InterlinearVerse 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
InterlinearVerse Ecc C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12
Ecc 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10
OET-LV In_morning sow DOM seed_of_your and_to_evening do_not give_rest_to hand_of_your if/because not_you are_knowing[fn] where this will_it_succeed this or this and_if both_of_them as_one be_good.
11:6 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
OET (OET-RV) Sow your seed in the morning
⇔ and don’t stop planting until the evening,
⇔ because you don’t know which areas will grow well,
⇔ or whether it will all succeed equally.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) work with your hands
(Some words not found in UHB: in,morning sow DOM seed_of,your and,to,evening not rest hand_of,your that/for/because/then/when not,you know where? this succeed ?,this or this and=if both_of=them as,one good )
Here “hands” represents the whole person. Alternate translation: [keep on working]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
(Occurrence 0) whether morning or evening, or this or that
(Some words not found in UHB: in,morning sow DOM seed_of,your and,to,evening not rest hand_of,your that/for/because/then/when not,you know where? this succeed ?,this or this and=if both_of=them as,one good )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize that the person’s work may prosper, no matter what time he has done it. Alternate translation: [whether the seed that you planted in the morning or the seed that you planted in the evening] (See also: figs-ellipsis)
OET-LV In_morning sow DOM seed_of_your and_to_evening do_not give_rest_to hand_of_your if/because not_you are_knowing[fn] where this will_it_succeed this or this and_if both_of_them as_one be_good.
11:6 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
OET (OET-RV) Sow your seed in the morning
⇔ and don’t stop planting until the evening,
⇔ because you don’t know which areas will grow well,
⇔ or whether it will all succeed equally.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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