Ecclesiastes 2:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

Darby Translation ☆

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shall he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

Noyes Bible ☆

For there is a man whose labor has been with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who hath not labored for it must he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For there is many a man whose toil is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with energy; yet to a man that hath not toiled therefore must he give it as his portion. Also this is vanity and a great evil.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James Version ☆

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For there is such a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

Webster Bible ☆

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Revised Version ☆

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For there is such a man that his labor Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; Yet this man shall give his portion To one who has not labored therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

World English Bible ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not laboured for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not laboured for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World Messianic Bible ☆

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not laboured for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it — his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For there is an adam whose amal is with chochmah, and da'as, and kishron (skill); yet to an adam that hath not worked for it he must leave it for his chelek. This also is hevel and a ra'ah rabbah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَكُونُ إِنْسَانٌ تَعَبُهُ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَبِٱلْفَلَاحِ، فَيَتْرُكُهُ نَصِيبًا لِإِنْسَانٍ لَمْ يَتْعَبْ فِيهِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ وَشَرٌّ عَظِيمٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ပညာရှိလျက် သိပ္ပံအတတ် နှင့် ပြည့်စုံလျက်၊ အမှုအောင်လျက် ကြိုးစားအားထုတ် သောသူဖြစ်သော်လည်း၊ မကြိုးစား၊ အားမထုတ်သောသူ ဝင်စရာဘို့ ထိုအမှုကိုစွန့်ထားရမည်။ ထိုအမှုအရာသည် လည်း အနတ္တအမှု၊ အလွန်ဆိုးသောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ပညာရှိ လျက် သိပ္ပံ အတတ် နှင့် ပြည့်စုံလျက် ၊ အမှု အောင်လျက် ကြိုးစား အားထုတ်သော သူ ဖြစ် သော်လည်း ၊ မ ကြိုးစား ၊ အားမထုတ်သောသူ ဝင်စရာဘို့ ထိုအမှုကိုစွန့် ထားရမည်။ ထို အမှုအရာသည် လည်း အနတ္တ အမှု၊ အလွန် ဆိုး သောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kami mah palunghahaih, panoekhaih, thoemhaih hoi toksah tih, toe a tawnh ih hmuennawk to toksah ai kami hanah ni caehtaak boih tih. Hae hmuen doeh azom pui ah oh moe, kalen koek tahamsethaih ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang bangla cueihnah neh, mingnah neh, thoemthainah neh thakthaenah la om. Tedae amah ham aka thakthae pawt hlang te khaw a khoyo a paek. He khaw a honghi neh thae tangkik mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang bangla cueihnah neh, mingnah neh, thoemthainah neh thakthaenah la om. Tedae amah ham aka thakthae pawt hlang te khaw a khoyo a paek. He khaw a honghi neh thae tangkik mai.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因为有人用智慧、知识、灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人为分。这也是虚空，也是大患。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因為有人用智慧、知識、靈巧所勞碌得來的，卻要留給未曾勞碌的人為分。這也是虛空，也是大患。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为有人以智慧、知识和技能劳碌；然而他所得的分却要留给一个没有为此劳碌的人。这也是虚空，是大祸患。

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer čovjek se trudi mudro i umješno i uspješno, pa sve to mora ostaviti u baštinu drugomu koji se oko toga nije uopće trudio. I to je ispraznost i velika nevolja.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Mnohý zajisté člověk pracuje moudře, uměle a spravedlivě, a však jinému, kterýž nepracoval o tom, nechává toho za podíl jemu, ješto i to jest marnost a bídná věc.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

