7:19 Wisdom gives a wise person more protection 1
than ten rulers in a city.
10:5 I have seen another 2 misfortune 3 on the earth: 4
It is an error a ruler makes. 5
8:8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, 6
so no one has power over the day of his 7 death.
Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, 8
so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked. 9
1 tn Heb “gives strength.”
2 tn The term “another” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that this is not the first “misfortune” described by the Teacher. See 5:13, 16; 6:1-2.
3 tn Heb “an evil.”
4 tn Heb “under the sun.”
5 tn Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.”
3 tn Heb “There is not a man who has mastery over the wind to restrain the wind.”
4 tn The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “There is no discharge in war.”
6 tn Heb “its owners.”