I said
in mine heart,
Go to now,
I will prove
thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy
pleasure:
and, behold, this also is vanity.
I said
of laughter,
It is mad:
and of mirth,
What
doeth
it?
I sought
in mine heart
to give
myself
unto wine,
yet acquainting
mine heart
with wisdom;
and to lay hold
on folly,
till I might see
what was that good
for the sons
of men,
which they should do
under the heaven
all
the days
of their life.
view closely
κατεσκεψάμην
kateskepsamēn
I made me great
works;
I builded
me houses;
I planted
me vineyards:
I made
me gardens
and orchards,
and I planted
trees
in them of all kind of fruits:
I made
me pools
of water,
to water
therewith the wood
that bringeth forth
trees:
I got
me servants
and maidens,
and had servants born
in my house;
also I had great
possessions
of great
and small cattle
above all that were in Jerusalem
before
me:
home-born
οἰκογενεῖς
oikogeneis
acquisition
κτῆσις
ktēsis
herd of cattle
βουκολίου
boukoliou
I gathered
me also silver
and gold,
and the peculiar treasure
of kings
and of the provinces:
I gat
me men singers
and women singers,
and the delights
of the sons
of men,
as musical instruments,
and that of all sorts.
wealth
περιουσιασμοὺς
periousiasmous
thing to take pleasure in
ἐντρυφήματα
entryphēmata
cup-bearer
οἰνοχόον
oinochoon
cup-bearer
οἰνοχόας
oinochoas
So I was great,
and increased
more than all that were before
me in Jerusalem:
also my wisdom
remained
with me.
And whatsoever mine eyes
desired
I kept
not from them, I withheld
not my heart
from any joy;
for my heart
rejoiced
in all my labour:
and this was my portion
of all my labour.
seize underneath
ὑφεῖλον
hypheilon
hinder
ἀπεκώλυσα
apekōlysa
Then I looked
on all the works
that my hands
had wrought,
and on the labour
that I had laboured
to do:
and, behold, all was vanity
and vexation
of spirit,
and there was no profit
under the sun.
weary with toil
ἐμόχθησα
emochthēsa
choosing
προαίρεσις
proairesis
And I turned
myself to behold
wisdom,
and madness,
and folly:
for what can the man
do that cometh
after
the king?
even that which hath been already
done.
meats carried round
περιφορὰν
periphoran
Then I saw
that
wisdom
excelleth
folly,
as far as light
excelleth
darkness.
The wise man's
eyes
are in his head;
but the fool
walketh
in darkness:
and I myself perceived
also that one
event
happeneth
to them all.
event
συνάντημα
synantēma
Then
said
I in my heart,
As it happeneth
to the fool,
so it happeneth
even to me;
and why was I then more
wise?
Then I said
in my heart,
that this also is vanity.
say
event
συνάντημα
synantēma
For there is no remembrance
of the wise
more than
of the fool
for ever;
seeing that which now
is in the days
to come
shall all be forgotten.
And how dieth
the wise
man? as the fool.
Therefore I hated
life;
because the work
that is wrought
under the sun
is grievous
unto me: for all is vanity
and vexation
of spirit.
Yea, I hated
all my labour
which I had taken
under the sun:
because I should leave
it unto the man
that shall be after
me.
And who knoweth
whether he shall be a wise
man or a fool?
yet shall he have rule
over all my labour
wherein I have laboured,
and wherein I have shewed myself wise
under the sun.
This is also vanity.
aware
οἶδεν
oiden
weary with toil
ἐμόχθησα
emochthēsa
Therefore I went about
to cause
my heart
to despair
of all the labour
which I took
under the sun.
For there is
a man
whose labour
is in wisdom,
and in knowledge,
and in equity;
yet to a man
that hath not laboured
therein shall he leave
it for his portion.
This also is vanity
and a great
evil.
for a man
ἀνδρείᾳ
andreia
weary with toil
ἐμόχθησεν
emochthēsen
For what hath
man
of all his labour,
and of the vexation
of his heart,
wherein
he hath laboured
under the sun?
For all his days
are sorrows,
and his travail
grief;
yea, his heart
taketh not rest
in the night.
This is also vanity.
pain
ἀλγημάτων
algēmatōn
distraction
περισπασμὸς
perispasmos
There is nothing better
for a man,
than that he should eat
and drink,
and that he should make his soul
enjoy
good
in his labour.
This
also I saw,
that it was from the hand
of God.
For who can eat,
or who else can hasten
hereunto, more
than I?
For God giveth
to a man
that is good
in his sight
wisdom,
and knowledge,
and joy:
but to the sinner
he giveth
travail,
to gather
and to heap up,
that he may give
to him that is good
before
God.
This also is vanity
and vexation
of spirit.
distraction
περισπασμὸν
perispasmon
choosing
προαίρεσις
proairesis
