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OET (OET-LV) If/because what is_becoming to_person in_all toil_of_his and_in_the_striving_of his_heart_of_his[fn][fn][fn] which_he was_toiling under the_sun.
OET (OET-RV) because what does a person get in exchange for all their work and their goals in life that they work towards in this world?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑ו
and,in,the_striving_of his_heart_of,his
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of striving, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and as his heart strives]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑ו
and,in,the_striving_of his_heart_of,his
The word heart here represents a person’s ambitions and desires. Solomon means that a person strives with his inner ambitions. You may have a comparable expression in your language, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and in the striving of his inner desires]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
below/instead_of the,sun
See how you translated the similar expression in [2:11](../02/11.md).
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
כִּ֠י מֶֽה־הֹוֶ֤ה לָֽאָדָם֙ בְּכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑ו שֶׁה֥וּא עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
that/for/because/then/when what receive to,person in=all toil_of,his and,in,the_striving_of his_heart_of,his which,he labours below/instead_of the,sun
Solomon is using the question form to assert that nothing endures for a person in exchange for all his hard work. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [For nothing endures for the person in exchange for all his toil and in the striving of his heart in which he is a toiler under the sun.]
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּ֠י מֶֽה־הֹוֶ֤ה לָֽאָדָם֙ בְּכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑ו שֶׁה֥וּא עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
that/for/because/then/when what receive to,person in=all toil_of,his and,in,the_striving_of his_heart_of,his which,he labours below/instead_of the,sun
The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [After all, what endures for the person in exchange for all his toil and in the striving of his heart in which he is a toiler under the sun?]
OET (OET-LV) If/because what is_becoming to_person in_all toil_of_his and_in_the_striving_of his_heart_of_his[fn][fn][fn] which_he was_toiling under the_sun.
OET (OET-RV) because what does a person get in exchange for all their work and their goals in life that they work towards in this world?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.