전1:12 인간의 지혜도 허무함  
전 1:12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 
전 1:13 I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has l aid on men! 
전 1:14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 
전 1:15 What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. 
전 1:16 I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerus alem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge." 
전 1:17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, t oo, is a chasing after the wind. 
전 1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. 

전2:12 세상의 지혜와 수고가 헛됨  
전 2:12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done? 
전 2:13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. 
전 2:14 The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fa te overtakes them both. 
전 2:15 Then I thought in my heart, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise ?" I said in my heart, "This too is meaningless." 
전 2:16 For the wise man, like the fool, will not be long remembered; in days to come both will be forgotten. Like the fool, the wise man too must die! 
전 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a ch asing after the wind. 
전 2:18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. 
전 2:19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless. 
전 2:20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. 
전 2:21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who h as not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 
전 2:22 What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? 
전 2:23 All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless. 

전2:24 참된 보람은 하나님께만 있음  
전 2:24 A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from t he hand of God, 
전 2:25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? 
전 2:26 To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of g athering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

전3:9  인생의 본분  
전 3:9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 
전 3:10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 
전 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fa thom what God has done from beginning to end. 
전 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 
전 3:13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--this is the gift of God. 

전3:14 인간의 한계와 하나님의 완전성 
전 3:14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. 
전 3:15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. 

전3:16 흙으로 돌아가는 인생 
전 3:16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment--wickedness was there, in the place of justice --wickedness was there. 
전 3:17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed." 
전 3:18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 
전 3:19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All hav e the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 
전 3:20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 
전 3:21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" 
전 3:22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can br ing him to see what will happen after him? 
 
전4:1  압제와 고통의 문제  
  
전4:1  인간의 헛된 노력  
전 4:1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed- -and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors--and they have no comforter. 
전 4:2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. 
전 4:3 But better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. 
전 4:4 And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 
전 4:5 The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. 
전 4:6 Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. 
전 4:7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: 
전 4:8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not c ontent with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment? " This too is meaningless--a miserable business! 

전4:9  친교와 상호 부조의 유익 
전 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: 
전 4:10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! 
전 4:11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 
전 4:12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. 
전 4:13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. 
전 4:14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. 
전 4:15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king's successor. 
전 4:16 There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the suc cessor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

전5:8  세상을 향한 바른 태도 
전 5:8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. 
전 5:9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. 
전 5:10 Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too i s meaningless. 
전 5:11 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eye s on them? 
전 5:12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. 

전5:13 인생의 만족은 하나님의 선물 
전 5:13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, 
전 5:14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him. 
전 5:15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. 
전 5:16 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind? 
전 5:17 All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. 
전 5:18 Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him--for this is his lot. 
전 5:19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and b e happy in his work--this is a gift of God. 
전 5:20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.

전6:7  만족이 없는 욕망  
전 6:7 All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. 
전 6:8 What advantage has a wise man over a fool? What does a poor man gain by knowing how to conduct himself before ot hers? 
전 6:9 Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 

전6:10 겸손해야 할 인생 
전 6:10 Whatever exists has already been named, and what man is has been known; no man can contend with one who is stro nger than he. 
전 6:11 The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone? 
전 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shad ow? Who can tell him what will happen under the sun after he is gone?