Ecclesiastes 12:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

Young's Literal Translation
Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

King James Bible
The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.

Hebrew
The words
דִּבְרֵ֤י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the wise
חֲכָמִים֙ (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

are like goads,
כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת (kad·dā·rə·ḇō·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1861: A goad

and the anthologies
אֲסֻפּ֑וֹת (’ă·sup·pō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 627: A collection of, men

of the masters
בַּעֲלֵ֣י (ba·‘ă·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

are like firmly embedded
נְטוּעִ֖ים (nə·ṭū·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

nails
וּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹת (ū·ḵə·maś·mə·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4930: A peg

driven
נִתְּנ֖וּ (nit·tə·nū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

by a single
אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

Shepherd.
מֵרֹעֶ֥ה (mê·rō·‘eh)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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