From 241ab63229a2590130e70e40364c5bc69d8dd5c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:25:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update ecc/03/01.md --- ecc/03/01.md | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ecc/03/01.md b/ecc/03/01.md index 68caec06a0..62f4cb0ed2 100644 --- a/ecc/03/01.md +++ b/ecc/03/01.md @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ # General Information: -The writer uses merisms to describe various aspects of life from one extreme to the other. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]]) +The chapter uses parallelism with the phrase, "a time to." The overall purpose is to show that Yahweh directs the events of the world and therefore, they have purpose. This gives the quotation a poetic style. The ULB sets poetry (3:1-8 and 3:15) farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. # every matter -"every event" or "every activity" or "everything that can happen" +"every activity" or "everything that can happen" # under heaven -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]]) - +"on the earth". See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:3. \ No newline at end of file