Ecclesiastes 1
1 word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
2 vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
Vanity of vanities, said 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 advantage [is there] to a man in all his labor that he takes 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
A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands 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
And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;
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
arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns 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; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again.
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 full of labor; a man will not be able to speak [of them]: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be 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
What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing 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
[Who is he] that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed 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 memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last [time].
12 I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
I the Preacher 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 applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.
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 works that were wrought under the sun; and, saw, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
15 to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t 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 spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know 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 my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
18 for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain
For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
