² tn Grk “except.”

² tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

³ tn Grk “except the one who had.”

¹ tn Grk “except a human one” or “except one common to humanity.”

² tn Grk “has no need except to wash his feet.”

¹ tn Heb “they did not find her, except for.”

² tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

¹ tn Heb “except for his flesh, the one near to him.”

² tn Heb “except only what the young men have eaten.”

³ tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

³ tn Qoheleth uses the exceptive particle כִּי אִם (ki ʾim, “except”) to identify the only exception to the futility within man’s life (BDB 474 s.v. כִּי 2).

¹ tn The refrain is repeated, except now the verb is תָּבוֹא (tavoʾ, “come”).

¹ tn Except for “priests,” the phraseology is identical to v. 17a.

² tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “before our eyes,” meaning that “we see nothing except this manna.”

¹ tn The repetition expresses an exceptional or super-fine quality (see GKC 396 §123.e).

¹ tn BDAG 826 s.v. πλήν 1.d has “πλὴν ὅτι except that…Ac 20:23.”

¹ tn Grk “except they wash the hands with a fist,” a ceremonial washing (though the actual method is uncertain).

² sn Except for Joshua (v. 11) none of these individuals is otherwise mentioned and therefore they cannot be further identified.

² sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17).