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 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 9 V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
OET-LV If/because the_life are_knowing that_will_die and_the_dead_people not_they are_knowing anything and_there_is_not still to/for_them a_reward if/because memorial_of_their it_is_forgotten.
OET (OET-RV) because the living know that we’ll die
⇔ but the dead don’t know anything
⇔ and have no further reward because their memory is forgotten.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
(Occurrence 0) the dead
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the=life know (cmp)_they,will_die and,the_dead,[people] not,they know anything and,there_[is]_not again/more to/for=them reward that/for/because/then/when forgotten memorial_of,their )
This refers to people who are dead. Alternate translation: [those who are dead]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) their memory is forgotten
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the=life know (cmp)_they,will_die and,the_dead,[people] not,they know anything and,there_[is]_not again/more to/for=them reward that/for/because/then/when forgotten memorial_of,their )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [people will forget them]
OET-LV If/because the_life are_knowing that_will_die and_the_dead_people not_they are_knowing anything and_there_is_not still to/for_them a_reward if/because memorial_of_their it_is_forgotten.
OET (OET-RV) because the living know that we’ll die
⇔ but the dead don’t know anything
⇔ and have no further reward because their memory is forgotten.
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.