Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Ecc 11:7) | 2 tn The Hebrew term מָתוֹק (matoq, “sweet”) is often used elsewhere in reference to honey. The point is that life is sweet and should be savored like honey. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 9:17) | 1 tn The phrase “is heard” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness. Note its appearance in the previous line. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 10:4) | 6 tn The term “response” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification (see preceding note on the word “calm”). |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 10:1) | 3 sn Qoheleth creates a wordplay by using two Hebrew words for social honor or influence: “weighty” = honorable (יָקָר, yaqar) and “heavy” = honor (כָּבוֹד, kavod). |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 9:3) | 3 tn The term “awaits” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness and stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 9:11) | 3 tn The term “always” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation (five times in this verse) for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 8:17) | 10 tn The term “it” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is an implied direct object and has been supplied in the translation for smoothness and stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 8:15) | 1 tn Heb “the enjoyment.” The phrase “of life” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:25) | 3 tn The phrase “the role of” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:26) | 2 tn The phrase “kind of” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (see the following note on the word “woman”). |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:28) | 2 tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 8:2) | 4 tn The words “to be loyal to him” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:18) | 1 tn The word “warning” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation two times in this line for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:12) | 3 tn The phrase “just as” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 7:10) | 1 tn Heb “these.” “Days” does not appear in the Hebrew text as second time, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 6:9) | 1 tn The phrase “to be content with” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 6:7) | 1 tn The phrase “for nothing more than” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 5:10) | 4 tn The phrase “will never be satisfied” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. Note the previous line. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 5:17) | 1 tn Heb “all his days.” The phrase “of his life” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Ecc 6:5) | 3 sn The Hebrew term translated rest here refers to freedom from toil, anxiety, and misery—part of the miserable misfortune that the miserly man of wealth must endure. |
