Ecclesiastes 4:16
KJV:
[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
BSB:
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Hebrew:
אֵֽין־ קֵ֣ץ לְכָל־ הָעָ֗ם לְכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־ הָיָה֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם גַּ֥ם הָאַחֲרוֹנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יִשְׂמְחוּ־ ב֑וֹ כִּֽי־ גַם־ זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃
LXX:
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Translation Hebrew/Aramaic Transliteration [morphology] Texts
there not אֵֽין‏‏־ 'ein-HNcmsc L
[is] an end קֵ֣ץ ketzHNcmsa L
to all לְ‏‏כָל‏‏־ le.HR kholHNcmsc L
the people הָ‏‏עָ֗ם ha.HTd 'AmHNcmsa L
to all לְ‏‏כֹ֤ל le.HR KholHNcmsa L
[those] whom אֲשֶׁר‏‏־ 'a.Sher-HTr L
he was הָיָה֙ ha.YahHVqp3ms L
<to> before them לִ‏‏פְנֵי‏‏הֶ֔ם liHR f.nei.HNcmpc HemHSp3mp L
also גַּ֥ם gamHD L
the subsequent [people] הָ‏‏אַחֲרוֹנִ֖ים ha.HTd 'a.cha.ro.NimHAampa L
not לֹ֣א lo'HTn L
they will rejoice יִשְׂמְחוּ‏‏־ yis.me.chu-HVqi3mp L
in <the> him ב֑‏‏וֹ vHRd oHSp3ms L
for כִּֽי‏‏־ ki-HTc L
also גַם‏‏־ gam-HD L
this זֶ֥ה zehHTm L
[is] futility הֶ֖בֶל He.velHNcmsa L
and a striving of וְ‏‏רַעְי֥וֹן ve.HC ra'.YonHNcmsc L
wind רֽוּחַ‏‏׃ Ru.achHNcfsa L

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