19. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 2:19:1 ⧉וּמִ֣יumiand who Ecclesiastes 2:19:2 ⧉יוֹדֵ֗עַyodeaknows Ecclesiastes 2:19:3 ⧉הֶֽחָכָ֤םhekhakhamthe wise man Ecclesiastes 2:19:4 ⧉יִהְיֶה֙yihyehehe will be Ecclesiastes 2:19:5 ⧉א֣וֹoor Ecclesiastes 2:19:6 ⧉סָכָ֔לsakhala fool Ecclesiastes 2:19:7 ⧉וְיִשְׁלַט֙veyishlatand he will rule Ecclesiastes 2:19:8 ⧉בְּכָל־עֲמָלִ֔יbekholamaliover all my toil Ecclesiastes 2:19:9 ⧉שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיsheamaltiwhich I toiled Ecclesiastes 2:19:10 ⧉וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּיveshekhakhamtiand which I acted wisely Ecclesiastes 2:19:11 ⧉תַּ֣חַתtakhatunder Ecclesiastes 2:19:12 ⧉הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe sun Ecclesiastes 2:19:13 ⧉גַּם־זֶ֖הgamzealso this Ecclesiastes 2:19:14 ⧉הָֽבֶל׃havelvanity or vapor |
19. Formal Translation And who can discern whether he will prove wise or foolish? Yet he will govern over all my toil which I have undertaken and the wisdom I have displayed under the sun. This also is vanity. |
19. Dynamic Translation No one can say whether the one who follows will be wise or foolish. Yet that person will control all my toil and the wisdom I applied under the sun. This also is pointless. |