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Ecclesiastes is an Old Testament book with a long history of diverse and contradictory interpretations. Even basic questions—who wrote the book, when, and for what purpose—perennially plague scholars. The book’s theological message is likewise elusive, hidden in riddles and convoluted trains of thought that twist and turn back upon themselves. In this expert commentary on Ecclesiastes, the...

but keeping in mind the broad picture and seeing where Qohelet is leading these observations. In addition to the hints we have already seen to this point, whatever notions one might still have that 3:1–8 are serene words of comfort begin to dissolve completely when we come to v. 9. Here we see a phrase that includes three words that should already be familiar to us. Translated somewhat literally, “What profit (יִתְרוֹן/yitrôn) is there for the doer (הָעוֹשֶׂה/hāʿôśeh) in which he toils (עָמֵל/
Pages 54–55
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