¹ tn Heb “man goes out to his work, and to his labor until evening.”

² tn Heb “and he remembered that they [were] flesh, a wind [that] goes and does not return.”

¹ tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”

¹ tn Heb “When it goes out” (cf. Lev 25:25-34).

⁵ tn Heb “or a man who goes out from him a lying of seed.”

¹ tn Heb “and who a lying down of seed goes out from him.”

¹ tn Heb “if a fire goes out and finds”; NLT “if a fire gets out of control.”

¹ sn The figurative language calls for genuine repentance and not merely external ritual that goes through the motions.

³ tn Heb “like the early rising dew that goes away”; cf. TEV “like the dew that vanishes early in the day.”

² tn Heb “to speak good concerning them,” which goes back to the concept of “good” being paid back with evil.

⁵ sn This expression is a metonymy of adjunct; it is a gesture that goes with the appeal for some to approach.

¹ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations. See note at Deut 21:13.

² tn Heb “the sun goes.” The participle בָּא (baʾ, “to go in”) emphasizes continual, durative, uninterrupted action (present universal use of participle): the sun is continually rising and continually setting day after day. The repetition of בָּא in 1:4-5 creates a comparison between the relative futility of all human endeavor (“a generation comes and a generation goes [בָּא]”) with the relative futility of the action of the sun (“the sun rises and the sun goes” [i.e., “sets,” בָּא]).

² tn Grk “with rejoicing.” The prepositional clause is placed after “his glorious presence” in Greek, but most likely goes with “cause you to stand.”

¹ tn Heb “the one who breaks through goes up before them.” The verb form is understood as a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of this coming event.

³ tn Heb “on them.” The antecedent goes back to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah (i.e., the people in them) in v. 15.

² sn In the ultimate justice of God, the wealth of the wicked goes to the righteous after death (e.g., Ps 49:10, 17).

¹ tn Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.

¹¹ tn The translation assumes that the verb צוּץ (tsuts, “flourish”) goes with the preceding line. The words “be as abundant” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn The verb is supplied in the translation. The Hebrew text has no verb; יָצָא (yatsaʾ, “goes out”) is understood by ellipsis.