Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 1

1Thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697of thePreacherקֹהֶ֣לֶתko.He.letH6953, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732,kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

2Vanityהֲבֵ֤לha.VelH1892ofvanitiesהֲבָלִים֙ha.va.LimH1892, saith thePreacherקֹהֶ֔לֶתko.He.letH6953;vanityהֲבֵ֥לha.VelH1892ofvanitiesהֲבָלִ֖יםha.va.LimH1892,allהַכֹּ֥לha.KolH3605isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

3Whatמַה־mah-H4100profitיִּתְר֖וֹןyit.RonH3504hathmanלָֽאָדָ֑םla.'a.DamH120ofallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605his labour wherein he labourethunderתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121?

4Onegenerationדּ֤וֹרDorH1755goeth, andanotherH1755generationוְד֣וֹרve.DorH1755cometh; and theearthוְהָאָ֖רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776abideth foreverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769.

5Thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121also ariseth, and thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121goeth down, and hasteth to hisplaceמְקוֹמ֔וֹme.ko.MoH4725whereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033he ariseth.

6Thewindהָר֔וּחַha.Ru.achH7307goethtowardH413thesouthדָּר֔וֹםda.RomH1864, and turnethaboutH5439unto thenorthצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828; it turnethaboutH5439continuallyH1980initsH5921course, and thewindהָרֽוּחַ׃ha.Ru.achH7307returnethagainשָׁ֥בshavH7725toitsH5921circuits.

7Allכָּל־kol-H3605the riversrunהֹלְכִ֣יםho.le.KhimH1980intoH413theseaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220, yet theseaוְהַיָּ֖םve.hai.YamH3220isnotאֵינֶ֣נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369fullמָלֵ֑אma.Le'H4392; unto theplaceמְק֗וֹםme.KomH4725whither the riversgoהֹֽלְכִ֔יםho.le.KhimH1980, thither theygoלָלָֽכֶת׃la.La.khetH1980againשָׁבִ֖יםsha.VimH7725.

8Allכָּל־kol-H3605things arefullH4390of weariness;manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376cannotלֹא־lo'-H3808utterלְדַבֵּ֑רle.da.BerH1696it: theeyeעַ֙יִן֙'a.yinH5869isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808satisfiedתִשְׂבַּ֥עtis.Ba'H7646withseeingלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200,norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808theearאֹ֖זֶן'O.zenH241filledתִמָּלֵ֥אti.ma.Le'H4390withhearingH241.

9ThatwhichH1931hath been is thatwhichH1931shall be; and thatwhichH1931hath beendoneשֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔הshe.na.'a.SahH6213is thatwhichH1931shall bedoneשֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑הshei.ye.'a.SehH6213: and there isnoוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369newחָדָ֖שׁcha.DashH2319thingH1931underתַּ֥חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshH8121.

10Is there athingדָּבָ֛רda.VarH1697whereofmenH559sayשֶׁיֹּאמַ֥רshei.yo.MarH559,Seeרְאֵה־re.'eh-H7200, this isnewחָדָ֣שׁcha.DashH2319? it hath beenalreadyכְּבָר֙ke.VarH3528, in theagesלְעֹֽלָמִ֔יםle.'o.la.MimH5769whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834werebeforeH6440usH6440.

11There isnoH3808remembranceזִכְר֖וֹןzikh.RonH2146of theformerלָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםla.ri.sho.NimH7223generations;neitherH3808shall there beanyאֵ֥ין'einH369remembranceזִכָּר֔וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146of thelatterH314generations that are tocomeשֶׁיִּהְי֗וּshei.yih.YuH1961, amongthoseH1992that shallcomeיִהְיֶ֤הyih.YehH1961afterשֶׁיִּהְי֖וּshei.yih.YuH1961.

12I thePreacherקֹהֶ֗לֶתko.He.letH6953waskingמֶ֛לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

13And Iappliedוְנָתַ֣תִּיve.na.Ta.tiH5414myheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820toseekH1875and tosearchH1875outעַ֛ל'alH5921bywisdomבַּֽחָכְמָ֔הba.cha.khe.MahH2451concerningallכָּל־kol-H3605that isdoneנַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.SahH6213underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478heavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064: it is a sore travail thatGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414to thesonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ofmenהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120to be exercised therewith.

14I haveseenרָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiH7200allכָּל־kol-H3605theworksהַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔יםha.ma.'a.SimH4639that aredoneשֶֽׁנַּעֲשׂ֖וּshe.na.'a.SuH6213underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121; and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009,allהַכֹּ֛לha.KolH3605isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892and astrivingH7469afterH7469windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

15That which iscrookedמְעֻוָּ֖תme.'u.VatH5791cannotלֹא־lo'-H3808be made straight: and that which is wantingcannotלֹא־lo'-H3808benumberedלְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃le.hi.ma.NotH4487.

16I communed withmineעִם־'im-H5973ownהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961heartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Loהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, I have gottenmeH6440greatהִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיhig.Dal.tiH1431wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451aboveH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605that werebeforeH6440meH6440inJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389: yea, myheartוְלִבִּ֛יve.li.BiH3820hath hadgreatH1431experienceרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200ofwisdomחָכְמָ֥הchokh.mahH2451andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847.

17And Iappliedוָאֶתְּנָ֤הva.'e.te.NahH5414myheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451, and toknowוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH3045madnessהוֹלֵל֖וֹתho.le.LotH1947andfollyוְשִׂכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531: Iperceivedיָדַ֕עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that this also was astrivingH7475afterH7475windרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

18For inmuchH7230wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451ismuchH7230grief: and he that increasethknowledgeדַּ֖עַתDa.'atH1847increasethsorrowמַכְאֽוֹב׃makh.'ovH4341.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 1

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain