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# who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill
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"who works wisely and skillfully, using the things that he has learned"
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# who has not made any of it
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"who has not worked for any of it"
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# vapor
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"mist." The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were "vapor." See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/12.md). AT: "as useless as vapor" or "meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a great tragedy
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"a great disaster"
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# For what profit does the person gain who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun?
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The author uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that the man who works hard gains nothing. Translate "what profit does ... gain" as you did in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/01.md). AT: "For the person who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun gains nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# works so hard and tries in his heart
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize how strenuously the person works. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# tries in his heart
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This is an idiom. AT: "tries anxiously" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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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](../01/01.md). AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# painful and stressful
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These two words mean basically the same thing and emphasize how difficult the person's work is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# his soul does not find rest
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Here man's mind is referred to as his "soul" to emphasize his deep thoughts. AT: "his mind does not rest" or "he continues to worry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/labor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/soul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rest]] |