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# Look
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The author uses this word here to draw his reader's attention to what he says next. Alternate translation: "Pay attention" or "Listen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# what I have seen to be good and suitable
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Here the words "good" and "suitable" mean basically the same thing. The second intensifies the meaning of the first. Alternate translation: "what I have seen to be the best thing to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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# under the sun
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This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# during the days of this life that God has given him
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "as long as God allows him to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# For this is man's assignment
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Possible meanings are 1) "For this is man's reward" or 2) "For these are the things that he allows man to do"