complete verse (Ecclesiastes 2:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 2:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, I look at everything that I had done and the fights I had fought acquiring those things. Then, I saw that all those things in this world are empty. It is like when a person chases the wind!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that I thought about all the work that my hands had done,
    with how much pain I had done those works.
    And yet it is all meaningless,
    It is just like chasing the wind.
    There is no benefit at all in this world.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But when I thought well all that I have-done, I realized that all of these have no value; as-if like I am only chasing the wind. (It has) no value at-all the hard-work here on earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But then I thought about all the hard work that I had done to get all those things,
    and none of it seems to bring any lasting benefit.
    It was all like chasing the wind.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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