ECC 11:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Τηρῶν ἄνεμον οὐ σπείρει, καὶ βλέπων ἐν ταῖς νεφέλαις οὐ θερίσει.
(Taʸrōn anemon ou speirei, kai blepōn en tais nefelais ou therisei. )

BrTr He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.

ULT A person who listens to the wind will not sow and a person who sees the clouds will not harvest.

UST If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing,
⇔ they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not.
⇔ It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west and will bring rain,
⇔ they will not try to harvest their crops on that day.

BSB He who watches the wind will fail to sow,
⇔ and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

OEB He who always is watching the wind
⇔ Never gets to his sowing.
⇔ He who always is scanning the clounds
⇔ Never gets to his reaping.

WEBBE He who observes the wind won’t sow;
⇔ and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He who watches the wind will not sow,
⇔ and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

LSV Whoever is observing the wind does not sow,
And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.

FBV The farmer who pays attention to the direction of the wind knows when not to sow, and by watching the clouds knows when not to reap.[fn]

11:4 These statements reflect the local weather. Farmers did not sow when east winds were blowing, since that was dry wind from the desert. West winds brought rain and were a good time to sow. The opposite was true for harvest—dry weather was called for, not clouds bringing rain. What is being encouraged here is the general theme of wisdom through observation.

T4T If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing,
⇔ they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not.
⇔ It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain,
⇔ they will not try to harvest their crops on that day.

LEB • whoever watches the clouds will not reap.

BBE He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

ASV He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

DRA He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.

YLT Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

Drby He that observeth the wind will not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.

RV He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

Wbstr He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

KJB-1769 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

KJB-1611 He that obserueth the wind, shall not sow: and hee that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.
(He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.)

Bshps He that regardeth the winde, shall not sowe: and he that hath respect vnto the cloudes, shall not reape.
(He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that hath/has respect unto the clouds, shall not reape.)

Gnva He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
(He that observeth ye/you_all wind, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape. )

Cvdl He that regardeth ye wynde, shal not sowe: and he that hath respecte vnto the cloudes, shal not reape.
(He that regardeth ye/you_all wind, shall not sow: and he that hath/has respecte unto the clouds, shall not reape.)

Wycl He that aspieth the wynd, sowith not; and he that biholdith the cloudis, schal neuere repe.
(He that aspieth the wind, sowith not; and he that biholdith the clouds, shall never repe.)

Luth Wer auf den Wind achtet, der säet nicht, und wer auf die Wolken siehet, der erntet nicht.
(Who on the wind achtet, the/of_the säet not, and who on the Wolken siehet, the/of_the erntet not.)

ClVg Qui observat ventum non seminat; et qui considerat nubes numquam metet.[fn]
(Who observat ventum not/no seminat; and who considerat clouds numquam metet. )

11.4 Qui observat ventum, non seminat. ID. Ac si dicat: Omnipotenti te tribue, vel corporale solatium, vel Dei verbum ne forte prætereas eum qui dignus est accipere; et omni tempore. Qui observat ventum. In media tempestate seminandum est, quia nescimus quæ sit voluntas spiritus, et hoc est, Quomodo, etc.

11.4 Who observat ventum, not/no seminat. ID. Ac when/but_if let_him_say: Omnipotenti you(sg) tribue, or corporale solatium, or of_God the_word not forte prætereas him who dignus it_is accipere; and all tempore. Who observat ventum. In media tempestate seminandum it_is, because nescimus which let_it_be voluntas spiritus, and this it_is, Quomodo, etc.

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