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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_them also the_subsequent_people not they_will_rejoice in_him/it if/because also this is_futility and_a_striving_of wind.
OET (OET-RV) there was no end to all the people who’ve ruled before them.
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Even the ones who follow him won’t speak kindly about him,
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because even that is pointless and chasing after the wind.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
קֵ֣ץ
extremity/end_of
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of end, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [there was no limit to all the people]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
לֹ֣א יִשְׂמְחוּ ב֑וֹ
not rejoice in=him/it
The pronoun him refers to the young king who rose to power. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [will not rejoice in that young king]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֶ֖בֶל וְרַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ
Abel and,a_striving_of wind
Solomon is speaking as if this situation were vapor and pursuit of wind. He means that it is fleeting and futile. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [fleeting and futile]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
אֵֽין קֵ֣ץ לְכָל הָעָ֗ם
not extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every the,people
Solomon says There was no end to all the people as an extreme statement for emphasis. He means that there were very many people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [There were very many people]
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_them also the_subsequent_people not they_will_rejoice in_him/it if/because also this is_futility and_a_striving_of wind.
OET (OET-RV) there was no end to all the people who’ve ruled before them.
⇔
Even the ones who follow him won’t speak kindly about him,
⇔
because even that is pointless and chasing after the 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.