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 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 5 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
OET-LV (ECC 5:2) [fn] If/because the_dream it_comes with_abundance_of business and_the_voice_of a_fool with_a_multitude_of words/messages.
5:2 Note: KJB: Eccl.5.3
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
כִּ֛י בָּ֥א הַחֲל֖וֹם בְּרֹ֣ב עִנְיָ֑ן וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל בְּרֹ֥ב דְּבָרִֽים
that/for/because/then/when he/it_came the=dream with,abundance_of cares and_[the],voice_of fool with,a_multitude_of words/messages
These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [For a fool is known by his much activity and his many words]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל בְּרֹ֥ב דְּבָרִֽים
and_[the],voice_of fool with,a_multitude_of words/messages
Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and a fool’s voice comes with many words]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל
and_[the],voice_of fool
Here, the voice of a fool represents “what a fool says.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and the words of a fool come]
OET-LV (ECC 5:2) [fn] If/because the_dream it_comes with_abundance_of business and_the_voice_of a_fool with_a_multitude_of words/messages.
5:2 Note: KJB: Eccl.5.3
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.