Ecclesiastes 1
1 word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself 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
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.
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 riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
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 goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
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 run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.
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 words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled 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
The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing 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 any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were 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 former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.
12 I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at 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 gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.
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 saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.
15 to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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 communed with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much 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
And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
18 for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
