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 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does 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 comes; but the earth is for ever.
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 comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.
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 to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
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 go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, 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 may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its 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 is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will 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 anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was 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 memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
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 gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
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 which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for 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 bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem — yes, my heart has seen much 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 gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for 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 Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
