Verse 20

{ "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.2.20", "source": "וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֖י לְיַאֵ֣שׁ אֶת־לִבִּ֑י עַ֚ל כָּל־הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל שֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּי תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃", "text": "And *sabbôtî* I to *lĕyaʾēsh* *ʾet*-*libbî* over all-the-*ʿāmāl* *sheʿāmaltî* under the-*shāmesh*.", "grammar": { "*sabbôtî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I turned", "*lĕyaʾēsh*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to cause to despair", "*libbî*": "masculine singular noun + 1st person suffix - my heart", "*ʿāmāl*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the labor", "*sheʿāmaltî*": "relative particle + perfect, 1st singular - that I labored", "*shāmesh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the sun" }, "variants": { "*sabbôtî*": "I turned/I turned around/I turned myself", "*lĕyaʾēsh ʾet-libbî*": "to despair/to give up in despair/to make my heart despair", "*ʿal kol-heʿāmāl*": "over all the labor/concerning all the toil", "*sheʿāmaltî*": "that I had labored/worked/toiled", "*taḥat hashāmesh*": "under the sun/in this world" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Genesis.43.14", "source": "וְאֵ֣ל שַׁדַּ֗י יִתֵּ֨ן לָכֶ֤ם רַחֲמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאִ֔ישׁ וְשִׁלַּ֥ח לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אַחֵ֖ר וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וַאֲנִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁכֹ֖לְתִּי שָׁכָֽלְתִּי׃", "text": "And *ʾēl* *šadday* *yittēn* to you *raḥămîm* before the *ʾîš*, and *wəšillaḥ* to you *ʾet*-your *ʾăḥîkem* other and *ʾet*-*binyāmîn*; and I, when *šākōltî* *šākāltî*", "grammar": { "*wəʾēl*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and God", "*šadday*": "proper noun/divine name - Almighty", "*yittēn*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - may he give", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you", "*raḥămîm*": "masculine plural noun - compassion/mercy", "*lipnê*": "preposition + construct form of masculine plural noun - before", "*hāʾîš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man", "*wəšillaḥ*": "conjunction + piel perfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and may he release", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you", "*ʾet-ʾăḥîkem*": "direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*ʾaḥēr*": "adjective masculine singular - other", "*wəʾet-binyāmîn*": "conjunction + direct object marker + proper noun - and Benjamin", "*waʾănî*": "conjunction + 1st person singular independent pronoun - and I", "*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction - as/when", "*šākōltî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I am bereaved", "*šākāltî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I am bereaved" }, "variants": { "*ʾēl šadday*": "God Almighty/El Shaddai", "*raḥămîm*": "compassion/mercy/tender feelings", "*wəšillaḥ*": "may he release/let go/send back", "*ʾaḥēr*": "other/another", "*šākōltî šākāltî*": "I am bereaved, I am bereaved/as I have been bereaved, so I shall be bereaved" } }
  • Job 17:11-15 : 11 { "verseID": "Job.17.11", "source": "יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃", "text": "*yāmay* *ʿāḇrû* *zimmōṯay* *nittəqû* *môrāšê* *ləḇāḇî*", "grammar": { "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*ʿāḇrû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have passed away", "*zimmōṯay*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my plans/thoughts", "*nittəqû*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are broken off/torn away", "*môrāšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - possessions of", "*ləḇāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my heart" }, "variants": { "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*ʿāḇrû*": "they have passed away/crossed over/gone by", "*zimmōṯay*": "my plans/thoughts/purposes/schemes", "*nittəqû*": "they are broken off/torn away/cut off", "*môrāšê*": "possessions of/treasures of/desires of", "*ləḇāḇî*": "my heart/mind/inner self" } } 12 { "verseID": "Job.17.12", "source": "לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃", "text": "*laylâ* for-*yôm* *yāśîmû* *ʾôr* *qārôḇ* from-face-of-*ḥōšeḵ*", "grammar": { "*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular - night", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day", "*yāśîmû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they