1:18 For with great wisdom comes 1 great frustration;
whoever increases his 2 knowledge merely 3 increases his 4 heartache.
10:13 At the beginning his words 5 are foolish
and at the end 6 his talk 7 is wicked madness, 8
1 tn This term does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn This term does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn This term does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn This term does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “the words of his mouth.”
6 sn The terms “beginning” and “end” form a merism, a figure of speech in which two opposites are contrasted to indicate totality (e.g., Deut 6:7; Ps 139:8; Eccl 3:2-8). The words of a fool are madness from “start to finish.”
7 tn Heb “his mouth.”
8 tn Heb “madness of evil.”