Verse List for ECC 10:14

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OET (OET-RV) Then the fool continues again with more nonsense. ⇔ No one knows what will happen next. ⇔ Who can tell you what will happen in the future?

OET-LV And_the_fool he _multiplies words/messages not he _knows the_humankind what (that)_will_it _be and_which it _will _be from_after_him who will _he _tell to_him/it.

ULT but the fool multiplies words. ⇔  Humanity does not know what will be, ⇔  and that which will be after him—who will declare, it to him?

UST Nonetheless, the foolish person will continue talking more and more. ⇔  Nobody knows what might happen in the future. ⇔ After all, there is no human being who can inform someone ⇔  about what will happen to them tomorrow!

BSB & MSB Yet the fool multiplies words. ⇔  No one knows what is coming, ⇔  and who can tell him what will come after him?

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB A fool also multiplies words.
¶  Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

NET yet a fool keeps on babbling. ⇔ No one knows what will happen; ⇔ who can tell him what will happen in the future?

LSV And the fool multiplies words: “Man does not know that which is—And that which is after him, who declares to him?”

FBV Fools talk on and on, however no one knows what's going to happen, so who can say what the future holds?[fn]

T4T They talk ◄too much/without ceasing►. ⇔ None of us knows what will happen in the future, ⇔  or what will happen after we die.

LEB • The fool talks too much ,[fn]
• for no one knows what will be.
• Who can tell anyone what will happen in the future ?[fn]

BBE The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

Moff Man knows not what is to be ⇔  who can tell him what happens when he is gone?

JPS A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

ASV A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

DRA A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

YLT And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

Drby And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?

RV A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
(A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth/knows not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?)

SLT And the foolish one will multiply words: man shall not know what shall be; and what shall be after him, who shall announce to him?

Wbstr A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

KJB-1769 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
(A fool is full of words, and a man cannot tell what shall come to pass: who will then warn him of it that shall follow after him?)

Gnva For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?
(For the fool multiplieth words, saying, Man knoweth/knows not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?)

Cvdl A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?
(A fool is so full of words, that a man cannot tell what end he will make: who will then warn him to make a conclusion?)

Wycl A fool multiplieth wordis; a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to hym that, that schal come aftir hym?
(A fool multiplieth words; a man noot, what was before him, and who may show to him that, that shall come after him?)

Luth Ein Narr macht viel Worte; denn der Mensch weiß nicht, was gewesen ist; und wer will ihm sagen, was nach ihm werden wird?
(A fool(n) power many words; because/than the/of_the person white not, what/which been is; and who will him say, what/which after him become becomes?)

ClVg Stultus verba multiplicat. Ignorat homo quid ante se fuerit; et quid post se futurum sit, quis ei poterit indicare?
(Stupid_(person) words multiplies. Ignorat man what before himself has_been; and what after himself future be, who/any to_him will_be_able to_indicate?)

UHB וְ⁠הַ⁠סָּכָ֖ל יַרְבֶּ֣ה דְבָרִ֑ים לֹא־יֵדַ֤ע הָ⁠אָדָם֙ מַה־שֶׁ⁠יִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וַ⁠אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִֽהְיֶה֙ מֵֽ⁠אַחֲרָ֔י⁠ו מִ֖י יַגִּ֥יד לֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX καὶ ὁ ἄφρων πληθύνει λόγους· οὐκ ἔγνω ἄνθρωπος τί τὸ γενόμενον, καὶ τί τὸ ἐσόμενον, ὅ, τι ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτῷ;

BrTr A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?