ECC 5:14 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
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ULT And that wealth perished in an unfortunate business, and he had fathered a son, but there was not anything in his hand.

UST If something happens that causes their money to be gone,
⇔ then when they die,
⇔ there is no money for their children.

BSB or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

OEB owner’s ruin. The wealth vanishes in some sorry adventure; and so, after becoming a father, he

WEB Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

NET Then that wealth was lost through bad luck;
 ⇔ although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

LSV And that wealth has been lost in an evil business, and he has begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

FBV They put their money into bad investments and lose everything.
¶ Now when we're born, we don't bring anything into the world.

T4T because something happens that causes their money to be gone,
⇔ and when they die,
⇔ there is no money for their children to get/inherit.

LEB That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, he has nothing to leave to him.

BBE And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

MOF No MOF ECC book available

JPS (5-13) and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

ASV and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

DRA As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

YLT And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

DBY or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

RV and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

WBS and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

KJB But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

BB For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.
(For oft times they perish with his great miserie and trouble: and if he have a child, it getteth nothing.)

GNV As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.
(As he came forth of his mothers belly, he shall return naked to go as he came, and shall bear away nothing of his labour, which he hath/has caused to pass by his hand.)

CB For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.
(For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child, it getteth nothing.)

WYC As he yede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne ayen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel.
(As he went nakid out of his modris womb, so he shall turn ayen; and he shall take away with him no thing of his trauel.)

LUT Wie er nackend ist von seiner Mutter Leibe kommen, so fährt er wieder hin, wie er kommen ist, und nimmt nichts mit sich von seiner Arbeit in seiner Hand, wenn er hinfähret.
(How he nackend is from his Mutter Leibe kommen, so fährt he again there, like he coming is, and nimmt nichts with itself/yourself/themselves from his Arbeit in his Hand, when he hinfähret.)

CLV Sicut egressus est nudus de utero matris suæ, sic revertetur, et nihil auferet secum de labore suo.
(Sicut egressus it_is nudus about utero matris suæ, so revertetur, and nihil auferet secum about labore suo.)

BRN As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go with him in his hand.

BrLXX Καθὼς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ γυμνὸς, ἐπιστρέψει τοῦ πορευθῆναι ὡς ἥκει, καὶ οὐδὲν οὐ λήψεται ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πορευθῇ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.
(Kathōs exaʸlthen apo gastros maʸtros autou gumnos, epistrepsei tou poreuthaʸnai hōs haʸkei, kai ouden ou laʸpsetai en moⱪthōi autou, hina poreuthaʸ en ⱪeiri autou.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) through bad luck

(Some words not found in UHB: just=as he/it_went_forth from,womb his/its=mother naked again to=go just_as,that,came and,anything not take in/on/at/with,toil,his that,carry in=his/its=hand )

This could mean: (1) “through misfortune” or (2) “through a bad business deal.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) his own son, one whom he has fathered, is left with nothing in his hands

(Some words not found in UHB: just=as he/it_went_forth from,womb his/its=mother naked again to=go just_as,that,came and,anything not take in/on/at/with,toil,his that,carry in=his/its=hand )

Here the phrase “in his hands” represents ownership. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “he leaves no possession for his own son” (See also: figs-activepassive)

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