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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
Strong's Number G5101 matches the Greek τίς (tis),
which occurs 40 times in 30 verses in 'Ecc'
in the LXX Greek.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish? ”
So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ” And I said to myself that this is also futile.
And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth?
I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?[fn]
There is a person without a companion,[fn] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things? ” This too is futile and a miserable task.
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?
What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Whatever exists was given its name long ago,[fn] and it is known what mankind is. But he is not able to contend with the one stronger than he.
For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for mankind?
For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”
since it is not wise of you to ask this.
Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
But there is hope for whoever is joined[fn] with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
yet the fool multiplies words.
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
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