Isaiah 43:3, 4; often with verbs of requiting, Genesis 44:4 טוֺבָם לָ֫מּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה ת׳ why have ye rewarded evil in exchange for good ? 1 Samuel 25:21; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Samuel 19:22; Psalm 35:12 טוֺבָה יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי דָעָה ת׳, Psalm 38:21a; Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; Proverbs 17:3 +; Jeremiah 5:19 תַּחַת מֶה in return for what? (compare עַלמֶֿה Jeremiah 22:8; Deuteronomy 29:23; 1 Kings 9:8). So followed by infinitive Psalm 38:21b.
†3. as conjunction:
a. תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר:
(a) instead of that (German. anstatt dass), Deuteronomy 28:62 הֱיִיתֶם א׳ ת׳ instead of that ye were..., instead of your being..., Ezekiel 36:34.
(b) in return for (the fact) that, because that (Greek Version of the LXX ἀνθ’ ὧν Amos 1:3 + often), Numbers 25:13 אֲשֶׁר קִנָּא לא׳ ת׳, Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 22:29; Deuteronomy 28:47; 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; Isaiah 53:12; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 50:7; 2 Chronicles 21:12.
b. תַּחַת כִּי Deuteronomy 4:37 (but ? read : וֶַֽֽֽתּחִי as end of Deuteronomy 4:36), Proverbs 1:29. compare (כִּי) אֲשֶׁר עֵקֶב.
III. compounds: —
†1. אֶלתַּֿחַת, after a verb of motion:
a. (in) under, Judges 6:19 וַיּוֺצֵא אֶלֿ הָאֵלָה ת׳, 1 Kings 8:6 (|| 2 Chronicles 5:7), Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 38:11 (on 1 Samuel 21:5 see II. 1 d); after קָרָא Zechariah 3:10: so לְ׳ אֶלתֿ׳ Ezekiel 10:2.
b. into the place of, Leviticus 14:42.
2. מִתַּחַת (= ὑπ’ ἐκ):
a. alone, from under, from beneath as מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם † Genesis 1:7, and especially after such verbs as שִׁחֵת Genesis 6:17, מָחֶה Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27, הֶאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 7:24, compare Lamentations 3:66; Ezekiel 47:1a מִמְּתַּן מִתּ׳ הַבַּיִת, Proverbs 22:27 לָ֫מָּה יִקַח מִשְׁכָּֽבְּךָ מִּתַּחְתֶּיךָ; Exodus 6:6, 7 סִבְלוֺת מִצְרַיִם מִתּ׳, Hosea 4:12 אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וַיִּזְנוּ מִתּ׳ (compare II. 1 c a, b); יַד פ׳ מִתּ׳ (compare II. 1 d) from under the hand (power) of... Exodus 18:10; 2 Kings 8:20, 22; 2 Kings 13:5; 2 Kings 17:7 +; מִתַּחְתָּיו (compare II. 2 a) from his place Exodus 10:23; Zechariah 6:12. Rarely = תַּחַת or מִתַּחַת לְ׳, Genesis 1:9 (P) Ezekiel 1:8; Ezekiel 42:9; Ezekiel 46:23; Job 26:5.
b. מִתַּחַת לְ׳ (opposed to מִמַּעַל לְ׳) under, beneath: Genesis 1:17 הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתּ׳ לָרָקִיעַ, Exodus 20:4 הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ (so Deuteronomy 4:18; Deuteronomy 5:8), Judges 3:16 לְמַדָּיו מִתּ׳, Jeremiah 38:12 +; of locality, † Genesis 35:8 לְבֵיתְאֵל מִתּ׳, 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 4:12.
†c. לְמִתַּחַת לְ׳ (compare מִן 9b), id quod מִתַּחַת לְ׳ 1 Kings 7:32.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8460.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:7; 1:9; 1:17; 2:18; 2:21; 4:25; 6:17; 7:19; 18:4; 21:15; 22:13; 24:2; 30:2; 30:15; 35:8; 41:35; 44:4; 44:33; 49:25; 50:19

Exodus

6:6; 6:7; 10:23; 16:29; 17:14; 18:10; 20:4; 20:4; 21:23; 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 21:27; 21:36; 24:4

Leviticus

13:23; 13:23; 13:28; 14:42; 16:32

Numbers

5:19; 5:20; 5:29; 16:31; 25:13

Deuteronomy

2:12; 2:12; 2:21; 2:25; 3:17; 4:11; 4:18; 4:19; 4:36; 4:37; 4:39; 5:8; 5:8; 7:24; 9:14; 21:14; 22:29; 25:19; 28:47; 28:62; 29:19; 29:23; 33:13; 33:27

Joshua

2:11; 2:14; 2:14; 5:8; 6:5; 6:20; 11:3; 11:17

Judges

3:16; 3:30; 6:19; 7:8; 7:21

1 Samuel

2:20; 7:11; 14:9; 14:9; 21:4; 21:5; 21:5; 21:9; 25:21; 26:21

2 Samuel

2:23; 2:23; 3:12; 16:8; 16:12; 19:1; 19:22; 22:37; 22:40; 22:48

1 Kings

2:35; 4:12; 7:32; 8:6; 8:20; 9:8; 11:43; 14:20; 14:27; 20:24; 20:39; 20:42

2 Kings

8:20; 8:22; 10:24; 13:5; 14:27; 17:7; 21:2; 22:17

1 Chronicles

4:41; 5:22

2 Chronicles

4:3; 5:7; 12:10; 21:12; 34:25

Job

9:13; 9:13; 16:4; 18:16; 20:12; 26:5; 28:24; 30:14; 34:26; 36:16; 36:20; 37:3; 40:12; 41:3

Psalms

8:7; 10:7; 18:37; 18:37; 18:39; 18:40; 18:40; 18:48; 18:48; 35:12; 38:21; 38:21; 45:6; 45:17; 47:4; 47:4; 47:4; 66:17; 106:42; 109:4; 109:5; 140:4; 144:2; 149:6

Proverbs

1:29; 17:3; 22:27; 30:21; 30:22; 30:23

Ecclesiastes

1:3; 1:9; 1:13

Song of Songs

2:6; 4:11; 8:3

Isaiah

3:6; 3:24; 14:9; 24:5; 25:10; 43:3; 43:4; 46:7; 51:6; 53:12; 55:13; 60:15; 61:3; 61:7

Jeremiah

3:6; 5:19; 7:10; 22:8; 28:13; 29:19; 38:9; 38:11; 38:12; 50:7

Lamentations

3:34; 3:66

Ezekiel

1:8; 10:2; 23:5; 36:34; 42:9; 46:23; 47:1; 47:1

Daniel

9:12

Hosea

4:12

Amos

1:3; 2:9; 2:13; 2:13

Habakkuk

3:7; 3:16; 3:16

Zechariah

3:10; 6:12; 12:6; 14:10

Romans

7:2

H8478

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Strong's Number H8478 matches the Hebrew תַּחַת (taḥaṯ),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in 'Ecc' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:9 - That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - Moreover I saw under the sun:

In the place of judgment,
Wickedness was there;
And in the place of righteousness,
Iniquity was there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun:

And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I saw all the living who walk under the sun;
They were with the second youth who stands in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I returned and saw under the sun that—

The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and chance happen to them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
As an error proceeding from the ruler:
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