Ecclesiastes 2:1

2:1

<0559> [said.]

<03212> [Go to.]

self-indulgent <05254> [I will.]

Ecclesiastes 2:7-8

2:7

slaves ........ born <05650 01121> [servants.]

born <01121> [and had.]

slaves ........ born .... house <01004 05650 01121> [servants born in my house. Heb. sons of my house. also.]

2:8

silver <03701> [silver.]

singers .... singers <07891> [men singers.]

harem .... concubines <07705> [musical instruments, etc. Heb. musical instrument and instruments.]

The difficult words {shiddah weshiddoth} are variously rendered. The LXX. have [oinocoon kai oinochoas,] "male and female cup-bearers," with which the Syriac and Arabic and Parkhurst agree; Aquila, [kulikon kai kulikia,] "a cup and smaller cups;" Jerome, {scyphos et urceolos, (Vulg. {urceos,}) "goblets and pots;" Targum, "warm and cold baths;" others, as M. Desvoeux, "male and female captives;" others, "cooks and confectioners;" others, "a species of musical compositions," derived from Sido, a celebrated Phoenician woman, to whom Sanchoniatho attributes the invention of music; but others, with more probability, "wives and concubines;" and {siddoth} may be in this sense synonymous with the Arabic {seedat, domina, conjux} from {sada,} in {Conj. V. conjugium inivit.} Of the former, Solomon had three hundred, and of the latter, seven hundred; and if they are not mentioned here they are not mentioned at all, which is wholly unaccountable.

Ecclesiastes 2:14-15

2:14

wise <02450> [wise.]

same <0259> [one.]

2:15

even <01571> [even to me. Heb. to me, even to me. and why.]

<01696> [Then I.]

Ecclesiastes 2:19

2:19

knows <03045> [who knoweth.]

wisely ... earth <02449 08121> [wise under.]

Ecclesiastes 2:21

2:21

work <05999> [whose.]

hand over <05414> [leave. Heb. give.]

Ecclesiastes 2:24

2:24

better <02896> [nothing.]

better .................. perceived <07200 02896 05315> [make his soul enjoy good. or, delight his senses. that it.]

Ecclesiastes 5:10

5:10

loves ........... loves <0157> [He that.]

The more he gets, the more he would get; for {Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit,} "The love of money increases, in proportion as money itself increases."

futile <01892> [this.]

Ecclesiastes 7:21

7:21

pay attention <03820 05414> [take no heed. Heb. give not thine heart.]

<01697> [unto.]

Ecclesiastes 8:10

8:10

done so <03651 06213> [so.]

temple <04725> [the place.]

boasted <07911> [they were.]