Ecclesiastes 3:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

Young's Literal Translation
I said in my heart, ‘The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.’

King James Bible
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Hebrew
I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

in my heart,
בְּלִבִּ֔י (bə·lib·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

“God
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

will judge
יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט (yiš·pōṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

the righteous
הַצַּדִּיק֙ (haṣ·ṣad·dîq)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the wicked,
הָ֣רָשָׁ֔ע (hā·rā·šā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

since
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there is a time
עֵ֣ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

for every
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

activity
חֵ֔פֶץ (ḥê·p̄eṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter

and every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

deed.”
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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