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The Book of EcclesiastesΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣ

A six-tier Greek reverse-interlinear of all twelve chapters of the Septuagint text: each word color-coded by grammatical case, with gloss, parsing, Wallace-style syntax, aspectual semantic force, and a lexical note; each verse opens with the running Greek, an English translation, and a discourse note, under a chapter argument-outline.

222 verses · 4,546 annotated words · twelve chapters. The Greek follows the standard critical text of the Septuagint (Rahlfs–Hanhart in its main wording, itself an ancient, public-domain text); the distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the LXX.

Companion summary Themes, outlines & translation notes Every chapter's theme and argument outline, the textual notes, and a table of the major exegetical cruxes.
  1. 1 Ecclesiastes 1 Α′ Vanity of vanities frames Qoheleth's opening meditation on recurring cycles, weary perception, and the frustrated search for lasting gain. 18 verses · 315 words PDF
  2. 2 Ecclesiastes 2 Β′ Ecclesiastes 2 continues the speaker's disciplined testing of what human effort, pleasure, wealth, wisdom, and possession can finally secure. 26 verses · 617 words PDF
  3. 3 Ecclesiastes 3 Γ′ Appointed times order human action, yet the heart still strains toward a totality it cannot master. 22 verses · 434 words PDF
  4. 4 Ecclesiastes 4 Δ′ Ecclesiastes 4 continues Qoheleth's survey of life 'under the sun' by moving from oppression to rivalry, from isolated labor to the practical strength of companionship, and from political ascent to the brevity of public favor. 17 verses · 358 words PDF
  5. 5 Ecclesiastes 5 Ε′ Reverent speech before God and the unstable lure of wealth are set against the modest good of receiving one's portion. 19 verses · 408 words PDF
  6. 6 Ecclesiastes 6 Ϛ′ Gifts that cannot be enjoyed become another form of futility, exposing the distance between possession and true good. 12 verses · 242 words PDF
  7. 7 Ecclesiastes 7 Ζ′ Ecclesiastes 7 gathers some of Qoheleth's sharpest wisdom sayings into a single chapter about reputation, mourning, anger, patience, providence, justice, and the frustrating limits of human inquiry. 29 verses · 474 words PDF
  8. 8 Ecclesiastes 8 Η′ Ecclesiastes 8 moves between practical counsel and reflective frustration: Qoheleth first considers wisdom in relation to the king's command, timing, and public power, then turns to the stubborn moral disorder visible under the sun when judgment is delayed and outcomes seem reversed. 17 verses · 408 words PDF
  9. 9 Ecclesiastes 9 Θ′ Ecclesiastes 9 presses Qoheleth's meditation on mortality into both darker and more practical terrain. 18 verses · 486 words PDF
  10. 10 Ecclesiastes 10 Ι′ Ecclesiastes 10 gathers a sequence of sharp sayings about folly, labor, rule, speech, and social order. 20 verses · 292 words PDF
  11. 11 Ecclesiastes 11 ΙΑ′ Ecclesiastes 11 gathers a sequence of exhortations about risk, uncertainty, labor, delight, and judgment into one of the book's clearest practical appeals. 10 verses · 225 words PDF
  12. 12 Ecclesiastes 12 ΙΒ′ Ecclesiastes 12 gathers Qoheleth's final summons into a concentrated meditation on old age, death, instruction, and judgment. 14 verses · 287 words PDF