Ecclesiastes: Based on the Revised Standard Version

alternative ancient Near Eastern appears Aramaic ašer attempt beginning Ben Sira better biblical biblical Hebrew Book of Job Book of Proverbs clause clear clearly commentaries commentators conclusion connection context conventional wisdom correct death e.g. Prov earlier wisdom Ecclesiastes elsewhere emendation enjoyment evil example expression fact follows folly fool frequently futility Galling God's Gordis hebel Hebrew text Hertzberg human intended interpretation judgement king Kroeber l'Ecclésiaste Lamedh later Lauha literally literary Lohfink man's meaning merismus metaphor Mishnah noun occurs Old Testament Palestine parallel passages person phrase pleasure possible probably Qere Qoheleth Qoheleth's thought question Qumran quotation reason reference regard rendering repetition second half sense sentence Sheol similar simply Solomon statement suggested supposed thematic theme things tôb toil vanity verb Vulg wealth whole Whybray wisdom literature wise word Zimmerli