Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם ’ă-mar-tem You have said V-Qal-Perf-2mp 7723 [e] שָׁ֖וְא šāw it is useless N-ms 5647 [e] עֲבֹ֣ד ‘ă-ḇōḏ to serve V-Qal-Inf 430 [e] אֱלֹהִ֑ים ’ĕ-lō-hîm; God N-mp 4100 [e] וּמַה־ ū-mah- and what Conj-w | Interrog 1215 [e] בֶּ֗צַע be-ṣa‘, profit N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî [is it] that Conj 8104 [e] שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙ šā-mar-nū we have kept V-Qal-Perf-1cp 4931 [e] מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ miš-mar-tōw, His ordinance N-fsc | 3ms 3588 [e] וְכִ֤י wə-ḵî that Conj-w | Conj 1980 [e] הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ hā-laḵ-nū we have walked V-Qal-Perf-1cp 6941 [e] קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית qə-ḏō-ran-nîṯ, as mourners Adv 6440 [e] מִפְּנֵ֖י mip-pə-nê Before Prep-m | N-cpc 3069 [e] יְהוָ֥ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 6635 [e] צְבָאֽוֹת׃ ṣə-ḇā-’ō-wṯ. of hosts N-cp

New American Standard Bible
"You have said, 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have said: "It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

It is.

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ordinance. Heb. observation. and that.

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mournfully. Heb. in black.

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