ECC 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And I turned, I, and I saw all the oppressions that were being done under the sun. And, look, the tears of the oppressed and there was no comforter for them. And from the hand of the ones oppressing them was strength and there was no comforter for them.

UST I thought some more about all the suffering that people are made to experience on the earth.
⇔ I thought about the tears of people who were oppressed
⇔ and who had no one to comfort them.
⇔ Those who oppress them have power,
⇔ and there is no one able to comfort the oppressed.

BSB § Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

OEB Once more, I considered all the oppression that goes on under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, who have no one to comfort them– power brutally wielded by the oppressors, and not

WEBBE Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth.
⇔ This is what I saw:
⇔ The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them;
⇔ no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

LSV And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.

FBV Then I turned to consider all the ways people oppress others here on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed—there's no one to comfort them! Powerful people oppress them, and there's no one to comfort them!

T4T I thought some more about all the suffering that people are caused to experience on the earth [MTY].
⇔ I saw the tears of people who were ◄oppressed/treated cruelly►
⇔ and who had no one to comfort/encourage them.
⇔ Those who oppressed them had power,
⇔ and there was absolutely no one who was able to comfort those who were being oppressed.

LEB • I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. no one comforts them! • Those who oppress them are powerful— • no one can comfort them[fn]

?:? Literally “And look! The tears of the oppressed, and there is no comforting for them, and from the hand of oppressors of them was power, and there is no comforting for them”

BBE And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS But I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

ASV Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

DRA I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.

YLT And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter.

Drby And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

RV Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

Wbstr So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

KJB-1769 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.[fn]

4.1 side: Heb. hand

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.
(¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sunne; and behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.)

4:1 Chap.5.7. &c.

4:1 Heb. hand.

Bshps So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.
(So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the sunne: and behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that would deliver and defende them from the violence of their oppressors.)

Gnva So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.
(So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought/done under the sunne, and behold the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppress them, and none comforteth them. )

Cvdl So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done vnder the Sonne: and beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, and there was no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.
(So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done under the Son: and behold, the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that would deliver and defende them from the violence of their oppressors.)

Wyc I turnede me to othere thingis, and Y siy fals chalengis, that ben don vndur the sunne, and the teeris of innocentis, and no man coumfortour; and that thei forsakun of the help of alle men, moun not ayenstonde the violence of hem.
(I turned me to other things, and I saw fals chalengis, that been done under the sunne, and the teeris of innocentis, and no man comforter; and that they forsakun of the help of all men, moun not againsttonde the violence of them.)

Luth Ich wandte mich und sah alle, die Unrecht leiden unter der Sonne; und siehe, da waren Tränen derer, so Unrecht litten und hatten keinen Tröster; und die ihnen Unrecht taten, waren zu mächtig, daß sie keinen Tröster haben konnten.
(I turned me and saw all, the Unrecht leiden under the/of_the sun; and look, there were Tränen derer, so Unrecht litten and hatten none Tröster; and the to_them Unrecht taten, were to mächtig, that they/she/them none Tröster have konnten.)

ClVg [Verti me ad alia, et vidi calumnias quæ sub sole geruntur, et lacrimas innocentium, et neminem consolatorem, nec posse resistere eorum violentiæ, cunctorum auxilio destitutos,[fn]
([Verti me to alia, and I_saw calumnias which under sole geruntur, and lacrimas innocentium, and neminem consolatorem, but_not posse resistere their violentiæ, cunctorum auxilio destitutos, )

4.1 Verti me ad alia. Plenius hunc locum David in psalmo LXXII, et Jeremias in suo volumine prosequuntur.

4.1 Verti me to alia. Plenius this_one place David in psalmo LXXII, and Yeremias in his_own volumine prosequuntur.

BrTr So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα ἐγὼ, καὶ εἶδον συμπάσας τὰς συκοφαντίας τὰς γενομένας ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον· καὶ ἰδοὺ δάκρυον τῶν συκοφαντουμένων, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ χειρὸς συκοφαντούντων αὐτοῖς ἰσχὺς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς παρακαλῶν.
(Kai epestrepsa egō, kai eidon sumpasas tas sukofantias tas genomenas hupo ton haʸlion; kai idou dakruon tōn sukofantoumenōn, kai ouk estin autois parakalōn, kai apo ⱪeiros sukofantountōn autois isⱪus, kai ouk estin autois parakalōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) under the sun

(Some words not found in UHB: and,again I and,saw DOM all/each/any/every the,oppression which/who done below/instead_of the,sun and=see/lo/see! tears the,oppressed and,no to/for=them comfort and,on,side oppressors,their ability and,no to/for=them comfort )

This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:3. Alternate translation: “on the earth”

(Occurrence 0) behold, the tears

Alternate translation: “I looked and I saw”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the tears of oppressed people

Here “tears” represent weeping. Alternate translation: “the oppressed people were weeping”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Power was in the hand of their oppressors

This means that their oppressors were powerful. Here their “hand” represents what thet possess. Alternate translation: “Their oppressors were powerful”

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