Ecclesiastes 7:26
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Young's Literal Translation
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

King James Bible
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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

find
וּמוֹצֶ֨א (ū·mō·w·ṣe)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

more bitter
מַ֣ר (mar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

than
מִמֶּ֔נָּה (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

death
מִמָּ֗וֶת (mim·mā·weṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

the woman
הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

[is] a snare,
מְצוֹדִ֧ים (mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4685: A net, a, fastness, tower

whose heart
לִבָּ֖הּ (lib·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

[is] a net,
וַחֲרָמִ֛ים (wa·ḥă·rā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination

and whose hands
יָדֶ֑יהָ (yā·ḏe·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

[are] chains.
אֲסוּרִ֣ים (’ă·sū·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 612: A band, bond

The man who pleases
ט֞וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

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

will escape her,
יִמָּלֵ֣ט (yim·mā·lêṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

but the sinner
וְחוֹטֵ֖א (wə·ḥō·w·ṭê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

will be ensnared.
יִלָּ֥כֶד (yil·lā·ḵeḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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