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 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV I_know if/because_that all that the_ʼElohīm he_does it it_will_be forever_perpetuity on/upon/above_him/it there_is_not to_add and_from_it there_is_not to_take_away and_(the)_god he_has_acted that_people_will_fear from_before_face_of_him.
OET (OET-RV) I know that everything God does will be enduring.
⇔ There’s nothing that needs to be added to it, or taken away,
⇔ and God has done it like that so that people will respect and want to obey him.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֠י כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה הָאֱלֹהִים֙ ה֚וּא יִהְיֶ֣ה לְעוֹלָ֔ם עָלָיו֙ אֵ֣ין לְהוֹסִ֔יף וּמִמֶּ֖נּוּ אֵ֣ין לִגְרֹ֑עַ וְהָאֱלֹהִ֣ים עָשָׂ֔ה שֶׁיִּֽרְא֖וּ מִלְּפָנָֽיו
I_know that/for/because/then/when all/each/any/every which/who he/it_made/did the=ʼElohīm he/it will_belong forever,perpetuity on/upon/above=him/it not to,add and,from,it not to,take_away and,(the),God he/it_had_made that,people_will_fear from,before,face_of,him
Here, so that marks they might fear from before his face as the goal or purpose of God has acted. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִלְּפָנָֽיו
from,before,face_of,him
Here, his face represents “his presence.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from before his presence]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
עָלָיו֙ אֵ֣ין לְהוֹסִ֔יף וּמִמֶּ֖נּוּ אֵ֣ין לִגְרֹ֑עַ
on/upon/above=him/it not to,add and,from,it not to,take_away
Solomon is referring to all possible changes by naming two major components, nothing to add and nothing to take. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language.
OET-LV I_know if/because_that all that the_ʼElohīm he_does it it_will_be forever_perpetuity on/upon/above_him/it there_is_not to_add and_from_it there_is_not to_take_away and_(the)_god he_has_acted that_people_will_fear from_before_face_of_him.
OET (OET-RV) I know that everything God does will be enduring.
⇔ There’s nothing that needs to be added to it, or taken away,
⇔ and God has done it like that so that people will respect and want to obey him.
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.