"The Voice" has also a great translation, in my opinion. Very insightful! Thanks for sharing. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+1&v...

It's my favorite book of the Bible but I always found it the opposite of comforting. If you disregard the bits at the end about the duty of man to keep God's commandments, it seems in parts to basically describe nihilism.

When reading chapters 1 and 2, the author focuses heavily on the "nothingness" (hvl - wisp of air) of all human endeavors. But I think it's significant that he does not loose hope altogether:

"There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor."

So the philosophy of Ecclesiastes is almost hedonistic (and views god more as blind fate than a benevolent force or being).