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TWOT Reference: 1064
not, no
not (with verb - absolute prohibition)
not (with modifier - negation)
nothing (subst)
without (with particle)
before (of time)
Strong's Number H3808 matches the Hebrew לֹא (lō'),
which occurs 65 times in 46 verses in 'Ecc'
in the WLC Hebrew.
All things[fn] are wearisome,
more than anyone can say.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
There is no remembrance of those who[fn] came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.
All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.
When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.
For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
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.
And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.
for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives,[fn] if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Though a stillborn child does not see the sun and is not conscious, it has more rest than he.
And if a person lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?
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.
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”
since it is not wise of you to ask this.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Don’t pay attention[fn] to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,
“which my soul continually searches for but does not find: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.
The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
No one has authority over the wind[fn] to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.
However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.
I observed all the work of God and concluded that a person is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a person labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it; even if a wise person claims to know it, he is unable to discover it.
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen its edge,
then one must exert more strength;
however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.
If the snake bites before it is charmed,
then there is no advantage for the charmer.[fn]
yet the fool multiplies words.
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
Blessed are you, land, when your king is a son of nobles
and your princes feast at the proper time —
for strength and not for drunkenness.
Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in[fn] the womb of a pregnant woman,
so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:
Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;
before the sun and the light are darkened,
and the moon and the stars,
and the clouds return after[fn] the rain;
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