* 1.1 v 12; Eccl 7.27; 12.8–10

* 1.2 Ps 39.5, 6; 62.9; 144.4; Eccl 12.8

* 1.3 Eccl 2.22; 3.9

* 1.4 Ps 104.5; 119.90

* 1.5 Ps 19.5, 6

* 1.6 Eccl 11.5; Jn 3.8

a 1.8 Or words

* 1.8 Prov 27.20

* 1.9 Eccl 2.12; 3.15

* 1.13 v 17; Eccl 3.10

* 1.14 Eccl 2.11, 17

* 1.15 Eccl 7.13

* 1.16 1 Kings 3.12, 13; 4.30; 10.23; Eccl 2.9

* 1.17 Eccl 2.3, 12; 7.23, 25

* 1.18 Eccl 12.12

* 2.1 Eccl 1.2; Lk 12.19

* 2.2 Prov 14.13; Eccl 7.6

* 2.4 1 Kings 7.1–12; Song 8.10, 11

* 2.5 Neh 2.8; Song 4.16; 5.1

b 2.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 2.8 2 Sam 19.35; 1 Kings 4.21; 9.28; 10.10, 14, 21; 20.14

* 2.9 Eccl 1.16

* 2.10 Eccl 3.22

* 2.11 Eccl 1.3, 14

* 2.12 Eccl 1.17; 7.25

* 2.14 Ps 49.10; Prov 17.24; Eccl 9.2, 3, 11

* 2.15 Eccl 6.8, 11

* 2.17 vv 22, 23; Eccl 4.2

* 2.18 v 11; Ps 39.6; 49.10

* 2.20 v 11

* 2.21 v 18; Eccl 4.4

* 2.22 Eccl 1.3; 3.9

* 2.23 Job 5.7; 14.1; Ps 127.2; Eccl 1.18

* 2.24 Eccl 3.12, 13, 22; 5.18; 8.15

c 2.25 Gk Syr: Heb apart from me

* 2.26 Job 27.16, 17; 32.8; Eccl 1.14

* 3.1 v 17; Eccl 8.6

* 3.2 Heb 9.27

* 3.4 Ex 15.20; Ps 126.2; Rom 12.15

* 3.5 1 Cor 7.5

* 3.7 Am 5.13

* 3.8 Lk 14.26

* 3.9 Eccl 1.3

* 3.10 Eccl 1.13

* 3.11 Gen 1.31; Eccl 8.17; Rom 11.33

* 3.14 Eccl 5.7; Jas 1.17

d 3.15 Heb what is pursued

* 3.15 Eccl 1.9; 6.10

* 3.17 v 1; Mt 16.27; Rom 2.6–8; 2 Cor 5.10; 2 Thess 1.6, 7

e 3.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 3.18 Ps 73.22

* 3.19 Eccl 9.12

* 3.20 Gen 3.19; Eccl 12.7

* 3.21 Eccl 12.7

* 3.22 Eccl 2.24; 5.18; 6.12; 8.7; 10.14

* 4.1 Eccl 3.16; 5.8

* 4.3 Eccl 6.3

* 4.4 Eccl 1.14; 2.21

* 4.5 Prov 6.10; Isa 9.20

* 4.6 Prov 15.16, 17; 16.8

* 4.8 Prov 27.20; 1 Jn 2.16

* 4.11 1 Kings 1.1

* 4.13 Eccl 9.15

* 4.14 Gen 41.14, 41–43

f 4.15 Heb the second

g 4.15 Heb him

h 4.16 Heb who were before them

* 4.16 Eccl 1.14

i 5.1 4.17 in Heb

j 5.1 Cn: Heb they do not know how to do evil

* 5.1 Ex 3.5; 1 Sam 15.22; Prov 15.8, 21–27; Isa 1.12; Hos 6.6

k 5.2 5.1 in Heb

* 5.2 Prov 10.19; 20.25; Mt 6.7

* 5.4 Deut 23.21–23; Ps 50.14; 66.13, 14; 76.11

* 5.5 Prov 20.25; Acts 5.4

l 5.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 5.7 Eccl 3.14; 12.13

* 5.8 Ps 12.5; 58.11; 82.1; Eccl 4.1

m 5.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 5.10 Eccl 2.10, 11

* 5.12 Prov 3.24

* 5.13 Eccl 6.1, 2

* 5.15 Job 1.21; Ps 49.17; 1 Tim 6.7

* 5.16 Prov 11.29; Eccl 1.3

* 5.17 Eccl 2.23

* 5.18 Eccl 2.10, 24; 3.22

* 5.19 2 Chr 1.12; Eccl 2.24; 3.13; 6.2

* 6.1 Eccl 5.13

* 6.2 1 Kings 3.13; Ps 17.14; 73.7

* 6.3 2 Kings 9.35; Eccl 4.3; Isa 14.19, 20; Jer 22.19

* 6.7 Prov 16.26

* 6.8 Eccl 2.15

* 6.9 Eccl 1.14; 11.9

* 6.10 Job 9.32; Eccl 1.9; Isa 45.9; Jer 49.19

* 6.12 Ps 39.6; Eccl 8.7; Jas 4.14

* 7.1 Prov 15.30; 22.1; Eccl 4.2

* 7.2 Ps 90.12; Eccl 2.16

* 7.3 2 Cor 7.10

* 7.5 Ps 141.5; Prov 13.18; 15.31, 32

