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Ecclesiastes 5:13
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:13
New English Translation
Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life
13 Here is[a] a misfortune[b] on earth[c] that I have seen:
Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 tn Heb “there is.” The term יֵשׁ (yesh, “there is”) is often used in aphorisms to assert the existence of a particular situation that occurs sometimes. It may indicate that the situation is not the rule but that it does occur on occasion, and may be nuanced “sometimes” (e.g., Prov 11:24; 13:7, 23; 14:12; 16:25; 18:24; 20:15; Eccl 2:21; 4:8; 5:12; 6:1; 7:15 [2x]; 8:14 [3x]).
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 tn The noun רָעָה (raʿah, “evil”) probably means “misfortune” (HALOT 1263 s.v. רָעָה 4) or “injustice, wrong” (HALOT 1262 s.v. רָעָה 2.b). The phrase רָעָה רַבָּה (raʿah rabbah) connotes “grave injustice” or “great misfortune” (Eccl 2:17; 5:12, 15; 6:1; 10:5).
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 tn Heb “under the sun.”
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