thi der har et Menneske gjort sig. Flid med Visdom, Kundskab og Dygtighed, og så må han overlade sit Eje til et Menneske, som ikke har lagt Flid derpå. Også det er Tomhed og et stort Onde.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want er is een mens, wiens arbeid in wijsheid, en in wetenschap, en in geschiktheid is; nochtans zal hij dien overgeven tot zijn deel, aan een mens, die daaraan niet gearbeid heeft. Dit is ook ijdelheid en een groot kwaad.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want wie met wijsheid, verstand en beleid heeft gewerkt, Moet het achterlaten aan hem, die er geen moeite voor deed. Ook dat is ijdelheid en een grote ramp.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar ofte oni vidas homon, kiu laboras en saĝo, scienco, kaj talento, kaj li devas fordoni sian akiron al homo, kiu ne laboris por ĝi; ĉi tio ankaŭ estas vantaĵo kaj granda malbono.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car il y a tel homme qui a travaillé avec sagesse, et avec connaissance, et avec droiture , et qui laisse [ce qu’il a acquis] à un homme qui n’y a pas travaillé, pour être son partage. Cela aussi est vanité et un grand mal.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse, science et succès, et il laisse tout en partage à un homme qui n'y a point travaillé. Cela aussi est une vanité et un grand mal.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse et science et avec succès, et il laisse le produit de son travail à un homme qui ne s’en est point occupé. C’est encore là une vanité et un grand mal.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Un homme travaille avec sagesse, connaissance et habileté, puis il doit laisser le fruit de son travail en partage à quelqu'un qui n'y a pris aucune peine. Cela aussi est vanité et un grand mal.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn da ist ein Mensch, dessen Mühe mit Weisheit und mit Kenntnis und mit Tüchtigkeit geschieht: und doch muß er sie einem Menschen als sein Teil abgeben, der sich nicht darum gemüht hat. Auch das ist Eitelkeit und ein großes Übel. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn es muß ein Mensch, der seine Arbeit mit Weisheit, Vernunft und Geschicklichkeit getan hat, sie einem andern zum Erbteil lassen, der nicht daran gearbeitet hat. Das ist auch eitel und ein großes Unglück.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn hat einer seine Arbeit mit Weisheit und Einsicht und Tüchtigkeit gethan, so muß er sie einem Menschen, der sich nicht darum gemüht hat, zum Besitz überlassen: auch das ist eitel und ein großes Übel.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn das Vermögen, das einer sich erworben hat mit Weisheit, Verstand und Geschick, das muß er einem andern zum Erbteil geben, der sich nicht darum bemüht hat; das ist auch eitel und ein großes Unglück!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι ἐστὶν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μόχθος αὐτοῦ ἐν σοφίᾳ καὶ ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ, καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς οὐκ ἐμόχθησεν ἐν αὐτῷ, δώσει αὐτῷ μερίδα αὐτοῦ. καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ πονηρία μεγάλη·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι ἐστὶν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μόχθος αὐτοῦ ἐν σοφίᾳ καὶ ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἐν ἀνδρίᾳ· καὶ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ οὐκ ἐμόχθησεν ἐν αὐτῷ, δώσει αὐτῷ μερίδα αὐτοῦ· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ πονηρία μεγάλη.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Wi, yon nonm fè travay li avèk lespri, avèk konesans, avèk ladrès. Apre sa, se pou l' pati kite l' pou yon lòt ki pa leve ni lou ni lejè nan travay la. Sa a tou, sa pa vo anyen. Sa pa bon menm.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, aia no ke kanaka nana e hana ma ka naauao, a me ke akamai, a me ka pomaikai, aka, e waiho no oia i kana i ke kanaka nana i hana ole i keia mau mea, i hooilina nona. He mea lapuwale keia, a me ka luhi hewa.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ אָדָ֗ם שֶׁעֲמָלֹ֛ו בְּחָכְמָ֥ה וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכִשְׁרֹ֑ון וּלְאָדָ֞ם שֶׁלֹּ֤א עָֽמַל־בֹּו֙ יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ חֶלְקֹ֔ו גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרָעָ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי יש אדם שעמלו בחכמה ובדעת ובכשרון ולאדם שלא עמל בו יתננו חלקו גם זה הבל ורעה רבה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè vi è tale uomo, la cui fatica sarà stata con sapienza, con conoscimento, e con dirittura; il quale pur la lascia per parte a chi non s'è affaticato intorno. Anche questo è vanità, e gran molestia.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poiché, ecco un uomo che ha lavorato con saviezza, con intelligenza e con successo e lascia il frutto del suo lavoro in eredità a un altro, che non v’ha speso intorno alcuna fatica! Anche questo è vanità, e un male grande.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

