Ecclesiastes 12:12

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

The original, word by word

וְיֹתֵ֥ר ve.yo.Ter and excess HC/Ncmsa
מֵהֵ֖מָּה me.He.mah more than them HR/Pp3mp
בְּנִ֣י be.Ni O child my HNcmsc/Sp1bs
הִזָּהֵ֑ר hi.za.Her be warned HVNv2ms
עֲשׂ֨וֹת a.Sot to make HVqcc
סְפָרִ֤ים se.fa.Rim books HNcmpa
הַרְבֵּה֙ har.Beh many HVhaa
אֵ֣ין 'ein there not HNcmsc
קֵ֔ץ Ketz [is] an end HNcmsa
וְלַ֥הַג ve.La.hag and study HC/Ncmsa
הַרְבֵּ֖ה har.Beh much HVhaa
יְגִעַ֥ת ye.gi.'At [is] weariness of HNcfsc
בָּשָֽׂר ׃ ba.Sar flesh HNcmsa

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.