ECC 5:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=unclear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

5:8 Note: KJB: Eccl.5.9

5:8 OSHB variant note: היא: (x-qere) ’ה֑וּא’: lemma=1931 n=1 morph=HPp3ms id=21rhu ה֑וּא

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 5:8) Καὶ περίσσεια γῆς ἐπὶ παντί ἐστι, βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἀγροῦ εἰργασμένου.
(Kai perisseia gaʸs epi panti esti, basileus tou agrou eirgasmenou.)

BrTr (ECC 5:8) Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

ULT And a profit of a land—it, is taken by all. But a king is served by a field.

UST Also, all of these corrupt officials seize the harvests of our fields—even the king enjoys the food that his subjects collect from our farms.

BSB & MSB The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

OEB No OEB ECC 5:9 book available

WEBBE & WMBB Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

NET The produce of the land is seized by all of them,
⇔ even the king is served by the fields.

LSV And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

FBV However, what the land produces is for everyone—even the king benefits from what is grown.[fn]

5:9 Again the meaning is unclear in this verse.

T4T and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest.

LEB • The produce of the land is exploited by everyone;
• even the king profits from the field of the poor ![fn]

5:? Literally “for the field is even worked for the king”

BBE It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

Moff after all, a country prospers with a king who has control.

JPS (ECC 5:8) (5-7) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.

ASV Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

DRA (ECC 5:8) Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

YLT And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

Drby Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.

RV Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
(Moreover/What’s_more the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.)

SLT And the profit of the earth in all: it is the king being served to the field.

Wbstr Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

KJB-1769 ¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
(¶ Moreover/What’s_more the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.)

KJB-1611 ¶ Moreouer the profit of the earth is for all: the king himselfe is serued by the field.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The encrease of the earth vpholdeth all thyng: yea the kyng hym selfe is maynteyned by husbandry.
(The increase of the earth upholdeth all thing: yea the king himself is maintained by husbandry.)

Gnva He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.
(He that loveth/loves silver, shall not be satisfied with silver, and he that loveth/loves riches, shall be without the fruit thereof: this also is vanity.)

Cvdl The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subieccion and bondage vnto ye kinge.
(The whole land also with the fields and all that is therein, is in subjection and bondage unto ye/you_all king.)

Wycl (ECC 5:8) and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.
(and furthermore the king of all earth commandeth/commands to the servant.)

Luth (ECC 5:8) Über das ist der König im ganzen Lande, das Feld zu bauen.
(Over the is the/of_the king in_the entire land, the field to/for build.)

ClVg (ECC 5:8) et insuper universæ terræ rex imperat servienti.[fn]
(and moreover of_the_universes of_the_earth/land(pl) king commands to_the_servant.)

5.8 Universæ terræ, etc. Deus patiens et redditor, qui dicit, Cum accepero tempus, ego justitias judicabo.

5.8 Of_the_universes of_the_earth/land(pl), etc. God patient and be_returned, who/which he_says, Since I_will_accept time/season, I justices I_will_judge.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מֶ֥לֶךְ לְ⁠שָׂדֶ֖ה נֶעֱבָֽד

king to,a_field profits

The expression a king is served is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [a field serves a king]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

בַּ⁠כֹּ֣ל היא

[is]_in,everything himself

The expression it is taken by all is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [everyone takes it]

Parallel ECC 5:9