Ecclesiastes 2:21--6:9
work <05999> [whose.]
hand over <05414> [leave. Heb. give.]
man acquire <0120 01933> [hath man.]
anxiety <07475> [and of the.]
day <03117> [all.]
mind <03820> [his heart.]
better <02896> [nothing.]
better .................. perceived <07200 02896 05315> [make his soul enjoy good. or, delight his senses. that it.]
eat <0398> [who can.]
pleases ............................ pleases <06440> [in his sight. Heb. before him.]
wisdom <02451> [wisdom.]
sinner <02398> [to the sinner.]
appointed time <02165> [every thing.]
earth <08064> [under.]
time .... born .... time ..... time ...... time <03205 06256> [time to be born. Heb. time to bear.]
time ....... time ..... time ...... time <06256> [and a time.]
time ....... time ..... time ... plant .... time ...... planted <06256 05193> [a time to plant.]
time ... kill .... time ..... time ....... time <02026 06256> [time to kill.]
time ...... time ... heal ... time ....... time <06256 07495> [a time to heal.]
time ...... time ..... time ... break down .... time <06256 06555> [a time to break.]
time ... weep .... time ..... time ...... time <01058 06256> [time to weep.]
time ...... time ... laugh ... time ...... time <06256 07832> [a time to laugh.]
dance <07540> [to dance.]
throw <07993> [to cast.]
time ........ time ...... time ... embrace .... time ..... embracing <06256 02263> [a time to embrace.]
[refrain from. Heb. be far from.]
time ... search .... time ......... time ...... time <01245 06256> [time to get. or, time to seek.]
[an a time to lose.]
time ...... time ......... time ...... time ... throw away <06256 07993> [and a time to cast.]
time ... rip .... time ..... time ....... time <07167 06256> [time to rend.]
time ...... time ..... time ... keep silent .... time <06256 02814> [time to keep.]
time ...... time ..... time ....... time ... speak <06256 01696> [and a time to speak.]
time ... love .... time ..... time ...... time <0157 06256> [time to love.]
time ...... time ... hate ... time ...... time <06256 08130> [a time to hate.]
time ...... time ..... time ... war .... time <06256 04421> [a time of war.]
made ........................... ordained <06213> [hath made.]
placed <05414> [also.]
so that <01097> [so.]
happy <08055> [but.]
God .................. God <0430> [whatsoever.]
nothing ........ nothing <0369> [nothing.]
God does ................. God ... made <06213 0430> [God doeth it.]
already ........ already <03528> [which hath.]
past <07291> [past. Heb. driven away.]
thought <0559> [said.]
God <0430> [God.]
time .... activity ........... deed <06256 02656 04639> [for.]
sake <01700> [concerning.]
God <0430> [that God, etc. or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.]
show <07200> [and that.]
fate ...... fate <04745> [that which.]
dies ... dies <04194> [as the.]
fate ...... fate .............................. fleeting <04745 01892> [for.]
go <01980> [go.]
dust .... dust <06083> [all are.]
knows <03045> [knoweth.]
human ... ascends <01121 05927 03381> [of man that goeth upwards. Heb. of the sons of man that is ascending.]
better <02896> [nothing.]
show <0935> [who.]
again <07725> [I returned.]
considered <07200> [and considered.]
tears <01832> [the tears.]
comforting ..... delivers <05162> [they had.]
<03027> [side. Heb. hand.]
better <02896> [better.]
seen <07200> [who.]
skillful <03788> [every, etc. Heb. all the rightness of work, that this is the envy of man from his neighbour.]
[This is.]
fool <03684> [fool.]
eat <0398> [eateth.]
That is, with envy, (see ver. 4,) though too idle to follow his neighbour's example.
man ..... alone <0259> [one.]
children <01121> [he hath.]
end <07093> [no.]
he <05869> [is his.]
toiling <06001> [For.]
burdensome <07451> [it is.]
better ......... benefit <02896> [are.]
better ......... benefit <02896> [a good.]
fall ............. falls down <05307> [if.]
pity <0337> [but.]
one <0259> [And if.]
This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one.
three-stranded <08027> [and a.]
poor <04542> [is a poor.]
knows .... receive <03045 02094> [will no more be. Heb. knoweth not to be.]
<0631> [For out.]
This is probably an allusion to some fact with which we are unacquainted. History furnishes many instances of mean persons raised to sovereign authority, and of kings being reduced to the meanest offices, and to a morsel. Agrippa mounted the throne of Israel after having been long in prison; and similar instances are not wanting in modern times.
born <03205> [also.]
successor <03206> [child.]
end <07093> [no end.]
<0314> [they also.]
profitless <01892> [this.]
<07272> [thy foot.]
near <07138> [ready.]
offer <05414> [give.]
rash <0926> [not rash.]
matter ................. words <01697> [thing. or, word. for.]
matter ................. words <01697> [let thy .]
fool <03684> [a fool's.]
make ...................... vow <05087> [vowest.]
pleasure <02656> [for.]
paying it ......... Pay <07999> [pay.]
mouth <06310> [thy mouth.]
<06440> [before.]
Or, "before the messenger," {hammalach,} the priest whose business it was to take cognizance of vows and offerings.
mistake <07684> [it was.]
destroy <02254> [destroy.]
many <07230> [in the.]
fear <03372> [but.]
see <07200> [thou seest.]
astonished <08539> [marvel.]
matter <02656> [matter. Heb. will, or purpose.]
high ....... higher ...... higher <01364> [for.]
watched <08104> [regardeth.]
by ...... high ..... by ... higher ...... higher ... over <05921 01364> [higher than they.]
produce <03504> [the profit.]
king <04428> [the king.]
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.]
<07231> [they.]
gain <03788> [what.]
misfortune <02470> [a sore.]
Wealth <06239> [riches.]
wealth <06239> [those.]
fathered <03205> [and he.]
<02470> [a sore.]
toiling <03504> [what.]
wind <07307> [for.]
ate <0398> [he eateth.]
greatly <07235> [much.]
beneficial ... appropriate ............. enjoyment <02896 03303> [it is good and comely. Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc.]
days <03117> [the days. Heb. the number of the days. it is his.]
God ................................... God <0430> [to whom.]
these ..... gift <02090 04991> [this is.]
much .... fleeting <07235 02142> [For he shall not much remember. or, Though he give not much, yet he rembemereth, etc.]
God <0430> [because.]
man ............................. someone <0376> [a man.]
lacks <02638> [so.]
God ................... God <0430> [yet.]
A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.
man ............................. someone <0376> [but.]
fruitless <01892> [vanity.]
man <0376> [a man.]
time <03117> [so.]
live forever <06900> [and also.]
stillborn child <05309> [that an.]
name <08034> [his name.]
<02088> [this.]
if <0432> [though.]
enjoy <07200> [yet.]
die <01980> [do.]
labor <05999> [the labour.]
appetite <05315> [appetite. Heb. soul.]
wise <02450> [what hath the wise.]
pauper <06041> [the poor.]
better <02896> [Better.]
one's heart .... crave <05315 01980> [wandering of the desire. Heb. walking of the soul.]
futile <01892> [this.]
