逐节对照
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 - “A leech has two daughters. They cry out, ‘Give! Give!’ “Three things are never satisfied. Four things never say, ‘Enough!’
- Proverbs 30:16 - The first is the grave. The second is a woman who can’t have a baby. The third is land, which never gets enough water. And the fourth is fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 - I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.
- Job 31:7 - Suppose my steps have turned away from the right path. Suppose my heart has wanted what my eyes have seen. Or suppose my hands have become ‘unclean.’
- Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago you broke off the yoke I put on you. You tore off the ropes I tied you up with. You said, ‘I won’t serve you!’ In fact, on every high hill you lay down like a prostitute. You worshiped other gods under every green tree.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 - God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor. They have everything their hearts desire. But God doesn’t let them enjoy those things. Instead, strangers enjoy them. This doesn’t have any meaning. It’s a very evil thing.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 - People should be happy and do good while they live. I know there’s nothing better for them to do than that.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 - Each of them should eat and drink. People should be satisfied with all their hard work. That is God’s gift to them.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 - “Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 - What do people get for all their hard work on earth? What do they get for all their worries?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 - As long as they live, their work is nothing but pain and sorrow. Even at night their minds can’t rest. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 - A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 - You young people, be happy while you are still young. Let your heart be joyful while you are still strong. Do what your heart tells you to do. Go after what your eyes look at. But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 - But then I looked over everything my hands had done. I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing the wind. Nothing was gained on this earth.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 - I have seen what is good. It is good for a person to eat and drink. It’s good for them to be satisfied with their hard work on this earth. That’s what they should do during the short life God has given them. That’s what God made them for.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I’ve seen what is done on this earth. All of it is meaningless. It’s like chasing the wind.