OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV ECC Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
OET-RV ECC 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
6 There’s a problem in this world
2 God gives wealth and possessions and prestige to someone,
and that person has access to everything they want,
but God doesn’t allow them to enjoy it—
instead a foreigner will get to enjoy it.
That’s totally pointless, and it’s senseless and unfair.
3 If a man should father a hundred children
and live many years however long his life might be,
but he’s not satisfied in himself by his prosperity
and he doesn’t have anywhere to be buried,
then I’d say that a stillborn child would have been better off than him,
4 because that child came for no reason
and it went in darkness, and its name will be covered in darkness.
5 It didn’t even see the sun or know about it.
It’ll rest easier than that man will.
6 Even if that man lived a thousand years twice over,
but never saw good in anything,
aren’t they both going to the same place?
7 All of humanity’s work is for their mouth,
but the inner cravings are never fulfilled.
8 So what advantage does a wise person have over a fool?
What advantage does a poor person’s knowledge give them over others?
9 It’s better to enjoy what’s right there than to feed the imagination.
That’s also pointless and chasing after the wind.
10 Everything that existed has already been named.
and that humans can’t dispute with the one who’s stronger than them.
11 Yes, many words just become more pointless.
What advantage is that to anyone?
12 Who knows what’s good for a person
for those pointless days that he/she lives?
The days pass by like a shadow
but who can tell anyone what will happen to them next in this world?
