Ecclesiastes 8:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
מַעֲשֶׂה
deed
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מַעֲשֶׂה
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
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עֵת
a time
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עֵת
Time, season, appointed moment. Et. There is a time for everything. God has appointed the right season for every event in your life.
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רָאָה
I have seen
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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לֵב
heart/ my
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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שָׁלַט
he domineers
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שָׁלַט
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
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