Pengkhotbah 8:6

8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,

for the oppression ¹  of the king ²  is severe upon his victim. ³ 

Pengkhotbah 9:13

Most People Are Not Receptive to Wise Counsel

9:13 This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, ⁴ 

and it is a great burden ⁵  to me:

Pengkhotbah 10:19

10:19 Feasts ⁶  are made ⁷  for laughter,

and wine makes life merry, ⁸ 

but money is the answer ⁹  for everything.

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “evil”; or “misery.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “the man.”

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “upon him.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “under the sun.”

[9:13]  ⁵ tn The term “burden” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “bread.” The term לֶחֶם (lekhem) is used literally of “bread” and figuratively (i.e., by metonymy) for a “feast” (BDB 536–37 s.v. לֶחֶם). BDB suggests that עֹשִׂיה לֶחֶם (’osih lekhem) in Eccl 10:19 means “make a feast” (BDB 537 s.v. לֶחֶם 1.a). This obscure line has occasioned numerous proposals: “a feast is made for laughter” (KJV, ASV, NIV); “feasts are made for laughter” (NRSV); “men feast for merrymaking” (Moffatt); “men prepare a meal for enjoyment” (NASB); “the table has its pleasures” (NEB); “they [i.e., rulers of v. 16] make a banquet for revelry” (NJPS); “people prepare a banquet for enjoyment” (MLB); “for laughter they make bread and wine, that the living may feast” (Douay); “bread is made for laughter” (RSV); “bread [and oil] call forth merriment” (NAB).

[10:19]  ⁷ tn The subject of the verb is not specified. When active verbs have an unspecified subject, they are often used in a passive sense: “Bread [feasts] are made….”

[10:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and wine gladdens life.”

[10:19]  ⁹ tn Or “and [they think that] money is the answer for everything.”