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|[[File:Jesusteach.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jesus was called teacher. [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], and [[Jesus]] were all teaching the people [[The Way]] of God and His [[righteousness]]. [[Jesus]] came to take the [[Kingdom of God|kingdom]] from those who were [[teach]]ing something different from [[Moses]] and [[appoint]]ed it to the [[Apostles]] so that they would bear [[fruit]] and the [[world]] might be [[saved]] through [[repent]]ance.]]
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| V3  The form of the word labour (עֲמָל֣וֹ) is also translated mischief [[Psalms 7]]:16 "His '''mischief''' shall return". In [[Ecclesiastes 5]]:16 we will see the same word for "his labour" in the context of "what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?"
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V18 "For in much wisdom [is] much grief<Ref name="kaac">{{03708}}</Ref>or vexation.
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== All Is Vanity
==The Gatherer ==
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1 ¶ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
1 ¶ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.


2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
=== All Is Vanity ===
 
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity(הֶבֶל)‎ of vanities(הֲבָלִ֖ים); all is [[vanity]](הֶבֶל)‎.<Ref name="hebel">{{01892}}</Ref>


3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?


4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth (וְהָאָ֖רֶץ wəhā’āreṣ)<Ref name="erets">{{0776}}</Ref> abideth for ever.


5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.


13 And I gave my heart to [[seek]] and search out by [[wisdom]] concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
13 And I gave my heart to [[seek]] and search out by [[wisdom]] concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised<Ref name="anah1">{{06031}}</Ref> therewith.


14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.


17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness(וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת)<Ref name="howlelah">{{01947}}</Ref> and folly(סִכְלוּת)<Ref name="cikluwth">{{05531}}</Ref>: I perceived that this also is vexation(רַעְיוֹן‎)<Ref name="rayown">{{07451}}</Ref>  of spirit.


18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
18 For in much [[wisdom]] (חָכְמָ֖ה ḥāḵmāh) is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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Jesus was called teacher. Abraham, Moses, and Jesus were all teaching the people The Way of God and His righteousness. Jesus came to take the kingdom from those who were teaching something different from Moses and appointed it to the Apostles so that they would bear fruit and the world might be saved through repentance.
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What is the meaning of the word vanity here[1] and why are so many different words translated vanity?
V3 The form of the word labour (עֲמָל֣וֹ) is also translated mischief Psalms 7:16 "His mischief shall return". In Ecclesiastes 5:16 we will see the same word for "his labour" in the context of "what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?"
Verses 4 through 11 tells is that history repeats itself and there is no "new thing under the sun" but we forget what has gone before.
V8 the word for labor here is yəḡêîm[2] spelled יְגֵעִ֔ים VavGimelAyinYodMem meaning weary or wearisome and not ‘ămālōw[3] which we see in verse 3 as "his labor" meaning labor and toil and is with šeyaămōl (שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל)[3] translated "which he taketh".
V12 Was the Preacher Solomon or was (קֹהֶלֶת) ‎ qoheleth[4] the existing God of Cause and effect who teaches those who have ears to hear and eyes to see?
V13 "And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven:" but this was a "sore travail...to be exercised[5] therewith." the word exercised can have a meaning of humbling affliction. We will see it in Ecclesiastes 8:16. The author is talk about his own heart seeking wisdom. Is that like eating of the tree of knowledge?
v17 I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness hōwlêlōwṯ (וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת)[6] From halal[7] meaning "to shine". And "to know folly(סִכְלוּת)[8]." These two words are found only in Ecclesiastes and are together. He perceived that this also is vexation fromrayōwn (רַעְיוֹן‎)[9] meaning "long striving" from raah 07462 "to tend to".

V18 "For in much wisdom [is] much grief[10]or vexation.

We may see this "vexation of spirit" may be translated as grasping for the wind.
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The Gatherer

1 ¶ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

All Is Vanity

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity(הֶבֶל)‎ of vanities(הֲבָלִ֖ים); all is vanity(הֶבֶל)‎.[1]

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth (וְהָאָ֖רֶץ wəhā’āreṣ)[11] abideth for ever.

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

The Vanity of Wisdom

12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised[5] therewith.

14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness(וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת)[6] and folly(סִכְלוּת)[8]: I perceived that this also is vexation(רַעְיוֹן‎)[9] of spirit.

