ECC 9:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Indeed I set my mind to examine all this
⇔ and concluded that godly and wise people and their work is in God’s hands.
⇔ Being loved or being hated, humankind doesn’t know what’s ahead of them.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 Ὡς οἱ δίκαιοι καὶ οἱ σοφοὶ καὶ αἱ ἐργασίαι αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καί γε ἀγάπην καί γε μῖσος οὐκ ἔστιν εἰδὼς ὁ ἄνθρωπος· τὰ πάντα πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.
(Hōs hoi dikaioi kai hoi sofoi kai hai ergasiai autōn en ⱪeiri tou Theou, kai ge agapaʸn kai ge misos ouk estin eidōs ho anthrōpos; ta panta pro prosōpou autōn. )

BrTr I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.

ULT Indeed, all of this I gave to my heart in order to examine all of this: that the righteous and the wise and their work are in the hand of God. Either love or hate, humanity is not knowing; both are to their faces.

UST I thought about all those things, and I decided that God controls what happens to everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether others will love them or whether they will hate them.

BSB So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

OEB For all this I laid to heart, and my heart observed it all, that the just, the wise, and their doings are in the hand of God: no man knows whether it is to be love or hatred. All that lies ahead of them is

WEBBE For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up.
⇔ I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God;
⇔ whether a person will be loved or hated –
⇔ no one knows what lies ahead.

LSV But all this I have laid to my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred does man know, the whole [is] before them.

FBV I had my mind consider all this. Wise and good people and everything they do are in God's hands. Love or hate—who knows what will happen to them?[fn]

9:1 The meaning of this last sentence is debated as evidenced by the variety of translations. It seems to be emphasizing the uncertainty of life in terms of what may be experienced.

T4T I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls what happens to everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether others will love them or whether they will hate them.

LEB No LEB ECC book available

BBE All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

ASV For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

DRA All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:

YLT But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them.

Drby For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of [fn]God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.

9.1 Elohim

RV For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
(For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth/knows it not; all is before them. )

SLT For all this I gave to my heart, and to examine all this, that the just and the wise and their works are in the hand of God: also love, also hatred, no man shall know of all before them.

Wbstr For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

KJB-1769 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.[fn]
(For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth/knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. )

9.1 I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]For all this I considered in my heart, euen to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their workes, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either loue, or hatred, by all that is before them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

9:1 Hebr. I gaue, or set to my heart.

Bshps No Bshps ECC book available

Gnva I have surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.
(I have surely given mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the just, and the wise, and their works are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth/knows eyther love or hatred of all that is before them. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available

Wycl No Wycl ECC book available

Luth No Luth ECC book available

ClVg [Omnia hæc tractavi in corde meo, ut curiose intelligerem. Sunt justi atque sapientes, et opera eorum in manu Dei; et tamen nescit homo utrum amore an odio dignus sit.[fn]
([Everything these_things tractavi in/into/on heart mine, as curiose intelligerem. They_are just and_yet wise_people, and works their in/into/on by_hand of_God; and nevertheless doesn't_know human whether with_love an hate worthy let_it_be. )

9.1 Sunt justi, etc. Melior est canis. HIER. Canis vivus, pauper justus, leo mortuus, potens iniquus, qui nihil secum aufert de mundo.

9.1 They_are justi, etc. Better it_is dog. HIER. Canis vivus, poor just, lion dead, powerful iniquus, who nothing with_him aufert from/about to_the_world.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) I thought about all this in my mind

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when DOM all/each/any/every this I_give to/towards heart_of,my and,to,concluded DOM all/each/any/every this which/who the,righteous and,the,wise and,deeds_of,their in/on/at/with,hand_of the=ʼElohīm whether love also/even hate not know the=humankind the,everything to/for,confronts_of,them )

Alternate translation: “I thought very deeply about all this”

(Occurrence 0) They are all in God’s hands

Here the word “they” refers to “the righteous and wise people” as well as “their deeds.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) in God’s hands

Here the word “hands” refers to power and authority. Alternate translation: “under God’s control”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) whether love or hate will come to someone

This speaks of “love” and “hate” as if they are people that may come to visit someone else. Alternate translation: “whether someone will experience love or hate”

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