Ecclesiastes 4:14
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
נָאָה
nâʼâh
properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. beautiful
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Key Terms in This Verse
נָאָה nâʼâh
properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. beautiful
Study H4998 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his re...
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
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