What Does Ecclesiastes 3:22 Mean?

“Wherefore I perceive”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“that there is nothing better”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“should rejoice”

probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

“than that a man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

“in his own works”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“for that is his portion”

properly, smoothness (of the tongue)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“for who shall bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“Wherefore I perceive”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“what shall be after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)