< Ecclesiastes 1 >

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
word preacher son: child David king in/on/with Jerusalem
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
vanity vanity to say preacher vanity vanity [the] all vanity
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
what? advantage to/for man in/on/with all trouble his which/that to toil underneath: under [the] sun
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
generation to go: went and generation to come (in): come and [the] land: country/planet to/for forever: enduring to stand: stand
5 The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its circuits.
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 rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from which the rivers come, there they return again.
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 things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with 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 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
what? which/that to be he/she/it which/that to be and what? which/that to make: do he/she/it which/that to make: do and nothing all new underneath: under [the] sun
10 Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was 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 no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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 the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
I preacher to be king upon Israel in/on/with Jerusalem
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this grievous labour hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with 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 are done under the sun; and, behold, all 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 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is lacking cannot be numbered.
to pervert not be able to/for be straight and deficiency not be able to/for to count
16 I spoke to my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to great estate, and have gained more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: and my heart had great experience of 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 gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also 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 much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
for in/on/with abundance wisdom many vexation and to add knowledge to add pain

< Ecclesiastes 1 >