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Ecclesiastes 1:18

Context

1:18 For with great wisdom comes 1  great frustration;

whoever increases his 2  knowledge merely 3  increases his 4  heartache.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

Context

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.”



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