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OET-LV And_who [is]_knowing whether_wise will_he_be or a_fool and_have_control in_all work_my which_toiled and_which_used_wisdom under the_sun also this [is]_futility.
UHB וּמִ֣י יוֹדֵ֗עַ הֶֽחָכָ֤ם יִהְיֶה֙ א֣וֹ סָכָ֔ל וְיִשְׁלַט֙ בְּכָל־עֲמָלִ֔י שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּי וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃ ‡
(ūmiy yōdēˊa heḩākām yihəyeh ʼō şākāl vəyishəlaţ bəkāl-ˊₐmāliy sheˊāmaləttī vəsheḩākaməttī ttaaḩt hashshāmesh ggam-zeh hāⱱel.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And who knows: will he be wise or a fool? And he will have authority over all my toil that I have toiled and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. Also this is vapor.
UST And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.
BSB And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
OEB leave it to my successor; and who can tell whether it will be a wise man or a fool that will have the disposal of the results of all my wise and earnest toil under the sun? Here is another illusion.
WEB Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
NET Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool?
⇔ Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor
⇔ for which I worked so wisely on earth!
⇔ This also is futile!
LSV And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he rules over all my labor that I have labored at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! This [is] also vanity.
FBV And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand!
T4T And ◄who/no one► knows [RHQ] whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get.
LEB And who knows whether he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will exercise control of all the fruit of my toil with which I toiled wisely under the sun. This also is vanity!
BBE And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
ASV And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
DRA Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
YLT And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity.
DBY And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
RV And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
WBS And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
KJB And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
(And who knowth/knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.)
BB And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.
(And who knowth/knows whether he shall be a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lord of all my laboures which I with such wisdome have taken under the sunne: This is also a vayne thing.)
GNV And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.
(And who knowth/knows whether he shall be wise or foolish? yet shall he have rule over all my labour, wherein I have trauailed, and wherein I have showed my self wise under the sunne. This is also vanitie.)
CB for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?
(for who knowth, whether he shall be a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wy?dome have taken under the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thing?)
WYC whom Y knowe not, whether he schal be wijs ether a fool; and he schal be lord in my trauels, for whiche Y swatte greetli, and was bisi; and is ony thing so veyn?
(whom I know not, whether he shall be wijs ether a fool; and he shall be lord in my trauels, for which I swatte greetli, and was bisi; and is any thing so veyn?)
LUT Denn wer weiß, ob er weise oder toll sein wird? Und soll doch herrschen in aller meiner Arbeit, die ich weislich getan habe unter der Sonne. Das ist auch eitel.
(Because wer weiß, ob he weise or toll his wird? And should though/but herrschen in aller my Arbeit, the I weislich getan have under the sun. The is also eitel.)
CLV quem ignoro utrum sapiens an stultus futurus sit, et dominabitur in laboribus meis, quibus desudavi et sollicitus fui: et est quidquam tam vanum?
(quem ignoro utrum sapiens an stultus futurus let_it_be, and dominabitur in laboribus meis, to_whom desudavi and sollicitus fui: and it_is quidquam tam vanum?)
BRN And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
BrLXX Καὶ τίς εἶδεν εἰ σοφὸς ἔσται ἢ ἄφρων; καὶ εἰ ἐξουσιάζεται ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ μου, ᾧ ἐμόχθησα καὶ ᾧ ἐσοφισάμην ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον; καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.
(Kai tis eiden ei sofos estai aʸ afrōn? kai ei exousiazetai en panti moⱪthōi mou, hō emoⱪthaʸsa kai hō esofisamaʸn hupo ton haʸlion? kai ge touto mataiotaʸs.)
2:19 Foolish, destructive successors are more of a threat to wise accomplishments than wise successors, but since the Teacher couldn’t tell what kind of successors he would have, his accomplishments were meaningless to him. Solomon’s immediate successor—his son Rehoboam—turned out to be foolish (see 1 Kgs 12:1-20).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) For who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,who knows whether,wise will_belong or fool and,have_control in=all work,my which,toiled and,which,used_~_wisdom below/instead_of the,sun also/yet this Heⱱel/(Abel) )
The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that no one knows the character the man who will inherit his wealth. Alternate translation: “For no one knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool.”
(Occurrence 0) he will be
(Some words not found in UHB: and,who knows whether,wise will_belong or fool and,have_control in=all work,my which,toiled and,which,used_~_wisdom below/instead_of the,sun also/yet this Heⱱel/(Abel) )
The word “he” refers to the author’s heir.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) under the sun
(Some words not found in UHB: and,who knows whether,wise will_belong or fool and,have_control in=all work,my which,toiled and,which,used_~_wisdom below/instead_of the,sun also/yet this Heⱱel/(Abel) )
This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:3. Alternate translation: “on the earth”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) that my work and wisdom have built
(Some words not found in UHB: and,who knows whether,wise will_belong or fool and,have_control in=all work,my which,toiled and,which,used_~_wisdom below/instead_of the,sun also/yet this Heⱱel/(Abel) )
Here the author’s “work” and “wisdom” represent himself and the things he did in his wisdom. He probably had help with the literal buildings. Alternate translation: “that I worked very hard and wisely to build”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) vapor
(Some words not found in UHB: and,who knows whether,wise will_belong or fool and,have_control in=all work,my which,toiled and,which,used_~_wisdom below/instead_of the,sun also/yet this Heⱱel/(Abel) )
The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were mist. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:14. Alternate translation: “as useless as vapor” or “meaningless”