Verse List for ECC 7:11

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OET (OET-RV) Wisdom is good when you get an inheritance, ⇔ and it’s an advantage to those doing well.

OET-LV is_good wisdom with an _inheritance and_is_an _advantage to_those _who_see _of (of)_the_sun.

ULT ⇔  Wisdom is good with an inheritance ⇔  and an advantage to those who see the sun.

UST ⇔  Thinking and living wisely is both valuable and useful, ⇔  just like receiving an endowment of property or money from a relative who has died. ⇔  As such, being wise can provide anyone alive with significant benefits.

BSB & MSB Wisdom, like an inheritance, [is] good, ⇔  and it benefits those who see the sun.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

NET Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; ⇔ it benefits those who see the light of day.

LSV Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance,
And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.

FBV Wisdom is good—it's like receiving an inheritance. It benefits everyone in life.[fn]

T4T ⇔  Being wise is better than inheriting valuable things; ⇔  being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth [MTY].

LEB • Wisdom is good with an inheritance;
• it benefits the living .[fn]

BBE Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

Moff Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, ⇔  a real profit for mankind;

JPS Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.

ASV Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

DRA Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

YLT Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.

Drby Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

RV Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

SLT Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and a remainder to those seeing the sun.

Wbstr Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

KJB-1769 ¶ Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Wisedome is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profite to them that see the sunne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:
(Wysdome with inheritance is good, yet better is it with them that without care may behold the sun:)

Gnva Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
(Be not thou/you of an hasty spirit to be angry: for anger resteth/rests in the bosom of fools.)

Cvdl Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.
(Wisdom is better then riches, ye/you_all much more worth then the eyesight.)

Wycl Seie thou not, What gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned.
(Say thou/you not, What guessest/guess thou/you is of cause, that the former times were better than been now? for why such asking is foolish.)

Luth Weisheit ist gut mit einem Erbgut und hilft, daß sich einer der Sonne freuen kann.
(wise_(people) is good with on heritage/inheritance and help(v), that itself/yourself/themselves one/a the/of_the sun be_happy can.)

ClVg Ne dicas: Quid putas causæ est quod priora tempora meliora fuere quam nunc sunt? stulta enim est hujuscemodi interrogatio.[fn]
(Don’t say: What you_think causes it_is that previous times better were how now are? stupid because it_is of_this_kind question(n).)

UHB טוֹבָ֥ה חָכְמָ֖ה עִֽם־נַחֲלָ֑ה וְ⁠יֹתֵ֖ר לְ⁠רֹאֵ֥י הַ⁠שָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀγαθὴ σοφία μετὰ κληρονομίας, καὶ περίσσεια τοῖς θεωροῦσι τὸν ἥλιον.

BrTr Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.