Verse List for ECC 5:20

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(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Those people don’t retain a memory of each day that passed ⇔ because God keeps them full of internal happiness.

OET-LV No OET-LV ECC 5:20 verse available

ULT For not much does he remember the days of his life, because the God occupies, him with the joys of his heart.

UST By enabling us to accept the good things in our lives joyfully, God focuses our attention on what we enjoy about our lives. This allows us to forget momentarily the reality that, one day, we will inevitably die.

BSB & MSB For [a man] seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

NET For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life ⇔ because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

LSV For he does not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

FBV In fact such people have little time to think about life because God keeps them busy with all that makes them happy.[fn]

T4T Those people do not worry much about everything that has happened during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.

LEB For he does not remember the brief days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment of life.

BBE He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

Moff Then he will never brood over the fewness of his days, for God is giving him his heart’s delight.

JPS (5-19) For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many; for God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

ASV For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

DRA No DRA ECC 5:20 verse available

YLT For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

Drby For he will not much remember the days of his life, because [fn]God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart.

RV For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

SLT For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God humbles him in the gladness of his heart.

Wbstr For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

KJB-1769 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]For he shall not much remember the dayes of his life: because God answereth him in the ioy of his heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.
(For he thinketh/thinks not much how long he shall live, forasmuch as God filleth/fills his heart with gladness.)

Gnva No Gnva ECC 5:20 verse available

Cvdl For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.
(For he thinketh/thinks not much how long he shall live, for so much as God filleth/fills his heart with gladness.)

Wycl No Wycl ECC 5:20 verse available

Luth No Luth ECC 5:20 verse available

ClVg No ClVg ECC 5:20 verse available

UHB 19 כִּ֚י לֹ֣א הַרְבֵּ֔ה יִזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑י⁠ו כִּ֧י הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֛ים מַעֲנֶ֖ה בְּ⁠שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX ECC 5:20 verse available

BrTr No BrTr ECC 5:20 verse available