< Ecclesiastes 1 >
1 Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
5 Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
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 Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.
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 streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.
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 these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from 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 What [is] that which hath been? it [is] that which is, and what [is] that which hath been done? it [is] that which is done, and there is not an entirely 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 There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages that 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 not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.
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, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It [is] a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
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 have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit!
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 A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
16 I — I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly 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 give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit;
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 abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain