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57 lines
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# I applied my mind
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Here the author refers to himself by his "mind" to emphasize his thoughts. AT: "I determined" or "I applied myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# to study and to search out
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These two phrases mean the same thing and emphasize how diligently he studied. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# under heaven
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This refers to things that are done on earth. AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# children of mankind
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"human beings"
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# all the deeds that are done
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "everything that people do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# under the sun
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This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](./01.md). AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# look
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The author uses this word to draw attention to what he says next. AT: "indeed" or "really" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# amount to vapor ... an attempt to shepherd the wind
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These two phrases are both metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# amount to vapor
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"are only mist." The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were "vapor." Just as vapor disappears and does not last, things have no lasting value. AT: "are as useless as vapor" or "are meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# an attempt to shepherd the wind
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The author says that everything that people do is as useless as if they were trying to control the wind. AT: "are as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# The twisted cannot be straightened! The missing cannot be counted
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "People cannot straighten things that are twisted! They cannot count what is not there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teacher]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mind]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/burden]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shepherd]] |