Ecclesiastes 3:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

Young's Literal Translation
I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought{.htm" title="{"> that they do fear before Him.

King James Bible
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

Hebrew
I know
יָדַ֗עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

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

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

does
יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

will remain forever;
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

nothing
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

can be added
לְהוֹסִ֔יף (lə·hō·w·sîp̄)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to it
עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or taken
לִגְרֹ֑עַ (liḡ·rō·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

from it.
וּמִמֶּ֖נּוּ (ū·mim·men·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

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

works
עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

that men should revere
שֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּ (še·yir·’ū)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

Him.
מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (mil·lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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