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Lexicon :: Strong's H5999 - ʿāmāl

Aa
עָמָל
Transliteration
ʿāmāl
Pronunciation
aw-mawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1639a

Strong’s Definitions

עָמָל ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'; from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind:—grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H5999 in the following manner: labour (25x), mischief (9x), misery (3x), travail (3x), trouble (3x), sorrow (2x), grievance (1x), grievousness (1x), iniquity (1x), miserable (1x), pain (1x), painful (1x), perverseness (1x), toil (1x), wearisome (1x), wickedness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H5999 in the following manner: labour (25x), mischief (9x), misery (3x), travail (3x), trouble (3x), sorrow (2x), grievance (1x), grievousness (1x), iniquity (1x), miserable (1x), pain (1x), painful (1x), perverseness (1x), toil (1x), wearisome (1x), wickedness (1x).

  1. toil, trouble, labour

    1. trouble

    2. trouble, mischief

    3. toil, labour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמָל ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'; from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind:—grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
STRONGS H5999: Abbreviations
† I. עָמָל noun masculineJob 4:8 feminineEcclesiastes 10:15 (against AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 113, see KöSynt. § 249 m) trouble, labour, toil (on this form as abstract see LagBN 143 BaNB 105); — ע׳ Numbers 23:21 +; construct עֲמַל Judges 10:16 +; suffix עֲמָלִי Genesis 41:51 +, etc.; —
1. trouble (|| sorrow): one's own suffering, עָמָל וְיָגוֺן Jeremiah 20:18; וָכַעַס ע׳ Psalm 10:14; עֳנִי וע׳ Deuteronomy 26:7; Psalm 25:18; וָאָ֑וֶן ע׳ Psalm 90:10; || אָוֶן Numbers 23:21; Job 5:6; || שָֽׁוְא Job 7:3; נפשׁו ע׳ Isaiah 53:11; בְּעֵינָ֑י ע׳ Psalm 73:16; מֵעֵינָ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּר ע׳ Job 3:10; מְנַחֲמֵי ע׳ Job 16:2; אדם לע׳ יוּלָּד Job 5:7; אנושׁ אינימוֺ בע׳ Psalm 73:5; שׁכח ע׳ Job 11:16; נַשַּׁנִי ע׳ Genesis 41:51 (E); לא זכר ע׳ Proverbs 31:7; תקצר נפשׁו בע׳ Judges 10:16.
2. trouble, mischief, as done to others: || שֹׁד Proverbs 24:2; יֹצֵר ע׳ Psalm 94:20; || רָע Habakkuk 1:13; בְראֹשׁוֺ יָשׁוּב ע׳ Psalm 7:17; וָאָ֑וֶן ע׳ Psalm 10:7; און וע׳ Psalm 55:11; || אָוֶן Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 59:4; Habakkuk 1:3; Psalm 7:15; Job 4:8; Job 15:35; עֲמַל שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 140:10 mischief of their lips.
3. toil, labour (late in Hebrew): Ecclesiastes 2:10 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 2:21, 24; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 4:4, 6, 8, 9; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 10:15; with עָמַל (which see) Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11, 19, 20; Ecclesiastes 5:17; שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁהוּא) עָמֵל ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:18, 22; אֲשֶׁר עָמֵל ע׳ Ecclesiastes 9:9; = fruit of labour, לְאֻמִּים יִירָ֑שׁוּ ע׳ Psalm 105:44; לִבָּם וַיַּכְנַע בע׳ Psalm 107:12 he humbled their mind by toil.

† II. עָמֵל verbal adjective toiling, only Ecclesiastes, as predicate; — Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 2:22; [H6001 Ecclesiastes 3:9;] Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 9:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:51; 41:51

Numbers

23:21; 23:21

Deuteronomy

26:7

Judges

10:16; 10:16

Job

3:10; 4:8; 4:8; 5:6; 5:7; 7:3; 11:16; 15:35; 16:2

Psalms

7:15; 7:17; 10:7; 10:14; 25:18; 55:11; 73:5; 73:16; 90:10; 94:20; 105:44; 107:12; 140:10

Proverbs

24:2; 31:7

Ecclesiastes

1:3; 2:10; 2:11; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 2:20; 2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 2:24; 3:13; 4:4; 4:6; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 5:14; 5:17; 5:18; 6:7; 8:15; 9:9; 9:9; 10:15; 10:15