set/put/place", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light", "*qārôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - near/close", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness" }, "variants": { "*laylâ*": "night/darkness", "*yôm*": "day/daytime", "*yāśîmû*": "they set/put/place/make", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/brightness", "*qārôḇ*": "near/close/at hand", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity" } } 13 { "verseID": "Job.17.13", "source": "אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃", "text": "if-*ʾăqawwe* *šəʾôl* *bêṯî* in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *rippaddtî* *yəṣûʿāy*", "grammar": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/underworld", "*bêṯî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*rippaddtî*": "Piel perfect 1st person singular - I have spread out", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bed/couch" }, "variants": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/underworld/grave/pit", "*bêṯî*": "my house/dwelling/home", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity", "*rippaddtî*": "I have spread out/made my bed", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "my bed/couch/resting place" } } 14 { "verseID": "Job.17.14", "source": "לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃", "text": "to-the-*šaḥaṯ* *qārāʾṯî* *ʾāḇî* you-are *ʾimmî* *wa-ʾăḥōṯî* to-the-*rimmâ*", "grammar": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - pit/grave/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have called", "*ʾāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my father", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot" }, "variants": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "pit/grave/corruption/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "I have called/named/proclaimed", "*ʾāḇî*": "my father", "*ʾimmî*": "my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "worm/maggot/decay" } } 15 { "verseID": "Job.17.15", "source": "וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃", "text": "*wə-ʾayyēh* *ʾēp̄ô* *ṯiqwāṯî* *wə-ṯiqwāṯî* who *yəšûrennâ*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾayyēh*": "conjunction + interrogative adverb - and where", "*ʾēp̄ô*": "adverb - then/now", "*ṯiqwāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hope", "*wə-ṯiqwāṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my hope", "*yəšûrennâ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he will behold it" }, "variants": { "*wə-ʾayyēh*": "and where/where, then", "*ʾēp̄ô*": "then/now/indeed", "*ṯiqwāṯî*": "my hope/expectation", "*yəšûrennâ*": "he will behold it/regard it/observe it" } }
  • Ps 39:6-7 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.39.6", "source": "הִנֵּ֤ה טְפָח֨וֹת ׀ נָ֘תַ֤תָּה יָמַ֗י וְחֶלְדִּ֣י כְאַ֣יִן נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ אַ֥ךְ כָּֽל־הֶ֥בֶל כָּל־אָ֝דָ֗ם נִצָּ֥ב סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "*hinnēh* *ṭəfāḥôt* *nātattāh* *yāmay* and-*ḥeldî* like-*ʾayin* *negdekā* *ʾak* all-*hebel* all-*ʾādām* *niṣṣāb* *selāh*", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look", "*ṭəfāḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - handbreadths", "*nātattāh*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have made/set", "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*ḥeldî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and my lifetime", "*ʾayin*": "substantive with prefixed preposition 'kə' - like nothing", "*negdekā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you", "*ʾak*": "adverb - surely/only", "*hebel*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed 'kol' - all (is) vanity", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed 'kol' - every man", "*niṣṣāb*": "verb, niphal participle masculine singular - standing/established", "*selāh*": "musical notation - selah" }, "variants": { "*hinnēh*": "behold/look/see", "*ṭəfāḥôt*": "handbreadths/spans (measurement)", "*nātattāh*": "you have made/set/appointed", "*ḥeldî*": "my lifetime/duration/world", "*ʾayin*": "nothing/non-existence", "*ʾak*": "surely/only/indeed", "*hebel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/emptiness", "*niṣṣāb*": "standing/positioned/established" } } 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.39.7", "source": "אַךְ־בְּצֶ֤לֶם ׀ יִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־אִ֗ישׁ אַךְ־הֶ֥בֶל יֶהֱמָ֑יוּן יִ֝צְבֹּ֗ר וְֽלֹא־יֵדַ֥ע