Ecclesiastes 12:12

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ASV Byzantine Text

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Asang Khongca Bible

To pacoengah ka capa, to baktih loknawk hoi thuitaek ih kami ah om ah; cabu sakhaih loe boeng thai ai; kapop ah amtukhaih mah takpum angphosak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te phoeikah a koeinah la, ka ca te n'thuituen pai saeh. Cabu saii ham he rhu tih bawt pawh. Muep cangnah khaw pumsa kah tawnbanah ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te phoeikah a koeinah la, ka ca te n'thuituen pai saeh. Cabu saii ham he rhu tih bawt pawh. Muep cangnah khaw pumsa kah tawnbanah ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Eia hoi kekahi: E aoia mai oe, e ka'u keiki, e keia mau mea; o ka hana ana i na buke he nui loa, he mea hope ole ia, a o ka imi nui i ka palapala, he mea ia e luhi ai ke kino.

English Berean Standard Bible

And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pitit mwen, men sa pou ou fè: Pran leson sou bagay sa yo. Si pou yo ta ekri anpil liv, yo pa ta janm fini. Lè ou etidye twòp, sa fè kè ou fè ou mal.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

His amplius, fili mi, ne requiras. Faciendi plures libros nullus est finis; frequensque meditatio, carnis afflictio est.

Bible in Basic English

And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et de plus, mon fils, laisse-toi instruire par eux : à faire beaucoup de livres, il n’y a point de fin, et beaucoup d’étude lasse la chair.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A tak tedy jimi, synu můj, hojně dosti osvícen býti můžeš. Dělání knih mnohých žádného konce není, a čísti mnoho jest zemdlení těla.

Kosraean Bible

Wen nutik, oasr pac sie ma kom in arulana taran. Sim book uh sie orekma wangin safla kac, ac fin yokla lutlut lom kac, ac eisla kuiyom.

World Portuguese Bible

Além disso, meu filho, seja advertido: de fazer muitos livros não há fim; e muito estudo é cansaço para a carne.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și, mai mult, fiul meu, fii avertizat prin acestea; în facerea multor cărți nu este sfârșit, și mult studiu este oboseală pentru carne.

Brenton English Septuagint

And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Burmese Common Language Bible

တဖန်တုံ၊ ငါ့သား၊ ထိုသို့သောစကားအားဖြင့် ဆုံးမခြင်းကို ခံလော့။ စာများကိုစီရင်၍ မကုန်နိုင်။ စာကို ကြိုးစား၍ ကြည့်ရှုခြင်းအမှုသည်၊ ကိုယ်ကို နှောင့်ရှက် သောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

And besides, my son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und überdies, mein Sohn, laß dich warnen: Des vielen Büchermachens ist kein Ende, und viel Studieren ist Ermüdung des Leibes.

Dutch Bible 1917

En wat boven dezelve is, mijn zoon! wees gewaarschuwd; van vele boeken te maken is geen einde, en veel lezens is vermoeiing des vleses.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Tenslotte, mijn zoon, wees voorzichtig: Men kan boeken schrijven zonder eind, Maar veel studeren vermoeit het vlees.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il Predicatore ha cercato, per trovar cose approvate; e ciò che è scritto è dirittura, parole di verità.

Douay-Rheims 1899

More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

And of other things beside these, my sone, take thou heede: for there is none ende in making many bookes, and much reading is a wearines of the flesh.

Noyes Bible

And, moreover, by these, my son, be warned! To the multiplying of books there is no end, and much study wearieth the flesh.

Danish Bible 1931

Endnu skal siges: Min Søn, var dig! Der er ingen Ende på, som der skrives Bøger, og megen Gransken trætter Legemet.

Leeser Tanakh

But more than all these, my son, take warning for thyself: the making of many books would have no end; and much preaching is a weariness of the flesh.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

King James Version

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lại, hỡi con, hãy chịu dạy: người ta chép nhiều sách chẳng cùng; còn học quá thật làm mệt nhọc cho xác thịt.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Revised West Version

Pea ko eni, ʻE hoku foha, ke valokiʻi koe ʻe he ngaahi meʻa ni: ʻoku ʻikai hano ngataʻanga ʻoe ngaohi ʻoe tohi; pea ko e lau lahi ʻi he tohi ko e meʻa fakamāfasia ia ki he kakano.

French Ostervald Bible

Du reste, mon fils, prends garde à ces choses. A faire beaucoup de livres, il n'y a point de fin, et tant d'étude n'est que fatigue pour le corps.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj krom tio, mia filo, akceptu mian instruon, ke se oni volus verki multajn librojn, ne estus fino, kaj multe legi lacigas la korpon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

L’Ecclésiaste s’est efforcé de trouver des paroles agréables; et ce qui a été écrit avec droiture, ce sont des paroles de vérité.

German Luther Bible 1912

Hüte dich, mein Sohn, vor andern mehr; denn viel Büchermachens ist kein Ende, und viel studieren macht den Leib müde.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

British English Septuagint 2012

And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Majority Standard BIble

And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

Webster Bible

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Revised Version

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Italian Riveduta Bible

(H12-14) Del resto, figliuol mio, sta’ in guardia: si fanno de’ libri in numero infinito; e molto studiare è una fatica per il corpo.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

De plus, mon fils, sois averti : on ne finira jamais de composer des livres, et beaucoup d'étude fatigue le corps.

Reina Valera 1909

Ahora, hijo mío, á más de esto, sé avisado. No hay fin de hacer muchos libros; y el mucho estudio aflicción es de la carne.

Spanish BLL

Pero además de esto, hijo mío, ten cuidado: el escribir muchos libros es algo que no tiene fin, y el estudiar demasiado solo agota el cuerpo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Ahora, hijo mío, a más de esto, acepta ser advertido: no hay fin de hacer muchos libros; y el mucho estudio es fatiga de la carne.

Croatian Bible

I na kraju, sine moj, znaj da je neizmjerno mnogo truda potrebno da se napiše knjiga i da mnogo učenje umara tijelo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I tako, sine moj, čuvaj se onog što je preko ovog, jer nema kraja sastavljanju mnogih knjiga, i mnogo čitanje umor je telu.

German Textbibel

Und ferner noch: Mein Sohn, laß dich warnen! Des vielen Büchermachens ist kein Ende, und vieles Studieren ermüdet den Leib.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: Of making many books there is no end; And much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְיֹתֵ֥ר מֵהֵ֖מָּה בְּנִ֣י הִזָּהֵ֑ר עֲשׂ֨וֹת סְפָרִ֤ים הַרְבֵּה֙ אֵ֣ין קֵ֔ץ וְלַ֥הַג הַרְבֵּ֖ה יְגִעַ֥ת בָּשָֽׂר׃