Ecclesiastes Notes

Ecclesiastes 1

a 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout this book

Ecclesiastes 2

a 2:8 Exact meaning unknown

b 2:25 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Syriac read without Him.

Ecclesiastes 3

a 3:21 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read Who knows whether the spirit … goes upward, and whether … goes downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 5

a 5:6 Literally voice

Ecclesiastes 8

a 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Vulgate read praised.

Ecclesiastes 9

a 9:2 Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read good and bad.

b 9:14 Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read bulwarks.

Ecclesiastes 10

a 10:1 Targum and Vulgate omit putrefy.

Ecclesiastes 11

a 11:5 Or spirit

Ecclesiastes 12

a 12:6 Following Qere and Targum; Kethib reads removed; Septuagint and Vulgate read broken.

b 12:11 Literally masters of the assemblies