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OET (OET-RV) It’s better to enjoy what’s right there than to feed the imagination.
⇔ That’s also pointless and chasing after the wind.
OET-LV is_good the_sight_of eyes than_wandering desire also this is_futility and_chasing_of wind.
UHB ט֛וֹב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ־נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃ ‡
(ţōⱱ marʼēh ˊēynayim mēhₐlāk-nāfesh gam-zeh heⱱel ūrəˊūt rūaḩ.)
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 Ἀγαθὸν ὅραμα ὀφθαλμῶν ὑπερπορευόμενον ψυχῇ· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ προαίρεσις πνεύματος.
(Agathon horama ofthalmōn huperporeuomenon psuⱪaʸ; kai ge touto mataiotaʸs kai proairesis pneumatos. )
BrTr The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
ULT Better is a sight of the eyes than the walking of the soul. Also this is vapor and striving after wind.
UST It is better to enjoy the things that we already have
⇔ than to constantly want more things.
⇔ Continually wanting more things is senseless,
⇔ like trying to control the wind.
BSB Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
MSB (Same as above)
OEB Better a glimpse with the eyes
⇔ Than the roaming of the appetite.
⇔ Here is another illusion and a chasing of the wind.
WEBBE Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET It is better to be content with what the eyes can see
⇔ than for one’s heart always to crave more.
⇔ This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.
LSV Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This [is] also vanity and distress of spirit.
FBV Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.
T4T It is better to enjoy the things that we already have [MTY]
⇔ than to constantly want more things;
⇔ continually wanting more things is senseless,
⇔ like chasing the wind.
LEB No LEB ECC book available
BBE What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
ASV Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
DRA Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
YLT Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
Drby Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
RV Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
SLT Good the sight of the eyes above the going of the soul. Also this is vanity and striving of spirit.
Wbstr Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
KJB-1769 ¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.[fn]
(¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation/frustration of spirit. )
6.9 than…: Heb. than the walking of the soul
KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
(¶ Better is the sight of the eyes, then the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation/frustration of spirit.)
6:9 Heb. then the walking of the soule.
Bshps No Bshps ECC book available
Gnva The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
(The sight of ye/you_all eye is better then to walk in ye/you_all lustes: this also is vanity, and vexation/frustration of spirit. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available
Wycl No Wycl ECC book available
Luth No Luth ECC book available
ClVg Melius est videre quod cupias, quam desiderare quod nescias. Sed et hoc vanitas est, et præsumptio spiritus.
(Better it_is seere that cupias, how desiderare that nescias. But and this vanity it_is, and beforesumptio spirit. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available
6:8-9 are wise people really better off . . . being wise? Yes, as long as they enjoy and are content with what the Lord has provided.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) what the eyes see
(Some words not found in UHB: good what_~_see_of eyes than,wandering soul also/yet this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
A person can see these things because he already has them. Alternate translation: “what a person has”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) to desire what a wandering appetite craves
(Some words not found in UHB: good what_~_see_of eyes than,wandering soul also/yet this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
This refers to things that a person wants but does not have. Alternate translation: “to want what he does not have”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
(Occurrence 0) vapor … an attempt to shepherd the wind
(Some words not found in UHB: good what_~_see_of eyes than,wandering soul also/yet this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
These two phrases are both metaphors that emphasize the idea of things being useless and futile.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) vapor
(Some words not found in UHB: good what_~_see_of eyes than,wandering soul also/yet this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
“mist.” The author speaks of things as being useless and meaningless as if they were vapor. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “as useless as vapor” or “meaningless”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) an attempt to shepherd the wind
(Some words not found in UHB: good what_~_see_of eyes than,wandering soul also/yet this Abel and,chasing_of wind )
The author speaks of everything that people do as being useless as if they were trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “are as useless as trying to control the wind”