complete verse (Ecclesiastes 6:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 6:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Even if that person lived for two thousand years and he still did not enjoy life, he would still be like that child, since both go to the same place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Whatever the case may be, even if that man lives 2000 years, if his soul is not satisfied with his prosperity, what happiness will he have? In the end all of us go to the same place, don’t we?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “who has no joy with the good things which he had-received. Yes, even if that man will-live a very long (life). Is-it- not -so that everyone has the same place to go?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, it would have been better for them never to have been born.
    All people who live a long time certainly all go to the same place— to the grave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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