ECC 5:20 Parallel Verse View

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Original ECC 5:19: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

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 (ECC 5:19) Ὅτι οὐ πολλὰ μνησθήσεται τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς περισπᾷ αὐτὸν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καρδίας αὐτοῦ.
(Hoti ou polla mnaʸsthaʸsetai tas haʸmeras taʸs zōaʸs autou, hoti ho Theos perispa auton en eufrosunaʸ kardias autou.)

BrTr (ECC 5:19) For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

ULT For not much does he remember the days of his life, because the God occupies, him with the joys of his heart.

UST By enabling us to accept the good things in our lives joyfully, God focuses our attention on what we enjoy about our lives. This allows us to forget momentarily the reality that, one day, we will inevitably die.

BSB & MSB For [a man] seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

OEB No OEB ECC 5:20 book available

WEBBE & WMBB For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

NET For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life
⇔ because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

LSV For he does not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

FBV In fact such people have little time to think about life because God keeps them busy with all that makes them happy.[fn]

5:20 Whether this is a good thing or not is not indicated.

T4T Those people do not worry much about everything that has happened during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do.

LEB For he does not remember the brief days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment of life.

BBE He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

Moff Then he will never brood over the fewness of his days, for God is giving him his heart’s delight.

JPS (ECC 5:19) (5-18) Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour — this is the gift of God.

ASV For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

DRA (ECC 5:19) For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,

YLT For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

Drby For he will not much remember the days of his life, because [fn]God answereth [him] with the joy of his heart.

5.20 Elohim

RV For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

SLT For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God humbles him in the gladness of his heart.

Wbstr For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

KJB-1769 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.[fn]

5.20 For…: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc

KJB-1611 [fn]For he shall not much remember the dayes of his life: because God answereth him in the ioy of his heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

5:20 Or, though he giue not much, yet he remembreth &c.

Bshps For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.
(For he thinketh/thinks not much how long he shall live, forasmuch as God filleth/fills his heart with gladness.)

Gnva No Gnva ECC 5:20 verse available

Cvdl For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.
(For he thinketh/thinks not much how long he shall live, for so much as God filleth/fills his heart with gladness.)

Wycl (ECC 5:19) For he schal not bithenke miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis.
(For he shall not remember much on the days of his life, for God occupies his heart with delights.)

Luth (ECC 5:19) Denn er denkt nicht viel an das elende Leben, weil GOtt sein Herz erfreuet.
(Because he thinks not many at/to the miserable/poor life, because God be heart pleased.)

ClVg (ECC 5:19) Non enim satis recordabitur dierum vitæ suæ, eo quod Deus occupet deliciis cor ejus.]
(Not/No because enough it_will_be_remembered days of_life his/her_own(pl), by_him that God may_seize delights heart his/her.])

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑י⁠ו

DOM days_of his/its=life

See how you translated the similar expression in [5:18](../05/18.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽ⁠וֹ

with,the_joy_of his/its=heart

Here, his heart represents where a person’s feelings exist. You may have a comparable expression in your language, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [with the joys that he feels]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠שִׂמְחַ֥ת

with,the_joy_of

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joys, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with what gladdens]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֚י לֹ֣א הַרְבֵּ֔ה יִזְכֹּ֖ר אֶת יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֑י⁠ו כִּ֧י הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֛ים מַעֲנֶ֖ה בְּ⁠שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽ⁠וֹ

that/for/because/then/when not often consider DOM days_of his/its=life that/for/because/then/when the=ʼElohīm keeps_~_occupied with,the_joy_of his/its=heart

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because he does not spend much time thinking about how long he will live, since the God occupies him with the joys of his heart]

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