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Open English Translation ECC Chapter 2

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Readers’ Version

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2:4-8: 1Ki 10:23-27; 2Ch 9:22-27.

2:8: 1Ki 10:10,14-22.

2:9: 1Ch 29:25.

2:23: Yob 5:7; 14:1.

2:24: Ecc 3:13; 5:18; 9:7; Isa 56:12; Luk 12:19; 1Cor 15:32.

2:26: Yob 32:8; Prv 2:6.

2 I _said I in/on/at/with_heart_my come please test_you in/on/at/with_pleasure and_enjoy in/on/at/with_what _is _good and_see/lo/see also it [was]_futility.
2 Of_laughter I _said [it _is]_mad and_of_pleasure what this [is _it]_doing.
3 I _searched in/on/at/with_mind_my to_cheer in/on/at/with_wine DOM body_my and_mind_my [was]_guiding in/on/at/with_wisdom and_to_lay _hold in/on/at/with_folly until that I _saw where this [is]_good for_sons the_humankind which they _will _do under the_heavens the _number of _the _days lives_their.
4 I _made _great works_my I _built to_me houses I _planted to_me vineyards.
5 I _made to_me gardens and_parks and_planted in/among_them tree[s] of _every fruit.
6 I _made to_me pools of _water to_water from_them a _forest sprouting trees.
7 I _acquired [male]_slaves and_female _slaves and_the _sons of _house he _belonged to_me also livestock herd[s] and_flocks many it _belonged to_me from_all who_been to/for_my_face/front in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem).
8 I _gathered to_me also silver and_gold and_treasure of _kings and_the_provinces I _acquired to_me male _singers and_women _singing and_delights of _the _children the_humankind breast and_women.
9 And_became _great and_surpassed from_all who_were to/for_my_face/front in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim also wisdom_my it _remained to/for_me.
10 And_all/each/any/every that they _asked eyes_my not I _withheld from_them not I _restrained DOM heart_my from_all pleasure if/because heart_my [was]_joyful from_all toil_my and_this it _was reward_my from_all toil_my.
11 And_considered I in_all activities_my that_done hands_my and_in/on/at/with_toil what_toiled for_doing and_see/lo/see the_everything [was]_futility and_chasing of _wind and_nothing advantage under the_sun.
12 And_turned I to_see wisdom and_madness and_folly if/because what the_humankind who_comes after the_king DOM [that]_which already done_him.
13 And_saw I that_there _is advantage to _the_wisdom more _than the_folly as_advantage the_light more _than the_darkness.
14 The_wise eyes_his in/on/at/with_head_his and_the_fool in/on/at/with_darkness [is]_walking and_perceived also I that_fate one it _will _happen _to DOM both_them.
15 And_said I in/on/at/with_heart_my same_fate the_fool also me happen_me and_for_what have _I _become _wise I then excessively and_said in/on/at/with_heart_my that_also this [is]_futility.
16 If/because there _[is]_not remembrance of _the_wise with the_fool in_future in/on/at/with_that_already the_days the_(ones _who)_went the_both it _has _been _forgotten and_how he _will _die the_wise with the_fool.
17 And_hated DOM the_life if/because [was]_evil to_me the_work that_done under the_sun if/because the_everything [is]_futility and_chasing of _wind.
18 And_hated I DOM all toil_my which_I [was]_toiling under the_sun because_leave_it to _the_man who_come after_me.
19 And_who [is]_knowing whether_wise will _he _be or a _fool and_have _control in_all work_my which_toiled and_which_used _wisdom under the_sun also this [is]_futility.
20 And_began I to_despair DOM heart_my on all the_toil that_laboured under the_sun.
21 If/because there _[is] a _person who_work_his in/on/at/with_wisdom and_in/on/at/with_knowledge and_in/on/at/with_skill and_to/for_humankind who_not he _toiled in/on/over_him/it leave_him portion_his also this [is]_futility and_evil great.
22 If/because what [is]_becoming to _a_man in_all toil_his and_in/on/at/with_strain heart_his[fn][fn][fn] which_he [was]_toiling under the_sun.
23 If/because all his/its_days [are]_pains and_grief work_his also in/on/at/with_night not it _rests his/its_heart also this [is]_futility it.
24 There _[is]_not good in/on/at/with_person that_eat and_drink and_find DOM self _of_him good in/on/at/with_toil_his also this I _have _seen I if/because _that from_hand the_ʼElohīm it.
25 If/because who will _he _eat and_who will _he _enjoy outside from_me.
26 If/because to/for_ʼĀdām/humankind who_pleases in_sight_his he _gives wisdom and_knowledge and_joy and_to _the_sinner he _gives [the]_business of_gathering and_to_collecting to_give to_pleasing to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ʼElohīm also this [is]_futility and_chasing of _wind.

2:22 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

2:22 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

2:22 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

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