16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 4:16:1 ⧉אֵ֣ין־קֵ֔ץenketsthere is no end of Ecclesiastes 4:16:2 ⧉לְכָל־הָעָ֗םlekholhaamall the people Ecclesiastes 4:16:3 ⧉לְכֹ֤לlekholto all Ecclesiastes 4:16:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה֙asherhayawho was Ecclesiastes 4:16:5 ⧉לִפְנֵיהֶ֔םlifnehembefore them Ecclesiastes 4:16:6 ⧉גַּ֥םgamalso Ecclesiastes 4:16:7 ⧉הָאַֽחֲרוֹנִ֖יםhaakharonimthe later ones Ecclesiastes 4:16:8 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Ecclesiastes 4:16:9 ⧉יִשְׂמְחוּ־ב֑וֹyismekhuvothey will rejoice in him Ecclesiastes 4:16:10 ⧉כִּֽי־גַם־זֶ֥הkigamzefor also this Ecclesiastes 4:16:11 ⧉הֶ֖בֶלhevelvanity Ecclesiastes 4:16:12 ⧉וְרַעְי֥וֹןverayonand striving Ecclesiastes 4:16:13 ⧉רֽוּחַ׃ruakhof wind |
16. Formal Translation There is no end to all the people, even to all who were before them; yet those who come after will not rejoice in him. For this also is vanity and a striving after the wind. |
16. Dynamic Translation The crowds have no end, including everyone who came before; still, those who arrive later will not rejoice in him. This, too, is meaningless and a chase after the wind. |