Ecclesiastes 9:1

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Ecclesiastes 9:1 tn Heb “I laid all this to my heart.”
2. Ecclesiastes 9:1 tn The term וְלָבוּר (v^elavur, conjunction plus Qal infinitive construct from בּוּר, bur, “to make clear”) denotes “to examine; to make clear; to clear up; to explain” (HALOT 116 s.v. בור; BDB 101 s.v. בּוּר). The term is related to Arabic baraw “to examine” (G. R. Driver, “Supposed Arabisms in the Old Testament,” JBL 55 [1936]: 108). This verb is related to the Hebrew noun בֹּר (bor, “cleanness”) and adjective בַּר (bar, “clean”). The term is used in the OT only in Ecclesiastes (1:13; 2:3; 7:25; 9:1). This use of the infinitive has a connotative sense (“attempting to”), and functions in a complementary sense, relative to the main verb.
3. Ecclesiastes 9:1 tn The words “I concluded that” do not appear in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
4. Ecclesiastes 9:1 tn Heb “whether love or hatred.”
5. Ecclesiastes 9:1 tn Heb “man does not know anything before them.”