Ecclesiastes 1
2 a. Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
3 b. labors
5 c. Is eager for, lit. panting
8 d. wearisome
13 e. Or afflicted
16 f. Lit. seen
Ecclesiastes 2
1 a. gladness
3 b. Lit. to draw my flesh
6 c. irrigate
7 d. Lit. sons of my house
8 e. Exact meaning unknown
9 f. Lit. increased
10 g. Lit. portion
21 h. Lit. portion
25 i. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. without Him
Ecclesiastes 3
2 a. Lit. to bear
15 b. Lit. seeks
15 c. what is pursued
16 d. justice
16 e. Wickedness
17 f. desire
21 g. LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
22 h. portion or lot
Ecclesiastes 4
1 a. Lit. At the hand
8 b. Lit. a second
8 c. Lit. evil task
14 d. The youth
16 e. Lit. to all before whom he was to be
Ecclesiastes 5
6 a. Lit. voice
8 b. wresting
14 c. Lit. bad business
18 d. Lit. portion
19 e. Lit. portion
Ecclesiastes 6
2 a. disease
3 b. Or miscarriage
9 c. What the eyes see
9 d. Lit. soul
12 e. Lit. the number of the days
12 f. futile
Ecclesiastes 7
3 a. Vexation or Grief
3 b. well or pleasing
5 c. listen to
6 d. Lit. sound
7 e. destroys
12 f. A protective shade, lit. shadow
12 g. advantage or profit
14 h. alongside
18 i. Lit. come forth from all of them
23 j. tested
26 k. Lit. He who is good before God
Ecclesiastes 8
1 a. Lit. strength
5 b. Lit. knows
6 c. is great upon him
10 d. Some Heb. mss., LXX, Vg. praised
Ecclesiastes 9
1 a. Lit. put
2 b. LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,
9 c. Lit. See life
14 d. LXX, Syr., Vg. bulwarks
Ecclesiastes 10
1 a. Lit. Flies of death
1 b. Tg., Vg. omit putrefy
4 c. Lit. healing, health
6 d. exalted positions
10 e. Lit. is a successful advantage
11 f. Lit. master of the tongue
18 g. Lit. rafters sink
Ecclesiastes 11
5 a. Or spirit
9 b. Impulses
9 c. As you see to be best
10 d. vexation
10 e. Prime of life
Ecclesiastes 12
1 a. Lit. evil
6 b. So with Qr., Tg.; Kt. removed; LXX, Vg. broken
9 c. arranged
10 d. Lit. delightful
11 e. Lit. masters of assemblies