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Parallel ECC 3:12

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BI Ecc 3:12 ©

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

OET (OET-RV)
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OET-LVI_know if/because_that there_[is]_not good in/on/at/with_them if/because (if) to_rejoice and_to_do good in/on/at/with_live_they.

UHBיָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין ט֖וֹב בָּ֑⁠ם כִּ֣י אִם־לִ⁠שְׂמ֔וֹחַ וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲשׂ֥וֹת ט֖וֹב בְּ⁠חַיָּֽי⁠ו׃
   (yādaˊtī kiy ʼēyn ţōⱱ bā⁠m kiy ʼim-li⁠səmōaḩ və⁠la⁠ˊₐsōt ţōⱱ bə⁠ḩayyāy⁠v.)

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).

BrLXXἜγνων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, εἰ μὴ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ·
   (Egnōn hoti ouk estin agathon en autois, ei maʸ tou eufranthaʸnai kai tou poiein agathon en zōaʸ autou; )

BrTrI know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

ULTI know that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during his life

USTI know that the best thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things during the time that we are alive.

BSB  § I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,


OEBI am convinced that the only satisfaction that can be theirs is to be happy and prosperous, while

WEBBEI know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG(9-13)But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I’ve had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he’s left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he’s coming or going. I’ve decided that there’s nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That’s it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It’s God’s gift.

NETI have concluded that there is nothing better for people
 ⇔ than to be happy and to enjoy
 ⇔ themselves as long as they live,

LSVI have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

FBVI concluded that there's nothing better than being happy and looking for the good in life.

T4TI know that the best [LIT] thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things all during the time that we are alive.

LEBSo I realized that there is nothing better[fn] for them than to rejoice and enjoy themselves[fn] during their lives.


3:12 Literally “no good”

3:12 Literally “to rejoice and to do good”

BBEI am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

MoffNo Moff ECC book available

JPSI know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.

ASVI know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

DRAAnd I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

YLTI have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

DrbyI know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

RVI know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

WbstrI know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

KJB-1769I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

KJB-1611I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

BshpsSo I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.
   (So I perceived that in those things there is nothing better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he liveth/lives.)

GnvaI know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
   (I know that there is nothing good in them, but to rejoice, and to do good in his life. )

CvdlSo I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.
   (So I perceived, it in these things there is nothing better for a man, the to be merry and to do well so long as he liveth/lives.)

WyclAnd Y knew that no thing was betere `to a man, `no but to be glad, and to do good werkis in his lijf.
   (And I knew that no thing was better `to a man, `no but to be glad, and to do good works in his life.)

LuthDarum merkte ich, daß nichts Besseres drinnen ist, denn fröhlich sein und ihm gütlich tun in seinem Leben.
   (Therefore noticed I, that nothing Besseres drinnen is, because fröhlich his and him gütlich do/put in his Leben.)

ClVgEt cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;[fn]
   (And cognovi that not/no was melius nisi lætari, and facere bene in vita sua; )


3.12 Et cognovi. HIERON. Ideo colonus in mundo datus est homo, etc., usque ad hinc:


3.12 And cognovi. HIERON. Ideo colonus in mundo datus it_is homo, etc., until to hinc:


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

3:9-14 Even though every activity has an appropriate occasion (3:1-8), only God can truly know what that occasion is (3:9-11). Mortals must be content with uncertainty and trust the sovereign God who gives enjoyment to those who work wisely and righteously.

BI Ecc 3:12 ©