Pengkhotbah 2:22

Painful Days and Restless Nights

2:22 What does a man acquire from all his labor

and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? ¹ 

Pengkhotbah 3:10

3:10 I have observed the burden

that God has given to people ²  to keep them occupied.

Pengkhotbah 8:3

8:3 Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste – do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, ³ 

for he can do whatever he pleases.

Pengkhotbah 12:7

12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was,

and the life’s breath ⁴  returns to God who gave it.

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “under the sun.” The rhetorical question is an example of negative affirmation, expecting a negative answer: “Man acquires nothing” (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 949-51).

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “the sons of man.”

[8:3]  ³ tn Or “do not stand up for a bad cause.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Or “spirit.” The likely referent is the life’s breath that originates with God. See Eccl 3:19, as well as Gen 2:7; 6:17; 7:22.