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interlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
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Ecc 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15
OET (OET-LV) There_is_not an_end to/from_all/each/any/every the_people to_all/each/any/every those_whom he_was before_face/front_them also the_later not they_will_rejoice in_him/it if/because also this is_futility and_chasing_of wind.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
(Occurrence 0) There is no end to all the people
(Some words not found in UHB: not extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every the,people to=all/each/any/every which/who it_became before,face/front,them also/yet the,later not rejoice in=him/it that/for/because/then/when also/even this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
This is an exaggeration used to emphasize a large number of people. Alternate translation: “There are very many people”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
(Occurrence 0) vapor … an attempt to shepherd the wind
(Some words not found in UHB: not extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every the,people to=all/each/any/every which/who it_became before,face/front,them also/yet the,later not rejoice in=him/it that/for/because/then/when also/even this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
These two phrases are both metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) vapor
(Some words not found in UHB: not extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every the,people to=all/each/any/every which/who it_became before,face/front,them also/yet the,later not rejoice in=him/it that/for/because/then/when also/even this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
“mist.” The author speaks of things as being useless and meaningless as if they were vapor. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “as useless as vapor” or “meaningless”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) an attempt to shepherd the wind
(Some words not found in UHB: not extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every the,people to=all/each/any/every which/who it_became before,face/front,them also/yet the,later not rejoice in=him/it that/for/because/then/when also/even this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “are as useless as trying to control the wind”
4:15-16 As with everything else, a ruler’s popularity is only temporary and fleeting, like the wind.
OET (OET-LV) There_is_not an_end to/from_all/each/any/every the_people to_all/each/any/every those_whom he_was before_face/front_them also the_later not they_will_rejoice in_him/it if/because also this is_futility and_chasing_of wind.
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.