Notes for Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1

aver 12; Ecc 7:27; 12:10

bS Pr 1:1

cPs 39:5–6; 62:9; Ecc 12:8; Ro 8:20–21

1 1:1 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 2 and 12

dEcc 2:11, 22; 3:9; 5:15–16

eS Job 8:19

fPs 19:5–6

gJob 36:28

hPr 27:20

iEcc 2:12; 3:15

jGe 40:23; Ecc 9:15

kPs 88:12; Ecc 2:16; 8:10; 9:5

lS ver 1

mEcc 2:9

nS Job 28:3

oS Ge 3:17; Ecc 3:10

pEcc 2:11, 17; 4:4; 6:9

qEcc 7:13

rS 1Ki 3:12

sEcc 7:23; 8:16

tEcc 2:3, 12; 7:25

uJer 45:3

vEcc 2:23; 12:12

Ecclesiastes 2

aver 24; Ecc 7:4; 8:15

bS Pr 14:13

cver 24–25; S Jdg 9:13; Ru 3:3; Ecc 3:12–13; 5:18; 8:15

dS Ecc 1:17

e2Ch 2:1; 8:1–6

fSS 8:11

g2Ch 8:7–8

hS 1Ki 9:28

iS Jdg 3:15

jS 2Sa 19:35

kEcc 1:12

1 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

l1Ch 29:25

mS Ecc 1:14

nS Ecc 1:3

oS Ecc 1:17

pS Ecc 1:9

qEcc 7:19; 9:18

rEcc 7:11–12

sPs 49:10; Ecc 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:3, 11–12

tver 19; Ecc 6:8

uS Ps 112:6

vS Ecc 1:11

wPs 49:10

xS Ecc 1:14

yPs 39:6; 49:10

zS ver 15

aS Ecc 1:3

bS Ecc 1:18

cS Ge 3:17; S Job 7:2

dver 3; 1Co 15:32

eS ver 1; Ecc 3:22

fS Job 2:10; Ecc 3:12–13; 5:17–19; 7:14; 9:7–10; 11:7–10

gS Ps 127:2

hS Job 9:4

iS Job 27:17

jS Pr 13:22

Ecclesiastes 3

aver 11, 17; Ecc 8:6

bIsa 28:24

cS Dt 5:17

dS Est 4:14

eS Ecc 1:3

fS Ecc 1:13

gS ver 1

hS Job 11:7

iS Job 28:23; Ro 11:33

1 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that

jEcc 2:3

kPs 34:12

lS Dt 12:7, 18; S Ecc 2:24

mS Job 23:15; Ecc 5:7; 7:18; 8:12–13

nEcc 6:10

oS Ecc 1:9

2 3:15 Or God calls back the past

pS Job 19:29; Ecc 11:9; 12:14

qver 1

rS Ps 73:22

sS Ecc 2:14

tS Ge 2:7; S Job 34:15

3 3:19 Or spirit

uEcc 12:7

vS Ecc 2:24

wS Job 31:2

Ecclesiastes 4

aS Ps 12:5

bLa 1:16

cJer 20:17–18; 22:10

dS Job 3:17; S 10:18

eS Job 3:16

fS Job 3:22

gS Ecc 1:14

hS Pr 6:10

iPr 15:16–17; S 16:8

jPr 27:20

Ecclesiastes 5

1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2–20 is numbered 5:1–19.