* 7.7 Ex 23.8; Deut 16.19

* 7.8 v 1; Prov 14.29; Gal 5.22; Eph 4.2

* 7.9 Prov 14.17; Jas 1.19

* 7.11 Prov 8.10, 11

* 7.13 Eccl 1.15; 3.11; 8.17; Isa 14.27

* 7.14 Deut 8.5; Eccl 3.4

* 7.15 Eccl 6.12; 8.14

* 7.16 Rom 12.3

* 7.19 Eccl 9.13–18

* 7.20 1 Kings 8.46; 2 Chr 6.36; Prov 20.9; Rom 3.23

* 7.23 Rom 1.22

* 7.24 Job 28.12; Rom 11.33

* 7.25 Eccl 1.17; 2.12

* 7.26 Prov 5.3, 4; 22.14

* 7.27 Eccl 1.1, 2

* 7.29 Gen 1.27; 3.6, 7

* 8.1 Deut 28.50; Prov 4.8, 9

n 8.2 Heb I keep

* 8.2 Ezek 17.18

* 8.4 Job 9.12; Dan 4.35

* 8.6 Eccl 3.1, 17

* 8.7 Prov 24.22; Eccl 6.12; 9.12; 10.14

o 8.8 Or breath

p 8.8 Or breath

* 8.8 v 13; Deut 20.5–8; Ps 49.6, 7

* 8.9 Eccl 4.1; 5.8

q 8.10 Cn: Heb buried

r 8.10 Gk: Heb they were forgotten

* 8.12 Ps 18.19; 37.11; Prov 1.32, 33; Isa 3.10, 11; 65.20

* 8.13 v 8; Eccl 6.12; Isa 3.11

* 8.14 Job 21.7; Ps 73.14; Eccl 7.15; Mal 3.15

* 8.15 Eccl 2.24; 3.12, 13; 5.18; 9.7

* 8.17 v 7; Job 5.9; Ps 73.16; Eccl 3.11; Rom 11.33

s 9.2 Syr Compare Gk: Heb Everything that confronts them 2is everything

t 9.2 Gk Syr Vg: Heb lacks and the evil

* 9.2 Job 9.22; Eccl 6.6; 7.2

* 9.3 v 2; Eccl 1.17; 8.11

* 9.5 Job 14.21; Ps 88.12; Eccl 1.11; 2.16; Isa 26.14

* 9.6 Eccl 3.22

* 9.7 Eccl 8.15

* 9.8 Ps 23.5; Rev 3.4

u 9.9 Cn: Heb sun, all the days of your vanity

* 9.9 Eccl 6.12; 7.15

* 9.10 Isa 38.10; Rom 12.11; Col 3.23

* 9.11 Deut 8.17, 18; 1 Sam 6.9; Am 2.14, 15

* 9.12 Prov 29.6; Eccl 8.7; Isa 24.18; Lk 21.34, 35

* 9.15 Eccl 2.16; 4.13; 8.10

* 9.16 Prov 21.22; Eccl 7.19

* 9.17 Eccl 7.5; 10.12

* 9.18 v 16; Josh 7.1, 11, 12

v 10.1 Gk Vg Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 10.3 Prov 13.16; 18.2

* 10.4 1 Sam 25.24–33; Prov 25.15; Eccl 8.3

* 10.6 Esth 3.1

* 10.8 Ps 7.15; Prov 26.27

* 10.11 Ps 58.4, 5; Jer 8.17

* 10.12 Prov 10.14, 32; 18.7; Lk 4.22

* 10.13 Eccl 7.25

* 10.14 Prov 15.2; Eccl 3.22; 6.12; 8.7

* 10.16 Isa 3.4, 5, 12; 5.11

* 10.17 Prov 31.4; Isa 5.11

* 10.18 Prov 24.30–34

* 10.19 Ps 104.15; Eccl 7.12

* 10.20 Ex 22.28; 2 Kings 6.12; Lk 12.3; Acts 23.5

* 11.1 Deut 15.10; Prov 19.17; Isa 32.20; Mt 10.42; 2 Cor 9.8; Gal 6.9, 10; Heb 6.10

* 11.2 Ps 112.9; Eccl 12.1; Lk 6.30; 1 Tim 6.18, 19

* 11.5 Ps 139.14, 15; Jn 3.8

* 11.6 Eccl 9.10

* 11.7 Eccl 7.11

* 11.8 Eccl 9.7; 12.1

* 11.9 Num 15.39; Eccl 2.10; 3.17; 12.14; Rom 14.10

* 11.10 2 Cor 7.1; 2 Tim 2.22

w 12.2 Or after

* 12.4 2 Sam 19.35; Jer 25.10

x 12.5 Or is a burden

* 12.5 Job 17.13; Jer 9.17

y 12.6 Syr Vg Compare Gk: Heb is removed

z 12.7 Or the spirit

* 12.7 Gen 3.19; Job 34.14, 15; Ps 90.3; Isa 57.16; Zech 12.1

* 12.9 1 Kings 4.32

* 12.10 Prov 10.32; 22.20, 21

a 12.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

* 12.11 Ezra 9.8; Eccl 7.5; Isa 22.23; Acts 2.37

* 12.13 Deut 4.2; Eccl 8.5; Mic 6.8

b 12.14 Or into the judgment on

* 12.14 Mt 10.26; 12.36; 1 Cor 4.5