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 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 4 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16
OET-LV And_good more_than_of_both_of_them DOM one_who still not he_has_been one_who not he_has_seen DOM the_activity (the)_evil which it_is_done under the_sun.
OET (OET-RV) But better than both of them, is the one who hasn’t yet lived—
⇔ who hasn’t seen the evil things that are being done in this world.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נַעֲשָׂ֖ה
done
The expression is being done is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that people are doing under the sun]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
וְטוֹב֙
and=good
Solomon uses the word But here to indicate a contrast between the unborn and those who are already dead or alive. In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [However, better than both of them is the one who has not yet lived, who has not seen the evil deed that is being done under the sun.]
OET-LV And_good more_than_of_both_of_them DOM one_who still not he_has_been one_who not he_has_seen DOM the_activity (the)_evil which it_is_done under the_sun.
OET (OET-RV) But better than both of them, is the one who hasn’t yet lived—
⇔ who hasn’t seen the evil things that are being done in this world.
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.