ECC 5:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT There is a sickening misfortune I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its master to his harm.

UST I have seen another terrible thing that happens here on the earth.
 ⇔ People save up all their money and become rich,
⇔ but they are miserable because they store up their money.

BSB § There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

OEB One of the grievous evils that I have observed under the sun is this – wealth hoarded up to its

WEB There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

NET Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen:
 ⇔ Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

LSV There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

FBV I observed something here that is really sickening:[fn] people who hoard money damage themselves.

5:13 The two words often translated as “grievous evil” really refer to “miserable illness,” or something that makes you “really sick.” Also in verse 16.

T4T ¶ I have seen another terrible thing that happens here on the earth [MTY]:
 ⇔ People save up all their money and become rich,
⇔ but they are not helped by saving a lot of money,

LEB There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded[fn] by its owner to his harm.

?:? Literally “kept ”

BBE There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun — wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

MOF No MOF ECC book available

JPS (5-12) There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt;

ASV There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

DRA For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

YLT There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

DBY There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

RV There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

WBS There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners of them to their hurt.

KJB There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
(There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. )

BB Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession:
(Yet is there a sore plague which I have seen under the sun namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath/has them in possession:)

GNV And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
(And these riches perish by evil trauel, and he begetteth a son, and in his hand is nothing. )

CB Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.
(Yet is there a sore plage, which I have seen under the Son (namely) riches kepte to the hurt of him it hath/has them in possession.)

WYC For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.
(For they perishn in the worste turment; he begat/gave_birth_to a son, that shall be in souereyn nedynesse.)

LUT Denn der Reiche kommt um mit großem Jammer; und so er einen Sohn gezeuget hat, dem bleibt nichts in der Hand.
(Because the Reiche kommt around/by/for with großem Yammer; and so he a son gezeuget has, to_him bleibt nichts in the Hand.)

CLV Pereunt enim in afflictione pessima: generavit filium qui in summa egestate erit.
(Pereunt because in afflictione pessima: generavit filium who in summa egestate will_be. )

BRN And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

BrLXX καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ πλοῦτος ἐκεῖνος ἐν περισπασμῷ πονηρῷ, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ οὐδέν.
(kai apoleitai ho ploutos ekeinos en perispasmōi ponaʸrōi, kai egennaʸsen huion, kai ouk estin en ⱪeiri autou ouden. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) under the sun

(Some words not found in UHB: and,lost the,wealth (the)=that in/on/at/with,venture bad and,fathered son and,there_is_not in=his/its=hand anything )

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

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) riches hoarded by the owner

(Some words not found in UHB: and,lost the,wealth (the)=that in/on/at/with,venture bad and,fathered son and,there_is_not in=his/its=hand anything )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “an owner hoards riches”

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