See in Reader
396 B
396 B
What the eye sees
"What a person has"
what the soul wanders after
"what a person wants but does not have"
meaningless ... chasing the wind
Both phrases emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile.
chasing the wind
"as useless as trying to control the wind". The author speaks as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14.