1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 4:1:1 ⧉וְשַׁ֣בְתִּיveshavtiand I turned Ecclesiastes 4:1:2 ⧉אֲנִ֗יaniI Ecclesiastes 4:1:3 ⧉וָאֶרְאֶה֙vaereand I saw Ecclesiastes 4:1:4 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עֲשׁוּקִ֔יםetkolhaashukim{the sign of the direct object} all the oppressed ones Ecclesiastes 4:1:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֖רasherthat Ecclesiastes 4:1:6 ⧉נַעֲשִׂ֣יםnaasimare done Ecclesiastes 4:1:7 ⧉תַּ֣חַתtakhatunder Ecclesiastes 4:1:8 ⧉הַשָּׁ֣מֶשׁhashameshthe sun Ecclesiastes 4:1:9 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֣הvehineand behold Ecclesiastes 4:1:10 ⧉דִּמְעַ֣תdimatthe tears of Ecclesiastes 4:1:11 ⧉הָֽעֲשׁוּקִ֗יםhaashukimthe oppressed ones Ecclesiastes 4:1:12 ⧉וְאֵ֤יןveenand there is not Ecclesiastes 4:1:13 ⧉לָהֶם֙lahemto them Ecclesiastes 4:1:14 ⧉מְנַחֵ֔םmenakhemone comforting Ecclesiastes 4:1:15 ⧉וּמִיַּ֤דumiyadand from the hand of Ecclesiastes 4:1:16 ⧉עֹֽשְׁקֵיהֶם֙oshekehemtheir oppressors Ecclesiastes 4:1:17 ⧉כֹּ֔חַkoakhpower Ecclesiastes 4:1:18 ⧉וְאֵ֥יןveenand there is not Ecclesiastes 4:1:19 ⧉לָהֶ֖םlahemto them Ecclesiastes 4:1:20 ⧉מְנַחֵֽם׃menakhemone comforting |
1. Formal Translation And I returned, I myself, and I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and there is no comforter for them—and from the hand of their oppressors is power, but there is no comforter for them. |
1. Dynamic Translation So I turned and looked at all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of those being crushed, but there was no one to comfort them. The oppressors held all the power, and there was no one to comfort them. |