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 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 7 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29
OET (OET-RV) Wisdom is good when you get an inheritance,
⇔ and it’s an advantage to those doing well.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
חָכְמָ֖ה
wisdom
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of Wisdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [Having wisdom]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
נַחֲלָ֑ה
inheritance
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [an estate received from one who has died]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לְרֹאֵ֥י הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
to,[those_who]_see_of (of)_the,sun
Solomon is using see the sun as a common expression of the culture to mean “are alive.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to those who are alive]
OET (OET-RV) Wisdom is good when you get an inheritance,
⇔ and it’s an advantage to those doing well.
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.