逐节对照
- New English Translation - It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.
- 新标点和合本 - 眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- 当代译本 - 满足于眼前所有的，胜过心中贪想的。这也是虚空，如同捕风。
- 圣经新译本 - 眼睛看见的，胜过心中想望的。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- 中文标准译本 - 眼睛所见的好过心里妄想。这也是虚空，也是捕风！
- 现代标点和合本 - 眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 眼睛所看的，比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。
- New International Version - Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
- New International Reader's Version - Being satisfied with what you have is better than always wanting more. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.
- English Standard Version - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- New Living Translation - Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
- Christian Standard Bible - Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- New American Standard Bible - What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and striving after wind.
- New King James Version - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
- Amplified Bible - What the eyes see [enjoying what is available] is better than [craving] what the soul desires. This too is futility and chasing after the wind.
- American Standard Version - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
- King James Version - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- World English Bible - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- 新標點和合本 - 眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 眼睛所看的比心裏妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 當代譯本 - 滿足於眼前所有的，勝過心中貪想的。這也是虛空，如同捕風。
- 聖經新譯本 - 眼睛看見的，勝過心中想望的。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 呂振中譯本 - 眼睛看到的比心裏轉來轉去 想 的好：這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 中文標準譯本 - 眼睛所見的好過心裡妄想。這也是虛空，也是捕風！
- 現代標點和合本 - 眼睛所看的比心裡妄想的倒好。這也是虛空，也是捕風。
- 文理和合譯本 - 目之睹、勝於欲之縱、斯亦虛空、乃為捕風、○
- 文理委辦譯本 - 寧享現在之福、勿作出位之思、莫非捕風捉影。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 目睹勝於心戀、然皆屬於虛、皆如捕風、○
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Vale más lo visible que lo imaginario. Y también esto es absurdo; ¡es correr tras el viento!
- 현대인의 성경 - 눈으로 보는 것이 마음으로 생각하는 것보다 낫지만 이것도 역시 헛된 것이며 바람을 잡으려는 것과 같은 것이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Лучше радоваться тому, что имеешь, чем желать того, что не имеешь. И это тоже суета, это – погоня за ветром.
- Восточный перевод - Лучше радоваться тому, что имеешь, чем желать того, что не имеешь. И это тоже пустое, это – погоня за ветром.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Лучше радоваться тому, что имеешь, чем желать того, что не имеешь. И это тоже пустое, это – погоня за ветром.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Лучше радоваться тому, что имеешь, чем желать того, что не имеешь. И это тоже пустое, это – погоня за ветром.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mieux vaut ce qu’on a dans la main que ce vers quoi se porte le désir. Cela aussi est dérisoire : autant courir après le vent.
- リビングバイブル - 手の中の一羽の鳥は、やぶの中の二羽より価値があります。あこがれているものを夢見ているだけであればむなしいことで、風を追いかけるようなものです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Melhor é contentar-se com o que os olhos veem do que sonhar com o que se deseja. Isso também não faz sentido; é correr atrás do vento.
- Hoffnung für alle - Sei zufrieden mit dem, was du hast, und verlange nicht ständig nach mehr, denn das ist vergebliche Mühe – so als wolltest du den Wind einfangen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tận hưởng những gì đang có còn hơn mong muốn những điều không có. Mơ mộng hảo huyền là vô nghĩa—như chạy theo luồng gió.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มีเท่าที่ตาเห็นก็ดีกว่าเที่ยวอยากได้ไปเรื่อย นี่ก็อนิจจัง วิ่งไล่ตามลม
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - การมีความสุขกับสิ่งที่เรามี ดีกว่าเพ้อฝันในสิ่งอื่นที่เราอยากได้ นี่ก็ไร้ค่า และไล่คว้าลม
交叉引用
- Proverbs 30:15 - The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough” –
- Proverbs 30:16 - the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless – like chasing the wind.
- Job 31:7 - If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
- Jeremiah 2:20 - “Indeed, long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. You said, ‘I will not serve you.’ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 - God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor – instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 - I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 - and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 - “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 - What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 - For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 - There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 - Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: “All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless – like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 - I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!