ECC 5:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) This is also a sickening misfortune:
⇔ He will leave this world just like he entered it,
⇔ and what profit belongs to him who will work hard for the wind?

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει, καὶ ἐν πένθει, καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ, καὶ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ, καὶ χόλῳ.
(Kai ge pasai hai haʸmerai autou en skotei, kai en penthei, kai thumōi pollōi, kai aɽɽōstia, kai ⱪolōi.)

BrTr Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

ULT And also this is a sickening misfortune: Just as he came, thus he will go. And what profit belongs to him who toils for the wind?

UST Yes, this was the lamentable, gut-wrenching situation that I witnessed: This man brought nothing into the world when his life began, and, when he died, he took nothing with him. And so, it seems that his hard work never enabled him to feel truly satisfied with his life. His difficult, stressful work was like a frustrated attempt to grab a handful of the wind.

BSB This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET This is another misfortune:
⇔ Just as he came, so will he go.
⇔ What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

LSV And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goes, and what advantage [is] to him who labors for wind?

FBV This also makes me sick! What do people gain, working for the wind?[fn]

5:16 As noted in footnote for 1:14, the word here can mean “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit.” So it could just as easily be translated as “What do you gain, working for a breath of air?” etc.

T4T That also seems senseless.
⇔ People bring nothing into the world when they are born,
⇔ and they leave this world taking nothing with them.
⇔ They have worked hard,
⇔ but they receive no lasting benefit [MET].

LEB This also is a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit does he gain for all his toil for the wind?

BBE And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

Moff A sore evil this, that as he came so he must go. What does he gain by all his futile toil,

JPS (5-15) And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?

ASV And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

DRA All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

YLT And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind?

Drby And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

RV And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?
(And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath/has he that he laboureth for the wind?)

SLT And also this an evil making sick, wholly as he came so shall he go: and what to him he shall labor for the wind?

Wbstr And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

KJB-1769 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
(And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath/has he that hath/has laboured for the wind?)

KJB-1611 And this also is a sore euill, that in all points as he came, so shall hee goe: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the winde?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?
(This is a miserable plague, that he shall go even as he came away: What helpeth/helps it him then that he hath/has laboured in the wind?)

Gnva Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
(Also all his days he eateth/eats in darkness with much grief, and in his sorrow and anger.)

Cvdl This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?
(This is a miserable plague, it he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth/helps it him then, it he hath/has laboured in the wind?)

Wycl In alle the daies of his lijf he eet in derknessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedynesse, and sorewe.
(In all the days of his life he eat in darkness, and in many businesses, and in neediness, and sorrow.)

Luth Sein Leben, lang hat er im Finstern gegessen und in großem Grämen und Krankheit und Traurigkeit.
(Be life, long has he in_the darkness eaten and in large grief and illness and sadness.)

ClVg cunctis diebus vitæ suæ comedit in tenebris, et in curis multis, et in ærumna atque tristitia.]
(to_all days of_life his/her_own he_ate in/into/on darkness, and in/into/on worries many, and in/into/on drought/hardships and_yet sadness.])

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה