ECC 7:24 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (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 Μακρὰν ὑπὲρ ὃ ἦν, καὶ βαθὺ βάθος, τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό;
(Makran huper ho aʸn, kai bathu bathos, tis heuraʸsei auto; )

BrTr That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

UST Wisdom seems to be far from me.
⇔ There is no one who can truly understand everything.

OEB Yes, the essence of things remained remote – deep down in depths unfathomable.

WEBBE That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding;
⇔ it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

LSV Far off [is] that which has been, and deep, deep, who finds it?

FBV Everything that exists is beyond our grasp—too deep for our understanding. Who can comprehend it?

T4T Wisdom seems to be far from me;
⇔ there is no one [RHQ] who can truly understand everything.

LEB Whatever is—it is far beyond comprehension.[fn] Who can discover it?

7:24 Literally “That which is—it is far and deep deep”

BBE Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

ASV That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

DRA I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,

YLT Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

Drby Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

RV That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Wbstr That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

KJB-1769 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

KJB-1611 That which is farre off, and exceeding deepe, who can finde it out?
(That which is far off, and exceeding deepe, who can find it out?)

Bshps yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.
(yea and so deepe, that I might not reache unto her.)

Gnva For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
(For often times also thine/your heart knoweth/knows that thou/you likewise hast cursed others. )

Cvdl then she was before, yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her.
(then she was before, ye/you_all and so depe that I might not reach unto her.)

Wycl I asayede alle thingis in wisdom; Y seide, I schal be maad wijs, and it yede awei ferthere fro me, myche more than it was;
(I asayede all things in wisdom; I said, I shall be made wijs, and it went away ferthere from me, much more than it was;)

Luth Es ist ferne; was wird‘s sein? und ist sehr tief; wer will‘s finden?
(It is distance; what/which wird‘s sein? and is very tief; who will‘s finden?)

ClVg Cuncta tentavi in sapientia. Dixi: Sapiens efficiar: et ipsa longius recessit a me,
(Cuncta tentavi in sapientia. Dixi: Sapiens efficiar: and herself longius recessit from me, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) far off and very deep

(Some words not found in UHB: far_off what? which,is and,deep deep who? discover,it )

This speaks of wisdom being difficult to understand as if it were something located far away or in a very deep place. Alternate translation: “difficult to understand”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Who can find it?

(Some words not found in UHB: far_off what? which,is and,deep deep who? discover,it )

The writer uses this rhetorical question to emphasize the difficulty in understanding wisdom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “No one can understand it.”

Parallel ECC 7:24