The Book of Ecclesiastes in Russian Translation from the Greek Text LXX, with Notes

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In fact...

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That is, he himself, it is true, did not see this and this is "news" for him personally, but in fact, for the aggregate history of mankind, it is far from being news.

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Slav. gen. p. of the first corresponding. vulg. priorum, and according to Gr. D. P. Prètoij.

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Slav. According to Gr. e"j t3/4n ™sc£thn — at the end of the world, in the last times. By that time, all will be forgotten alike: both ancient and new people and generations.

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G. ginomšnon — Slav. Sometimes, according to v. 14 and Heb. t. we attach the meaning of "events and deeds", and not "phenomena and objects".

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G. ponhrÕn - Slav. slyly, according to the context and production from pÒnoj — in the LXX: labor, work, burden, — we deviate from the Slavs. meaning.

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PerispasmÕn - Slav. Care.

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G. toà perisp©sqai — to exercise, to be distracted, i.e., to engage in the study of the world and the moral explanation of the "deeds" that take place in it.

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G. proa… resij — slav. arbitrariness, arbitrary-free choice, and here: causeless and aimless, arbitrary attempts of man to find purpose and meaning in his life, as well as in the life of all mankind and the whole world.

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Slav. Corrected in accordance with the Decree. vulg. corriguntur, and according to Gr. kosmhqÁnai (Alex.) or ™pikosmhqÁtai (Vat. and others) — to be considered beautiful, to adorn oneself.

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G. Østšrhma - Slav. deprivation, lacking, absent.

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