Ecclesiastes 1:1-17

1:1

Teacher <06953> [the Preacher.]

king <04428> [king.]

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1:3

benefit <03504> [profit.]

earth <08121> [under.]

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generation ..... generation <01755> [One generation.]

earth <0776> [but.]

1:5

sun ..... sun <08121> [sun.]

hurries away <07602> [hasteth. Heb. panteth.]

1:6

wind <07307> [The wind.]

This verse should be connected with the preceding, and rendered, "The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose; going toward the south, and turning about unto the north. The wind whirleth about continually," etc. Alluding, in the former part, to the apparent daily motion of the sun from east to west, and to his annual course through the signs of the zodiac.

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streams flow ................. streams flow ..... flow <01980 05158> [the rivers run.]

again <03212 07725> [return again. Heb. return to go.]

1:8

tiresome <03023> [full.]

one <0376> [man.]

<05869> [the eye.]

1:9

done ...... done <06213> [that hath.]

new <02319> [and there.]

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already <03528> [it hath.]

1:11

remembers .................... remembered <02146> [There is.]

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1:13

decided .................. given <05414> [I gave.]

burdensome <07451> [this sore.]

occupied <06031> [to be exercised. or, to afflict them.]

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1:15

bent <05791> [crooked.]

what is missing <02642> [wanting. Heb. defect.]

1:16

thought <01696> [communed.]

much <01431> [Lo.]

acquired much <07200 07235> [great experience of. Heb. seen much.]

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decided <05414> [I gave.]

discern ....... knowledge ......... concluded <03045> [I perceived.]