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 C11
Ecc 12 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V13 V14
OET-LV And_excess more_than_them my_child_of_my be_warned to_make books many there_is_not an_end and_study much is_weariness_of flesh.
OET (OET-RV) My son, be careful of anything in addition to these,
⇔ because there’s no end to producing books
⇔ and too much study wears you out.
(Occurrence 0) the making of many books, which has no end
(Some words not found in UHB: and,excess more,than_them my_child_of,my warned to_make books many not extremity/end_of and,study much wearies_of flesh/meat )
The noun phrase “the making” can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: [people will never stop making many books]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) brings weariness to the body
(Some words not found in UHB: and,excess more,than_them my_child_of,my warned to_make books many not extremity/end_of and,study much wearies_of flesh/meat )
Here “body” represents the whole person. Alternate translation: [makes the person tired]
OET-LV And_excess more_than_them my_child_of_my be_warned to_make books many there_is_not an_end and_study much is_weariness_of flesh.
OET (OET-RV) My son, be careful of anything in addition to these,
⇔ because there’s no end to producing books
⇔ and too much study wears you out.
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.