OET interlinear ECC 7:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤⁠הַ⁠יָּמִים֙ הָ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָי֥וּ טוֹבִ֖ים מֵ⁠אֵ֑לֶּה

what? it_became (cmp),the,days (the),former they_were better from=these

Solomon is using the question form to warn against idealizing the past. 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: [The former days were better than these!]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אַל תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤⁠הַ⁠יָּמִים֙ הָ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָי֥וּ טוֹבִ֖ים מֵ⁠אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א מֵ⁠חָכְמָ֖ה שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ עַל זֶֽה

not say what? it_became (cmp),the,days (the),former they_were better from=these that/for/because/then/when not from,wisdom ask on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this

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: [Do not say, “What was, that the former days were better than these?” The reason is that you do not ask about this out of wisdom]