| NETBible | |
| NIV © |
And I saw that all labour and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbour. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. |
| NASB © |
I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind. |
| NLT © |
Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind. |
| MSG © |
Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind. |
| BBE © |
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man’s envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind. |
| NRSV © |
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. |
| NKJV © |
Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. |
| KJV | Again, I considered <07200> (8804) all travail <05999>_, and every right <03788> work <04639>_, that for this a man <0376> is envied <07068> of his neighbour <07453>_. This [is] also vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_. {every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour} |
| NASB © |
I have seen <7200> that every <3605> labor <5999> and every <3605> skill <3788> which is done <4639> is the result of rivalry <7068> between a man <376> and his neighbor <7453> . This <2088> too <1571> is vanity <1892> and striving <7469> after wind .<7307> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ eidon <3708> V-AAI-1S egw <1473> P-NS sun <4862> PREP panta <3956> A-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM mocyon <3449> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ sun <4862> PREP pasan <3956> A-ASF andreian {A-ASF} tou <3588> T-GSN poihmatov <4161> N-GSN oti <3754> CONJ auto <846> D-NSN zhlov <2205> N-NSM androv <435> N-GSM apo <575> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM etairou <2083> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ ge <1065> PRT touto <3778> D-NSN mataiothv <3153> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ proairesiv {N-NSF} pneumatov <4151> N-GSN |
| NET [draft] ITL | Then I <0589> considered <07200> all <03605> the skillful <03788> work <04639> that is done: Surely <03588> it <01931> is nothing more than competition <07068> between one person <0376> and another <07453> . This <02088> also <01571> is profitless <01892> – like chasing <07469> the wind .<07307> |
| HEBREW | xwr <07307> twerw <07469> lbh <01892> hz <02088> Mg <01571> wherm <07453> sya <0376> tanq <07068> ayh <01931> yk <03588> hvemh <04639> Nwrsk <03788> lk <03605> taw <0853> lme <05999> lk <03605> ta <0853> yna <0589> ytyarw (4:4) <07200> |
| NETBible | |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “saw.” 2 tn Heb “all the toil and all the skill.” This Hebrew clause (אֶת־כָּל־עָמָל וְאֵת כָּל־כִּשְׁרוֹן, ’et-kol-’amal vÿ’et kol-kishron) is a nominal hendiadys (a figurative expression in which two independent phrases are used to connote the same thing). The second functions adverbially, modifying the first, which retains its full nominal function: “all the skillful work.” 3 tn The phrase “nothing more than” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. 4 tn The noun קִנְאַה (qin’ah, “competition”) has a wide range of meanings: “zeal; jealousy; envy; rivalry; competition; suffering; animosity; anger; wrath” (HALOT 1110 s.v.; BDB 888 s.v.). Here, as in 9:6, it denotes “rivalry” (BDB 888 s.v. 1) or “competitive spirit” (HALOT 1110 s.v. 1.b). The LXX rendered it ζῆλος (zhlos, “envy; jealousy”). The English versions reflect this broad range: “rivalry” (NEB, NAB, NASB), “envy” (KJV, ASV, RSV, NRSV, MLB, NIV, NJPS), and “jealousy” (Moffatt). 5 tn Heb “a man and his neighbor.” 6 tn The word “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity. |