(NIV)
Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.’
(ESV)
Then he
said, “Your
name shall
no longer be
called Jacob, but
Israel, for you have
striven with
God and with
men, and have
prevailed.”
(NIV)
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
I have
seen everything that is
done under the
sun, and
behold,
all is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
And I
applied my
heart to
know wisdom and to
know madness and
folly. I
perceived that
this also is but a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
(ESV)
Then I
considered all that my
hands had
done and the
toil I had
expended in doing
it, and
behold,
all was
vanity and a
striving after
wind, and there was
nothing to be
gained under the
sun.
(NIV)
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
So I
hated life, because
what is
done under the
sun was
grievous to me,
for all is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labour under the sun?
(ESV)
What has a
man from all the
toil and
striving of
heart with
which he
toils beneath the
sun?
(NIV)
To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
For to the
one who pleases him God has
given wisdom and
knowledge and
joy, but to the
sinner he has
given the
business of
gathering and
collecting only to
give to one who
pleases God.
This also is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
Then
I saw that all toil and
all skill in
work come from a
man’s envy of his
neighbor.
This also is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
Better one handful with tranquillity
than two handfuls with toil
and chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
Better is a
handful of
quietness than
two hands full of
toil and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
There was
no end of
all the
people,
all of whom he
led.
Yet those who
come later will not
rejoice in him.
Surely this
also is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.
(ESV)
Better is the
sight of the
eyes than the
wandering of the
appetite:
this also is
vanity and a
striving after
wind.
(NIV)
When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sunset to save him.
(ESV)
Then the
king, when he
heard these
words was
much distressed and
set his
mind to deliver Daniel.
And he labored till the
sun went
down to
rescue him.
(NIV)
Daniel said: ‘In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
(ESV)
Daniel declared “I
saw in my
vision by night, and
behold the
four winds of
heaven were
stirring up the
great sea.
(NIV)
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
(ESV)
In the
womb he took his
brother by the
heel,
and in his
manhood he
strove with
God.
(NIV)
So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
(ESV)
So I always take pains to
have a
clear conscience toward both
God and man.
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