(13.) =See= (as the verb stands first, this is the emphatic word in the sentence, equivalent, therefore, to ‘observe, however’) =with respect to the working of the Deity, for who is enabled to set in order= (occurs chapters i. 15, xii. 9 only, and is a word peculiar to Ecclesiastes; it is used in the technical sense of ‘resolve,’ or ‘account for,’ a providential mystery) =with respect to that which= (the LXX. give the force of this את here by the rendering ὃν ἂν ὁ Θεὸς) =He hath involved it?= (עות, in hithpael, occurs Job xix. 6, chapters i. 15, and xii. 3. The cognate עוה occurs nearly as often, and with the same signification, which is the exact opposite of תקן, ‘to involve,’ ‘make complex.’ ‘Who can resolve that with respect to which He has determined that it shall be involved?’ is the precise meaning given by the suffix to the verb.) 14 In the day of prosperity │ In the day then of good, be joyful, but in the day of │ accept the good; in the day adversity consider: God also │ of distress, discern: for the hath ¹set the one over against │ one indeed hath the Almighty the other, to the end that man │ appointed as the counterpart should find nothing after him. │ of the other, for the very │ purpose that Humanity should ¹ _Hebrew_ made. │ by no means be able to discover │ anything of what is to result. (14.) =In a day of good= (טובה, the abstract here having the meaning of ‘prosperity’) =be in good= (which the LXX. render, ‘live in good,’ and as the root is repeated, we must render, _that_ good), =and in a day of= (with the meaning, ‘and in a time also of’) =evil= (abstract as above) =see= (emphatic, not only from the alliteration of רעה and ‎‏ראה, but from its being the same word at the end as at the beginning, verse 13). =Moreover, with respect to this, to the counterpart= (לעמת, see chapter v. 16 (15), where this word is discussed) =of that makes= (_i.e._ so works) =the Deity, for the reason= (על דברת occurs chapters iii. 18, vii. 14, viii. 2, and in the same sense ‘to the intent that’) =he might not= (contract relative, with the negative, and involving its usual subjunctive meaning) =find= even =humanity, his future= (_i.e._ that which comes after him or succeeds, whether this be due to his own labour or otherwise) =anything= (which is reserved to the end of the sentence, and is equivalent to ‘anything at all.’ Thus, then, the transition to the next clause is quite manifest. It follows of course that this uncertainty as to the result applies even in the case of virtue and vice: this, therefore, is the topic next discussed).