KJV: Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
YLT: Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
Darby: Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
ASV: Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
| אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם | You have said |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| שָׁ֖וְא | it is useless |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁוְא Sense: emptiness, vanity, falsehood. |
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| עֲבֹ֣ד | to serve |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָבַד Sense: to work, serve. |
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| אֱלֹהִ֑ים | God |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural). |
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| וּמַה־ | and what |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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| בֶּ֗צַע | profit |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בֶּצַע Sense: profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence. |
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| כִּ֤י | [is it] that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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| שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙ | we have kept |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: שָׁמַר Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed. |
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| מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ | His ordinance |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: מִשְׁמֶרֶת Sense: guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch. |
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| וְכִ֤י | that |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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| הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ | we have walked |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come. |
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| קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית | as mourners |
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Parse: Adverb Root: קְדֹרַנִּית Sense: mournfully. |
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| מִפְּנֵ֖י | Before |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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| יְהוָ֥ה | Yahweh |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’. |
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| ؟ צְבָאֽוֹת | of hosts |
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Parse: Noun, common plural Root: צָבָא Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host. |
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