Isaiah

10:1; 53:11; 59:4

Jeremiah

20:18

Habakkuk

1:3; 1:13

H5999

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5999 matches the Hebrew עָמָל (ʿāmāl),
which occurs 55 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 41:51–Isa 53:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph H3130 named H7121 H8034 the firstborn H1060 [fn]Manasseh, H4519 “For,” he said, “God H430 has made me forget H5382 all H3605 my trouble H5999 and all H3605 my father’s H1 household.” H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - “He has not observed H5027 [fn]misfortune H205 in Jacob; H3290
Nor H3808 has He seen H7200 trouble H5999 in Israel; H3478
The LORD H3068 his God H430 is with him,
And the shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried H6817 to the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of our fathers, H1 and the LORD H3068 heard H8085 our voice H6963 and saw H7200 our affliction H6040 and our toil H5999 and our oppression; H3906

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put H5493 away H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 from among H7130 them and served H5647 the LORD; H3068 and [fn]He could H7114 bear H7114 the misery H5999 of Israel H3478 no H7114 longer. H7114

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because H3588 it did not shut H5462 the opening H1817 of my mother’s womb, H990
Or hide H5641 trouble H5999 from my eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - “According to what H834 I have seen, H7200 those who plow H2790 iniquity H205
And those who sow H2232 trouble H5999 harvest H7114 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - “For affliction H205 does not come H3318 from the dust, H6083
Nor H3808 does trouble H5999 sprout H6779 from the ground, H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - For man H120 is born H3205 for trouble, H5999
As sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward. H1361

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So H3651 am I allotted H5157 months H3391 of vanity, H7723
And nights H3915 of trouble H5999 are appointed H4487 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - “For you would forget H7911 your trouble, H5999
As waters H4325 that have passed H5674 by, you would remember H2142 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - “They conceive H2029 [fn]mischief H5999 and bring H3205 forth H3205 iniquity, H205
And their [fn]mind H990 prepares H3559 deception.” H4820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - “I have heard H8085 many H7227 such H428 things; H7227
[fn]Sorry H5999 comforters H5162 are you all. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, H2009 he travails H2254 with wickedness, H205
And he conceives H2029 mischief H5999 and brings H3205 forth H3205 falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief H5999 will return H7725 upon his own head, H7218
And his violence H2555 will descend H3381 upon [fn]his own pate. H6936

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth H6310 is full H4390 of curses H423 and deceit H4820 and oppression; H8496
Under H8478 his tongue H3956 is mischief H5999 and wickedness. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have seen H7200 it, for You have beheld H5027 mischief H5999 and vexation H3708 to [fn]take H5414 it into Your hand. H3027
The [fn]unfortunate H2489 commits H5800 himself to You;
You have been H1961 the helper H5826 of the orphan. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Look H7200 upon my affliction H6040 and my [fn]trouble, H5999
And forgive H5375 all H3605 my sins. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day H3119 and night H3915 they go H5437 around H5437 her upon her walls, H2346
And iniquity H205 and mischief H5999 are in her midst. H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not [fn]in trouble H5999 as other [fn]men, H582
Nor H3808 are they plagued H5060 [fn]like H5973 mankind. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I pondered H2803 to understand H3045 this, H2088
It was [fn]troublesome H5999 in my sight H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - As for the days H3117 of our [fn]life, H8141 [fn]they contain seventy H7657 years, H8141
Or if H518 due to strength, H1369 eighty H8084 years, H8141
Yet their pride H7296 is but labor H5999 and sorrow; H205
For soon H2440 it is gone H1468 and we fly H5774 away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can a [fn]throne H3678 of destruction H1942 be allied H2266 with You,
One which devises H3335 [fn]mischief H5999 by decree? H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He gave H5414 them also the lands H776 of the [fn]nations, H1471
That they might take H3423 possession H3423 of the fruit of the peoples’ H3816 labor, H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore He humbled H3665 their heart H3820 with labor; H5999
They stumbled H3782 and there H369 was none H369 to help. H5826

