Possible meanings for the word "he" are 1) God or 2) the sinner. This also can be translated without making it clear who it is that gives the things that the sinner stored. AT: "so that the one who pleases God may have it"
These two phrases are both metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# vapor
"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 uselessas vapor" or "meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/12.md). AT: "are as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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