Parallel ECC 4:8

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OEB observed under the sun. Take, for example, a lonely man, with no one by his side – he has neither son nor brother: yet he toils on endlessly; his eye can never see money enough. "And yet, whom am I toiling for, and beggaring myself to happi- ness? "Here is another illusion, a sorry business indeed.

WEBBE There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labour and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A man who is all alone with no companion,
 ⇔ he has no children nor siblings;
 ⇔ yet there is no end to all his toil,
 ⇔ and he is never satisfied with riches.
 ⇔ He laments, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?”
 ⇔ This also is futile and a burdensome task!

LSV There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he has not, and there is no end to all his labor! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he does not say], “For whom am I laboring and bereaving my soul of good?” This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

FBV What about someone who has no family to help him, no brother or son, who works all the time, but isn't satisfied with the money he makes. “Who am I working for?” he asks himself. “Why am I preventing myself from enjoying life?” Such a situation is hard to explain—it's an evil business!

T4T There are men who live alone;
 ⇔ they do not have a wife or children or any brothers living with them;
 ⇔ every day they work very hard, without stopping, to get a lot of money,
 ⇔ but they are never satisfied with the things that they have.
 ⇔ They never ask themselves,
 ⇔ “Why am I working very hard to earn more money?
 ⇔ Why am I not doing things that would cause me to be happy?”
 ⇔ What they do also seems senseless.

LEB No LEB ECC book available

BBE It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity, yea, it is a grievous business.

ASV There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

DRA There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.

YLT There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

Drby There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

RV There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
   (There is one that is alone, and he hath/has not a second; yea, he hath/has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith/says he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. )

SLT There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.

Wbstr There is one alone , and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he , For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.

KJB-1769 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
   (There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath/has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith/says he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. )

KJB-1611 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither childe nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe I labour, and bereaue my soule of good? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore trauell.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps No Bshps ECC book available

Gnva There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
   (There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath/has neither son nor brother, yet is there none end of all his travail, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doth/does he think, For whom do I travail and defraud my soul of pleasure? this also is vanity, and this is an evil travail. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available

Wycl No Wycl ECC book available

Luth No Luth ECC book available

ClVg Unus est, et secundum non habet, non filium, non fratrem, et tamen laborare non cessat, nec satiantur oculi ejus divitiis; nec recogitat, dicens: Cui laboro, et fraudo animam meam bonis? In hoc quoque vanitas est et afflictio pessima.]
   (One it_is, and after/second not/no has, not/no son, not/no brother, and nevertheless to_work not/no ceases, but_not they_are_satisfied eyes his wealth; but_not thinks_over, saying: To_whom I_work, and I_cheat the_soul of_mine good? In this too vanity it_is and affliction worst.] )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available