מִי־אֹסְפָֽם׃", "text": "*ʾak*-in-*ṣelem* *yithallek*-*ʾîš* *ʾak*-*hebel* *yehĕmāyûn* *yiṣbōr* and-not-*yēdaʿ* who-*ʾōsəfām*", "grammar": { "*ʾak*": "adverb with prefixed 'bə' - only/surely in", "*ṣelem*": "noun, masculine singular - image/shadow", "*yithallek*": "verb, hithpael imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - walks about", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*ʾak*": "adverb - only/surely", "*hebel*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/breath", "*yehĕmāyûn*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they make noise/are in turmoil", "*yiṣbōr*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he heaps up/gathers", "*yēdaʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with prefixed conjunction 'wə' and negative 'lō' - and does not know", "*ʾōsəfām*": "verb, qal participle masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and interrogative 'mî' - who gathers them" }, "variants": { "*ʾak*": "surely/only/indeed", "*ṣelem*": "image/shadow/phantom/illusion", "*yithallek*": "walks about/goes to and fro/wanders", "*ʾîš*": "man/person/human", "*hebel*": "vapor/breath/vanity/emptiness", "*yehĕmāyûn*": "make noise/are in turmoil/are in commotion", "*yiṣbōr*": "heaps up/gathers/accumulates", "*yēdaʿ*": "knows/understands/perceives", "*ʾōsəfām*": "gathers them/collects them" } }
  • 1 Cor 15:19 : 19 { "verseID": "1 Corinthians.15.19", "source": "Εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἠλπικότες ἐσμὲν ἐν Χριστῷ μόνον, ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν.", "text": "*Ei en tē zōē tautē ēlpikotes esmen en Christō monon*, *eleeinoteroi pantōn anthrōpōn esmen*", "grammar": { "*Ei*": "conditional conjunction - if", "*en*": "preposition + dative - in", "*tē zōē*": "dative, feminine, singular - the life", "*tautē*": "demonstrative adjective, dative, feminine, singular - this", "*ēlpikotes*": "perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having hoped", "*esmen*": "present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are", "*en Christō*": "preposition + dative, masculine, singular - in Christ", "*monon*": "adverb - only", "*eleeinoteroi*": "comparative adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - more pitiable", "*pantōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of all", "*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of men/of people", "*esmen*": "present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are" }, "variants": { "*Ei*": "if/since", "*zōē*": "life/existence", "*tautē*": "this/present", "*ēlpikotes esmen*": "we have hoped/we have put our hope", "*en Christō*": "in Christ/in union with Christ", "*monon*": "only/merely/alone", "*eleeinoteroi*": "more pitiable/more miserable/more to be pitied", "*pantōn anthrōpōn*": "of all men/of all people/than all humans" } }
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.1.8", "source": "Οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ, ὅτι καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν, ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν:", "text": "For not we *thelomen* you to *agnoein*, *adelphoi*, concerning the *thlipseōs* of us which *genomenēs* to us in *Asia*, that according to *hyperbolēn* we were *ebarēthēmen*, beyond *dynamin*, so as to *exaporēthēnai* us even of *zēn*:", "grammar": { "*thelomen*": "present indicative, active, 1st person plural - we wish/want", "*agnoein*": "present infinitive, active - to be ignorant/unaware", "*adelphoi*": "vocative, masculine, plural - brothers", "*thlipseōs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of affliction/trouble", "*genomenēs*": "aorist participle, middle, genitive, feminine, singular - having happened", "*hyperbolēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - excess/extreme measure", "*ebarēthēmen*": "aorist indicative, passive, 1st person plural - we were burdened/weighed down", "*dynamin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - power/strength/ability", "*exaporēthēnai*": "aorist infinitive, passive - to be utterly at a loss/in despair", "*zēn*": "present infinitive, active - to live" }, "variants": { "*thelomen*": "we wish/want/desire", "*agnoein*": "to be ignorant/unaware/not knowing", "*adelphoi*": "brothers/siblings/fellow believers", "*thlipseōs*": "affliction/trouble/distress/suffering", "*hyperbolēn*": "excess/extreme measure/surpassing degree", "*ebarēthēmen*": "we were burdened/weighed down/oppressed", "*dynamin*": "power/strength/ability/capacity", "*exaporēthēnai*": "to be utterly at a loss/in despair/without resources", "*zēn*": "to live/to