Opening
A Frame Narrator (1.1)
B All is vanity (1.2)
First Poem What is man? 1.3-11
C Question about life under the sun (1.3)
D paradox of people on the earth (1.4)
E always moving sun (1.5)
F untameable wind (1.6)
E' always moving water (1.7)
D' paradox of senses (1.8)
C' Statement about life under the sun (1.9-11)
Two ways to live and work 1.12-2.26
G Introduction and presumptive conclusion (1.12-13)
H Why be wise (1)? (1.14-18)
I The pursuit of pleasure (2.1-11)
H' Why be wise (2)? (2.12-17)
I' The character that matters (2.18-23)
I' The character that matters (2.18-23)
G' Conclusion: two ways to work (2.24-26)
Second Poem Understanding the time 3.1-15
J Statement about time (3.1)
K Two extremes (3.2)
L Four extremes (3.3-4)
L' Four extremes (3.5-6)
K' Two extremes (3.7)
M' Two last extremes (3.8)
J' Question about time and what we can know (3.9-15)
Where is justice? 3.16-4.16
N I saw wickedness under the sun (3.16)
O God will judge even the dead (3.17-21)
N' I saw that it's good to seize the day while you live (3.22)
P I saw oppression under the sun (4.1a)
Q that power is with the oppressors makes me wish I was dead (4.1b-3)
P' I saw that working out of jealousy is vanity (4.4)
R wisdom interlude linking sections either side (4.5-6)
S I saw vanity under the sun (4.7-8)
T It's not good to be alone in this vain world - it's a miserable task (4.9-12)
T' It's not good to be 'good' if you're not wise (4.13-14)
S' I saw under the sun that you shouldn't follow someone who'll be forgotten (4.16)
Wisdom Collection I 5.1-12
U Better to be obedient, therefore fulfil what you vow (5.1-4)
V Better to not vow, therefore fear God (5.5-7)
W If you see oppression, be assured that the worker can at least sleep well (5.8-12)
Finding good amongst tragedy 5.13-6.12
X I saw a sickening tragedy (5.13a)
Y The tragedy discussed (5.13b-15)
X' The sickening tragedy (5.16-17)
Z I saw what is good (5.18a)
a The good discussed (5.18b-19c)
Z' This is a gift (5.19d-20)
b I saw a tragedy upon humanity (6.1)
c The tragedy and opportunity for good discussed (6.2-11b)
b' Three questions for humanity (6.11c-12)
Wisdom Collection II 7.1-14
d What is good in the midst of death (7.1-6)
e What is good in the midst of fools (7.7-12)
f Seeing what God has made will teach us to live wisely (7.13-14)
I've seen it all 7.15-9.13
ghg I've seen it all (7.15-28)
iji I saw that God made people upright; they pursued many schemes (7.29-8.9)
klk I saw the wicked confused with the righteous (8.10-16)
mnm I saw how hard it is for people to understand God (8.17-9.10)
opo I saw there is wisdom in understanding the limits of human perception (9.11-13)
Wisdom Collection III 9.14-11.10
Third Poem Approaching Death 12.1-7
! Statement about the Creator when death is near (12.1)
Closing 12.8-14
B' All is vanity (12.8)
A' Frame Narrator (12.9-14)
J Statement about time (3.1)
K Two extremes (3.2)
L Four extremes (3.3-4)
L' Four extremes (3.5-6)
K' Two extremes (3.7)
M' Two last extremes (3.8)
J' Question about time and what we can know (3.9-15)
Where is justice? 3.16-4.16
N I saw wickedness under the sun (3.16)
O God will judge even the dead (3.17-21)
N' I saw that it's good to seize the day while you live (3.22)
P I saw oppression under the sun (4.1a)
Q that power is with the oppressors makes me wish I was dead (4.1b-3)
P' I saw that working out of jealousy is vanity (4.4)
R wisdom interlude linking sections either side (4.5-6)
S I saw vanity under the sun (4.7-8)
T It's not good to be alone in this vain world - it's a miserable task (4.9-12)
T' It's not good to be 'good' if you're not wise (4.13-14)
S' I saw under the sun that you shouldn't follow someone who'll be forgotten (4.16)
Wisdom Collection I 5.1-12
U Better to be obedient, therefore fulfil what you vow (5.1-4)
V Better to not vow, therefore fear God (5.5-7)
W If you see oppression, be assured that the worker can at least sleep well (5.8-12)
Finding good amongst tragedy 5.13-6.12
X I saw a sickening tragedy (5.13a)
Y The tragedy discussed (5.13b-15)
X' The sickening tragedy (5.16-17)
Z I saw what is good (5.18a)
a The good discussed (5.18b-19c)
Z' This is a gift (5.19d-20)
b I saw a tragedy upon humanity (6.1)
c The tragedy and opportunity for good discussed (6.2-11b)
b' Three questions for humanity (6.11c-12)
Wisdom Collection II 7.1-14
d What is good in the midst of death (7.1-6)
e What is good in the midst of fools (7.7-12)
f Seeing what God has made will teach us to live wisely (7.13-14)
ghg I've seen it all (7.15-28)
iji I saw that God made people upright; they pursued many schemes (7.29-8.9)
klk I saw the wicked confused with the righteous (8.10-16)
mnm I saw how hard it is for people to understand God (8.17-9.10)
opo I saw there is wisdom in understanding the limits of human perception (9.11-13)
Wisdom Collection III 9.14-11.10
Third Poem Approaching Death 12.1-7
! Statement about the Creator when death is near (12.1)
@ when the eyes fail (12.2)
# when the face degrades (12.3)
$ when the hearing stops working (12.4)
#' when the stomach degrades (12.5)
@' when the frame fails (12.6)
!' Conclusion about God when death has come (12.7)
Closing 12.8-14
B' All is vanity (12.8)
A' Frame Narrator (12.9-14)
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