Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
4 One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down and hastens to its place where it arises.
and to rise [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] sun and to(wards) place his to long for to rise he/she/it there
6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
to go: walk to(wards) south and to turn: turn to(wards) north to turn: surround to turn: surround to go: walk [the] spirit: breath and upon around him to return: return [the] spirit: breath
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
all [the] torrent: river to go: walk to(wards) [the] sea and [the] sea nothing he full to(wards) place which/that [the] torrent: river to go: walk there they(masc.) to return: return to/for to go: walk
8 All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
all [the] word: thing weary not be able man: anyone to/for to speak: speak not to satisfy eye to/for to see: see and not to fill ear from to hear: hear
9 That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
what? which/that to be he/she/it which/that to be and what? (which/that to make: do *L(abh)*) he/she/it which/that to make: do and nothing all new underneath: under [the] sun
10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
there word: thing which/that to say to see: behold! this new he/she/it already to be to/for forever: antiquity which to be from to/for face: before our
11 There is no remembrance of the former things, nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.
nothing memorial to/for first: previous and also to/for last which/that to be not to be to/for them memorial with which/that to be to/for last
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
and to give: put [obj] heart my to/for to seek and to/for to spy in/on/with wisdom upon all which to make: do underneath: under [the] heaven he/she/it task bad: harmful to give: put God to/for son: child [the] man to/for be occupied in/on/with him
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
to see: see [obj] all [the] deed: work which/that to make: do underneath: under [the] sun and behold [the] all vanity and longing spirit: breath
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yea, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
to speak: speak I with heart my to/for to say I behold to magnify and to add wisdom upon all which to be to/for face: before my upon Jerusalem and heart my to see: examine to multiply wisdom and knowledge
17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
and to give: put [emph?] heart my to/for to know wisdom and to know madness and folly to know which/that also this he/she/it striving spirit: breath
18 For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