18 For in much wisdom (חָכְמָ֖ה ḥāḵmāh) is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 01892 הֶבֶל‎ hebel [heh’bel] or (rarely in the abs.) הבל‎ habel [hab-ale’] from 01891 to act emptily; n m/adv; [BDB-210b] [{See TWOT on 463 @@ "463a" }] AV-vanity 61, vain 11, altogether 1; 73
    n m
    1) vapour, breath
    1a) breath, vapour
    1b) vanity (fig.)
    adv
    2) vainly
    • Same as the name Abel 01893 meaning breath
  2. ↑ 03023 יָגֵעַ‎ yagea‘ [yaw-gay’-ah] from 03021 (יָגַע)‎ yaga the verb weary; adj; [BDB-388a] [{See TWOT on 842 @@ "842b" }] AV-weary 2, full of labour 1; 3
    1) weary, wearisome
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 05999 עָמָל‎ ‘amal [aw-mawl’] from 05998; n m/n f; [BDB-765b] [{See TWOT on 1639 @@ "1639a" }] AV-labour 25, mischief 9, misery 3, travail 3, trouble 3, sorrow 2, grievance 1, grievousness 1, iniquity 1, miserable 1, pain 1, painful 1, perverseness 1, toil 1, wearisome 1, wickedness 1; 55
    1) toil, trouble, labour
    1a) trouble
    1b) trouble, mischief
    1c) toil, labour Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "amal" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 06953 קֹהֶלֶת‎ qoheleth [ko-heh’-leth] fem. of act part from 06950 קָהַל‎ qahal to assemble; n m; [BDB-875a] [{See TWOT on 1991 @@ "1991c" }] AV-preacher 7; 7
    1) collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 06031 עָנָה‎ ‘anah [aw-naw’] a primitive root AyinNunTav [possibly rather ident. with 06030 "to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout" possibly through the idea of looking down or browbeating]; v; [BDB-776a, BDB-775b] [{See TWOT on 1651 }] [{See TWOT on 1652 }] AV-afflict 50, humble 11, force 5, exercised 2, sing 2, Leannoth 1, troubled 1, weakened 1, misc 11; 84
    1) to be occupied, be busied with
    1a) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with
    1b) (Hiphil) occupying (part.) [{Ec 5:20 }]
    2) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down
    2a) (Qal)
    2a1) to be put down, become low
    2a2) to be depressed, be downcast
    2a3) to be afflicted
    2a4) to stoop
    2b) (Niphal)
    2b1) to humble oneself, bow down
    2b2) to be afflicted, be humbled
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 01947 הוֹלֵלָה‎ howlelah [ho-lay-law’] act. participle of 01984 הָלַל‎ halal to shine or praise; n f; [BDB-239b] [{See TWOT on 501 @@ "501a" }] AV-madness 4; 4
    1) madness
    • Howlelah only appears in Ecclesiastes basically the word for shine with a Vav between the Hey and double Lamed.
    • The Tav at the end of hōwlêlōwṯ וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת could be understood as a feminine plural and may suggest a Mystery wanting to be revealed. Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 7:25
  7. ↑ 01984 ^ללה^ halal \@haw-lal’\@ a primitive root, Greek 239 ~αλληλουια~; v; AV-praise 117, glory 14, boast 10, mad 8, shine 3, foolish 3, fools 2, commended 2, rage 2, celebrate 1, give 1, marriage 1, renowned 1; 165
    1) to shine
    1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God’s favour)
    1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
    2) to praise, boast, be boastful
    2a) (Qal)
    2a1) to be boastful
    2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
    2b) (Piel)
    2b1) to praise
    2b2) to boast, make a boast
    2c) (Pual)
    2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
    2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one’s boast
    2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
    2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 05531 סִכְלוּת‎ cikluwth [sik-looth’] or שׂכלות‎ sikluwth (#Ec 1:17) [sik-looth’] from 05528 סָכַל‎ cakal used in 1 Samuel 13:13; n f; [BDB-698a] [{See TWOT on 1493 @@ "1493c" }] [{See TWOT on 1493 @@ "1493d" }] AV-folly 5, foolishness 2; 7
    1) folly, foolishness
    Only appears in:
    Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly <05531>: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
    Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly <05531>, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
    Ecclesiastes 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly <05531>: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly <05531>, as far as light excelleth darkness.
    Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly<03689 - כֶּסֶל‎ kecel flank, hope>, even of foolishness <05531> [and] madness:
    Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly <05531> him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour... 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness <05531>: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 07475 רַעְיוֹן‎ ra‘yown [rah-yone’] from 07462 Shepherd in the sense of 07469 striving; n m; [BDB-946b] [{See TWOT on 2187 @@ "2187c" }] AV-vexation 3; 3
    1) longing, striving
    • See also 07476 רַעְיוֹן‎ thought 5, cogitation 1; 07469 רְעוּת‎ vexation 7; Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "rayown" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 03708 כַּעַס‎ ka‘ac [kah’-as] or (in Job) כעשׂ‎ ka‘as [kah’-as] from 03707 to be angry, be vexed; n m; [BDB-495a] [{See TWOT on 1016 @@ "1016a" }] AV-grief 7, provocation 4, wrath 4, sorrow 3, anger 2, angry 1, indignation 1, provoking 1, sore 1, spite 1; 25
    1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
    1a) vexation
    1a1) of men
    1a2) of God
    1b) vexation, grief, frustration
  11. ↑ 0776 אֶרֶץ‎ ‘erets [eh’-rets] from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; n f; [BDB-75b] [{See TWOT on 167 }] AV-land 1543, earth 712, country 140, ground 98, world 4, way 3, common 1, field 1, nations 1, wilderness + 04057 1; 2504
    1) land, earth
    1a) earth
    1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
    1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
    1a3) earth (inhabitants)
    1b) land
    1b1) country, territory
    1b2) district, region
    1b3) tribal territory
    1b4) piece of ground
    1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
    1b6) inhabitants of land
    1b7) city (-state)
    1b8) the abode of the dead
    1c) ground, surface of the earth
    1c1) ground
    1c2) soil
    1d) (in phrases)
    1d1) people of the land
    1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
    1d3) level or plain country
    1d4) land of the living
    1d5) end(s) of the earth
    1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
    1e1) lands, countries
    1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan
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