Ecclesiastes 1
1 word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4 generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 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
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 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
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 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
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8 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
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
9 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
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
10 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
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
11 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
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
12 I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 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
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
14 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
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
15 to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 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
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 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
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
18 for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