be alive" } } 9 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.1.9", "source": "Ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι τοὺς νεκρούς:", "text": "But ourselves in ourselves the *apokrima* of *thanatou* we have *eschēkamen*, so that not *pepoithotes* we might be upon ourselves, but upon the *Theō* the one *egeironti* the *nekrous*:", "grammar": { "*apokrima*": "accusative, neuter, singular - sentence/verdict", "*thanatou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of death", "*eschēkamen*": "perfect indicative, active, 1st person plural - we have had", "*pepoithotes*": "perfect participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having trusted/been confident", "*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - on God", "*egeironti*": "present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - raising", "*nekrous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - dead ones" }, "variants": { "*apokrima*": "sentence/verdict/response/decree", "*thanatou*": "death/mortality", "*eschēkamen*": "we have had/experienced/received", "*pepoithotes*": "having trusted/been confident/relied upon", "*egeironti*": "raising/awakening/causing to rise", "*nekrous*": "dead ones/corpses" } } 10 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.1.10", "source": "Ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου, ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται: εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται·", "text": "Who from so great *thanatou*, *errysato* us and *rhyetai*: in whom we have *ēlpikamen* that also still he will *rhysetai*;", "grammar": { "*thanatou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of death", "*errysato*": "aorist indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - rescued/delivered", "*rhyetai*": "present indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - rescues/delivers", "*ēlpikamen*": "perfect indicative, active, 1st person plural - we have hoped", "*rhysetai*": "future indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - will rescue/deliver" }, "variants": { "*thanatou*": "death/peril/danger", "*errysato*": "rescued/delivered/saved", "*rhyetai*": "rescues/delivers/saves", "*ēlpikamen*": "we have hoped/trusted/expected", "*rhysetai*": "will rescue/deliver/save" } }
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.3.3", "source": "Τὸ μηδένα σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν ταύταις: αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο κείμεθα.", "text": "That no one *sainesthai* in the *thlipsesin* these: *autoi* for *oidate* that for *touto* we *keimetha*.", "grammar": { "*sainesthai*": "present passive infinitive - to be disturbed/shaken", "*thlipsesin*": "dative plural feminine - in afflictions/troubles", "*autoi*": "intensive pronoun, nominative plural masculine - yourselves", "*oidate*": "perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you know", "*touto*": "demonstrative pronoun, accusative singular neuter - this", "*keimetha*": "present middle/passive indicative, 1st person plural - we are appointed/destined" }, "variants": { "*sainesthai*": "to be disturbed/shaken/wagged/moved/flattered", "*thlipsesin*": "afflictions/tribulations/troubles/distresses", "*keimetha*": "we are appointed/destined/set/lying" } } 4 { "verseID": "1 Thessalonians.3.4", "source": "Καὶ γὰρ, ὅτε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἦμεν, προελέγομεν ὑμῖν ὅτι μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι· καθὼς καὶ ἐγένετο, καὶ οἴδατε.", "text": "And for, when *pros* you we *ēmen*, we *proelegomen* to you that we *mellomen* *thlibesthai*; *kathōs* also *egeneto*, and you *oidate*.", "grammar": { "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - with/toward you", "*ēmen*": "imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we were", "*proelegomen*": "imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we were telling beforehand", "*mellomen*": "present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are about to", "*thlibesthai*": "present passive infinitive - to be afflicted", "*kathōs*": "adverb - just as/according as", "*egeneto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - it happened/came to pass", "*oidate*": "perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you know" }, "variants": { "*proelegomen*": "we were telling beforehand/foretelling/predicting", "*mellomen*": "we are about to/going to/intend to", "*thlibesthai*": "to be afflicted/troubled/pressured/distressed", "*egeneto*": "it happened/came to pass/occurred" } }