aS Jdg 11:35

bS Job 6:24; S Pr 20:25

cS Job 20:8

dEcc 10:14

eS Dt 23:21; S Jdg 11:35; Ps 119:60

fS Nu 30:2; Ps 66:13–14

gNu 30:2–4; Jnh 2:9

hEcc 3:14

iS Ps 12:5

jJob 20:20

kEcc 6:1–2

lS Job 1:21

mPs 49:17; 1Ti 6:7

nEcc 1:3

oS Ecc 1:3

pS Ecc 2:3

qEcc 2:10, 24

rS 1Ch 29:12

sEcc 6:2

tS Job 31:2

uS Ecc 2:24

vS Dt 12:7, 18

Ecclesiastes 6

aEcc 5:19

bEcc 5:13

cS Job 3:16

dS Job 3:3

eEcc 2:14

fS Pr 27:20

gS Ecc 2:15

hS Ecc 1:14

iEcc 3:15

jS Job 10:20; S 20:8

kS 1Ch 29:15; S Job 14:2; S Ps 39:6

Ecclesiastes 7

aPr 22:1; SS 1:3

bS Job 10:18

cS Pr 11:19

dS Ecc 2:14

eS Pr 14:13

fS Ecc 2:1; Jer 16:8

gS Pr 13:18; 15:31–32

hS Ps 58:9

iS Pr 14:13

jS Ex 18:21; S 23:8

kPr 14:29

lS Mt 5:22

mS Pr 14:29

nS Ps 77:5

oEcc 2:13

pEcc 11:7

qEcc 2:24

rEcc 1:15

sS Job 1:21; S Ecc 2:24

tS Job 7:7

uS Job 21:7; Ecc 8:12–14; Jer 12:1

vJob 15:32

wS Ecc 3:14

xS Ecc 2:13

1 7:18 Or will follow them both

yS Pr 8:14

zS Ps 14:3

aS 2Ch 6:36; S Job 4:17; S Pr 20:9; Ro 3:12

bPr 30:10

cS Ecc 1:17

dS Job 28:12

eS Job 28:3

fS Ecc 1:17

gS Ex 10:7; S Jdg 14:15

hS Pr 2:16–19; 5:3–5; S 7:23; 22:14

iS Ecc 1:1

j1Ki 11:3

2 7:27 Or the leader of the assembly

Ecclesiastes 8

aEcc 10:4

bEst 1:19

cEcc 3:1

1 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

dS Ecc 1:11

2 8:9 Or to their

3 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (Aquila); most Hebrew manuscripts and are forgotten

eS Dt 12:28

fS Ex 1:20

gEcc 3:14

hEcc 3:14

iDt 4:40; Job 5:26; Ps 34:12; Isa 65:20

jS Job 21:7

kS Ecc 7:15

lS Ps 42:8

mS Ex 32:6; S Ecc 2:3

nS Ecc 2:1

oS Ecc 1:17

pEcc 1:13

qS Job 28:3

rS Job 28:23; Ro 11:33

Ecclesiastes 9

aEcc 10:14

bJob 9:22; Ecc 2:14

cS Job 9:22; S Ecc 2:14

1 9:2 Septuagint (Aquila), Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew does not have and the bad.

dJer 11:8; 13:10; 16:12; 17:9

eS Job 21:26

fS Job 14:21

2 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

gS Ps 9:6

hS Ecc 1:11

iS Job 21:21

jS Nu 6:20

kS Ecc 2:24

lS Rev 3:4

mS Pr 5:18

nS Job 31:2

oS 1Sa 10:7

pEcc 11:6

qNu 16:33; S Ps 6:5; Isa 38:18

rS Ecc 2:24

sAm 2:14–15

tJob 32:13; Isa 47:10; Jer 9:23

uEcc 2:14

vS Dt 8:18

wS Pr 29:6

xS Ps 73:22; S Ecc 2:14

yS 2Sa 20:22

zS Ge 40:14; S Ecc 1:11

aEst 6:3

bS Ecc 2:13

Ecclesiastes 10

aPr 13:16; 18:2

bPr 13:16

cEcc 8:3

dS Pr 16:14

eS Pr 29:2

fPr 19:10

gS Ps 57:6

hS Est 2:23; Ps 9:16; Am 5:19

iS Pr 26:27

jS Ps 58:5; S Isa 3:3

kPr 10:32

lS Pr 10:6; S 14:3; S 15:2; S 18:7

mEcc 5:3

nEcc 9:1

oIsa 3:4–5, 12

pS Dt 14:26; S 1Sa 25:36; S Pr 31:4

1 10:16 Or king is a child

qPr 20:4; S 24:30–34

rS Ge 14:18; S Jdg 9:13

sS Ex 22:28

Ecclesiastes 11

aver 6; Isa 32:20; Hos 10:12

bS Dt 24:19

cJn 3:8–10

dPs 139:14–16

eS Ecc 9:10

1 11:5 Or know how life (or the spirit) / enters the body being formed

fEcc 7:11

gEcc 12:1

hS Job 19:29; S Ecc 2:24; S 3:17

iPs 94:19

jS Ecc 2:24

Ecclesiastes 12

aEcc 11:8

bS 2Sa 19:35

cJer 25:10

dS Job 10:21

eJer 9:17; Am 5:16

fS Ge 2:7; S Ps 146:4

gEcc 3:21

hS Job 20:8

iEcc 1:1

jS Ecc 1:2

k1Ki 4:32

1 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10

lS Ecc 1:1

mPr 22:20–21

nS Ezr 9:8; S Job 6:25

oS Ecc 1:18

2 12:11 Or Shepherd

pS Ex 20:20; S 1Sa 12:24; S Job 23:15; S Ps 19:9

qS Dt 4:2

rS Dt 4:6; S Job 37:24

sS Job 19:29; S Ecc 3:17

tS Job 34:21; S Ps 19:12; Jer 16:17; 23:24