Footnotes

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:1 (Back)

[1] 1:1 Or Convener, or Collector; Hebrew Qoheleth (so throughout Ecclesiastes)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:2 (Back)

[2] 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:5 (Back)

[3] 1:5 Or and returns panting

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:11 (Back)

[4] 1:11 Or former people

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:11 (Back)

[5] 1:11 Or later people

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:13 (Back)

[6] 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the center of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:14 (Back)

[7] 1:14 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 1:14 (Back)

[8] 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 2:1 (Back)

[1] 2:1 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 2:8 (Back)

[2] 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 2:24 (Back)

[3] 2:24 Or and make his soul see good

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 2:25 (Back)

[4] 2:25 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts apart from me

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 3:15 (Back)

[1] 3:15 Hebrew what has been pursued

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 3:19 (Back)

[2] 3:19 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 4:4 (Back)

[1] 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 4:15 (Back)

[2] 4:15 Hebrew the second

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 4:15 (Back)

[3] 4:15 Hebrew his

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:1 (Back)

[1] 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Hebrew

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:2 (Back)

[2] 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:6 (Back)

[3] 5:6 Hebrew your flesh

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:6 (Back)

[4] 5:6 Or angel

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:7 (Back)

[5] 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:7 (Back)

[6] 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:9 (Back)

[7] 5:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 5:18 (Back)

[8] 5:18 Or and see good

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 6:2 (Back)

[1] 6:2 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 4, 9, 11 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 6:6 (Back)

[2] 6:6 Or see

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 6:7 (Back)

[3] 6:7 Hebrew filled

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 6:12 (Back)

[4] 6:12 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 7:6 (Back)

[1] 7:6 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 7:9 (Back)

[2] 7:9 Hebrew in the bosom

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 7:15 (Back)

[3] 7:15 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 8:2 (Back)

[1] 8:2 Hebrew lacks say

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 8:2 (Back)

[2] 8:2 Or because of your oath to God

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 8:6 (Back)

[3] 8:6 Or evil

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 8:10 (Back)

[4] 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 8:10 (Back)

[5] 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 9:2 (Back)

[1] 9:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and the evil

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 9:9 (Back)

[2] 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 9:10 (Back)

[3] 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 10:4 (Back)

[1] 10:4 Hebrew healing

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 10:10 (Back)

[2] 10:10 Or wisdom is an advantage for success

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 10:12 (Back)

[3] 10:12 Or are gracious

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 11:5 (Back)

[1] 11:5 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 11:8 (Back)

[2] 11:8 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 11:10 (Back)

[3] 11:10 Or evil

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 12:5 (Back)

[1] 12:5 Or is a burden

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 12:8 (Back)

[2] 12:8 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 12:13 (Back)

[3] 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind

Footnote from Ecclesiastes 12:14 (Back)

[4] 12:14 Or into the judgment on

Footnotes

Footnote from Song of Solomon 1:2 (Back)

[1] 1:2 The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words

Footnote from Song of Solomon 1:11 (Back)

[2] 1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:1 (Back)

[1] 2:1 Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:4 (Back)

[2] 2:4 Hebrew the house of wine

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:7 (Back)

[3] 2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:12 (Back)

[4] 2:12 Or pruning

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:15 (Back)

[5] 2:15 Or jackals

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:16 (Back)

[6] 2:16 Or he pastures his flock

Footnote from Song of Solomon 2:17 (Back)

[7] 2:17 Or mountains of Bether

Footnote from Song of Solomon 3:7 (Back)

[1] 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king

Footnote from Song of Solomon 3:9 (Back)

[2] 3:9 Or sedan chair

Footnote from Song of Solomon 4:4 (Back)

[1] 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Footnote from Song of Solomon 4:8 (Back)

[2] 4:8 Or Look

Footnote from Song of Solomon 5:12 (Back)

[1] 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Footnote from Song of Solomon 5:14 (Back)

[2] 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Footnote from Song of Solomon 5:14 (Back)

[3] 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli

Footnote from Song of Solomon 5:16 (Back)

[4] 5:16 Hebrew palate

Footnote from Song of Solomon 6:2 (Back)

[1] 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3

Footnote from Song of Solomon 6:12 (Back)

[2] 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib

Footnote from Song of Solomon 6:13 (Back)

[3] 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Hebrew

Footnote from Song of Solomon 6:13 (Back)

[4] 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim

Footnote from Song of Solomon 7:6 (Back)

[1] 7:6 Or among delights

Footnote from Song of Solomon 7:9 (Back)

[2] 7:9 Hebrew palate

Footnote from Song of Solomon 7:9 (Back)

[3] 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak

Footnote from Song of Solomon 7:11 (Back)

[4] 7:11 Or among the henna plants

Footnote from Song of Solomon 8:6 (Back)

[1] 8:6 Or ardor

Footnote from Song of Solomon 8:6 (Back)

[2] 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol

Footnote from Song of Solomon 8:7 (Back)

[3] 8:7 Or it

Footnote from Song of Solomon 8:10 (Back)

[4] 8:10 Or brings out