Ecclesiastes 10:15
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl...
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in f...
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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