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794 B
794 B
what the eyes see
A person can see these things because he already has them. AT: "what a person has" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
to desire what a wandering appetite craves
This refers to things that a person wants but does not have. AT: "to want what he does not have" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind
See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:12.
Whatever has existed has already been given its name
AT: "People have already named everything that exists" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
what mankind is like has already been known
AT: people already know what mankind is like" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)