ECC 4:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Sometimes there’s a person living alone without a child or a relative, who works hard without stopping.
⇔ However, wealth doesn’t satisfy them because they wonder why they’re working so hard and not sitting down to enjoy their good things.
⇔ That also is pointless, and it’s an unpleasant business.

4:8 OSHB variant note: עיני/ו: (x-qere) ’עֵינ֖/וֹ’: lemma_5869 a n_1.0 morph_HNcbsc/Sp3ms id_21ycY עֵינ֖/וֹ

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 Ἔστιν εἷς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι δεύτερος· καί γε υἱὸς καί γε ἀδελφὸς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περασμὸς τῷ παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ· καί γε ὀφθαλμὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐμπίμπλαται πλούτου· καὶ τίνι ἐγὼ μοχθῶ, καὶ στερίσκω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ ἀγαθωσύνης; καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ περισπασμὸς πονηρός ἐστιν.
(Estin heis, kai ouk esti deuteros; kai ge huios kai ge adelfos ouk estin autōi; kai ouk esti perasmos tōi panti moⱪthōi autou; kai ge ofthalmos autou ouk empimplatai ploutou; kai tini egō moⱪthō, kai steriskō taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou apo agathōsunaʸs; kai ge touto mataiotaʸs kai perispasmos ponaʸros estin. )

BrTr There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

ULT There is one person and there is not a second person—even a son or brother, there is not for him—and there is no end to all his toil. Also his eye is not satisfied with wealth. And why am I toiling and causing my soul to lack from good things? Also this is vapor and it is an unpleasant business.

UST There are people who live alone;
⇔ they do not have a family nor even children or any brothers or sisters living with them.
⇔ Every day they work very hard without stopping; they make a lot of money,
⇔ but they are never satisfied with the things that they get.
⇔ They ask themselves,
⇔ “Why am I working so hard; whom am I actually helping?
⇔ Why am I not doing things that I would enjoy doing?
⇔ What I have been doing seems useless.” This is very bad.

BSB There is a man all alone without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) no son or brother

(Some words not found in UHB: there_was one(ms) and,no second also/yet son and,brother not to=him/it and,there_is_no extremity/end_of to/from=all/each/any/every toil_of,his also/yet eyes_of,his not satisfied riches and,for,whom I toiling and,depriving DOM self_of,me of,pleasure also/yet this Abel and,business unhappy he/it )

This person has no family. Alternate translation: “he has no family”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) his eyes are not satisfied

Here the whole person is represented by his “eyes” to emphasize his desires. Alternate translation: “he is not satisfied”

(Occurrence 0) For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure

Alternate translation: “Will anyone benefit from me working hard and not enjoying myself”

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