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - “As for the head H7218 of those who surround H5437 me,
May the mischief H5999 of their lips H8193 cover H3680 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their [fn]minds H3820 devise H1897 violence, H7701
And their lips H8193 talk H1696 of trouble. H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him drink H8354 and forget H7911 his poverty H7389
And remember H2142 his trouble H5999 no H3808 more. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What H4100 advantage H3504 does man H120 have in all H3605 his work H5999
Which H7945 he does H5998 under H8478 the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All H3605 that my eyes H5869 desired H7592 I did not refuse H680 them. I did not withhold H4513 my heart H3820 from any H3605 pleasure, H8057 for my heart H3820 was pleased H8056 because H4480 of all H3605 my labor H5999 and this H2088 was my reward H2506 for all H3605 my labor. H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Thus I considered H6437 all H3605 my activities H4639 which H7945 my hands H3027 had done H6213 and the labor H5999 which H7945 I had [fn]exerted, H6213 and behold H2009 all H3605 was [fn]vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307 and there H369 was no H369 profit H3504 under H8478 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Thus I hated H8130 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which H7945 I had labored H6001 under H8478 the sun, H8121 for I must leave H5117 it to the man H120 who H7945 will come H1961 after H310 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knows H3045 whether he will be a wise H2450 man H2450 or H176 a fool? H5530 Yet he will have [fn]control H7980 over H7980 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which H7945 I have labored H5998 by acting H2449 wisely H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely H5437 H3820 despaired H2976 of all H3605 the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which H7945 I had labored H5998 under H8478 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When H3588 there H3426 is a man H120 who H7945 has labored H5998 with wisdom, H2451 knowledge H1847 and skill, H3788 then he gives H5414 his [fn]legacy H2506 to one H120 who H7945 has not labored H5998 with them. This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and a great H7227 evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what H4100 does a man H120 get H1933 in all H3605 his labor H5999 and in [fn]his striving H7475 with which H7945 he labors H6001 under H8478 the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There H369 is nothing H369 better H2896 for a man H120 than to eat H398 and drink H8354 and [fn]tell H7200 himself H5315 that his labor H5999 is good. H2896 This H2090 also H1571 I have seen H7200 that it is from the hand H3027 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover, H1571 that every H3605 man H120 who H7945 eats H398 and drinks H8354 sees H7200 good H2896 in all H3605 his labor H5999—it is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - I have seen H7200 that every H3605 labor H5999 and every H3605 skill H3788 which is done H4639 is the result of rivalry H7068 between a man H376 and his neighbor. H7453 This H2088 too H1571 is [fn]vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand H3709 full H4393 of rest H5183 is better H2896 than H4480 two fists H2651 full H4393 of labor H5999 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There H3426 was a certain H259 man H259 without H369 a [fn]dependent, H8145 having H369 neither H1571 H369 a son H1121 nor H369 a brother, H251 yet there H369 was no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 his labor. H5999 Indeed, H1571 his eyes H5869 were not satisfied H7646 with riches H6239 and he never asked, “And for whom H4310 am I laboring H6001 and depriving H2637 myself H5315 of pleasure?” H2896 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and it is a grievous H7451 task. H6045

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two H8147 are better H2896 than H4480 one H259 because H834 they have H3426 a good H2896 return H7725 for their labor. H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he had come H3318 naked H6174 from his mother’s H517 womb, H990 so will he return H7725 as he came. H935 He will take H5375 nothing H3972 H3808 from the fruit H5999 of his labor H5999 that he can carry H1980 in his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896 and [fn]fitting: H3303 to eat, H398 to drink H8354 and [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 oneself in all H3605 one’s labor H5999 in which H7945 he toils H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his [fn]reward. H2506

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, H1571 as for every H3605 man H120 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth, H5233 He has also empowered H7980 him to eat H398 from them and to receive H5375 his [fn]reward H2506 and rejoice H8055 in his labor; H5999 this H2090 is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All H3605 a man’s H120 labor H5999 is for his mouth H6310 and yet H1571 the [fn]appetite H5315 is not [fn]satisfied. H4390

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended H7623 pleasure, H8057 for there H369 is nothing H369 good H2896 for a man H120 under H8478 the sun H8121 except H3588 H518 to eat H398 and to drink H8354 and to be merry, H8055 and this H1931 will stand H3867 by him in his [fn]toils H5999 throughout the days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him under H8478 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the woman H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your [fn]fleeting H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 to you under H8478 the sun H8121[fn]; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your toil H5999 in which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The toil H5999 of [fn]a fool H3684 so wearies H3021 him that he does not even know H3045 how to go H1980 to a city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe H1945 to those who enact H2710 evil H205 statutes H2706
And to those who constantly record H3789 [fn]unjust H5999 decisions, H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - As a result H4480 of the [fn]anguish H5999 of His soul, H5315
He will see H7200 [fn]it and be satisfied; H7646
By His knowledge H1847 the Righteous H6662 One, H6662
My Servant, H5650 will justify H6663 the many, H7227
As He will bear H5445 their iniquities. H5771

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