Ecclesiastes 1
1 THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
2 Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth 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 passeth away, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth 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 also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.
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 goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth 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; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither 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 toil to 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 hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new 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 whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'? — it hath been already, 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 them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that 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 Koheleth have been 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 things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath 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 spoke with my own heart, saying: 'Lo, I have gotten great wisdom, more also than all that were before me over Jerusalem'; yea, my heart hath 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 vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