知恵と知識と技能をもって労苦する人がいても、その人は、そのために何も労苦しなかった者に、それを取り分として残さなければならない。これも空しく、大きな悪である。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

어떤 사람은 그 지혜와 지식과 재주를 써서 수고하였어도 그 얻은 것을 수고하지 아니한 자에게 업으로 끼치리니 이것도 헛된 것이라 큰 해로다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom orekmakin lalmwetmet, etauk, ac pisrla lom nufon in orala sie ma, na kom ac filiya nu sin sie su tia wi orekma kac. Wanginna sripa, ac tia pac suwohs!

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Nam cum alius laboret in sapientia, et doctrina, et sollicitudine, homini otioso quæsita dimittit; et hoc ergo vanitas et magnum malum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرامردی هست که محنت او با حکمت و معرفت وکامیابی است و آن را نصیب شخصی خواهد ساخت که در آن زحمت نکشیده باشد. این نیزبطالت و بلای عظیم است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Pois há homem cujo trabalho é feito com sabedoria, com conhecimento e com habilidade; contudo, ele deixará a sua porção a um homem que não trabalhou por ela. Isso também é vaidade e um grande mal.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Porque há um tipo de homem que trabalha com sabedoria, conhecimento e habilidade; porém deixará tudo como herança a um outro homem que não trabalhou naquilo; também isto é fútil e muito desagradável.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru că este un om a cărui muncă este în înțelepciune și în cunoaștere și în echitate; totuși unui om care nu a muncit în acestea va lăsa el aceasta ca partea lui. Și aceasta este deșertăciune și un mare rău.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кэч есте кыте ун ом каре а мунчит ку ынцелепчуне, ку причепере ши ку избындэ, ши ласэ родул мунчий луй унуй ом каре ну с-а остенит делок ку еа. Ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне ши ун маре рэу.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

потому что иной человек трудится мудро, с знанием и успехом, и должен отдать все человеку, не трудившемуся в том, как бы часть его. И это - суета и зло великое!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer ima ljudi koji se trude mudro i razumno i pravo, pa to ostavljaju u deo drugom koji se nije trudio oko toga. I to je taština i veliko zlo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер има људи који се труде мудро и разумно и право, па то остављају у део другом који се није трудио око тога. И то је таштина и велико зло.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuntu wakozire n’oburhimanya, n’obulenga, anayêrekana oku ahashire, ebyâge abisigîre omwôlo!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¡Que el hombre trabaje con sabiduría, y con ciencia, y con rectitud, y que haya de dar su hacienda á hombre que nunca trabajó en ello! También es esto vanidad y mal grande.

Spanish BLL ☆

Pues hay quienes trabajan con sabiduría, conocimiento y rectitud, para luego dejarle todo a alguien que no hizo ningún esfuerzo. ¡Esto también es vanidad y una gran injusticia!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¡Que un hombre trabaje con sabiduría, con ciencia y con rectitud, y que tenga que dejar su hacienda a otro que nunca trabajó en ella! Esto también es vanidad y un mal muy grande.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque hay un hombre cuyo trabajo ha sido hecho con sabiduría, con conocimiento y con mano experta; pero uno que no ha hecho nada por él, lo tendrá por su herencia. Esto de nuevo no tiene ningún propósito y es un gran mal.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¡Que un hombre que trabajó con sabiduría, conocimiento y destreza, y deje su legado a otro que no trabajó por ello! ¡Esto también es vanidad y grande mal!

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Revised West Version ☆

He ʻoku ai ʻae tangata ʻoku fai ʻene ngāue ʻi he poto, mo e ʻilo, pea mo e totonu; ka te ne tuku pe ia ko e ʻinasi ʻo ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai ngāue ki ai. Ko e vaʻinga foki eni, pea ko e kovi lahi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Инший бо працює з розумом, розсудливо й корисно, та й мусить покинути працю свою комусь такому, що не робив нїчого в тому, як коли б воно йому належалось. Се марнота, се річ вельми сумна!

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Инший бо працює з розумом, розсудливо й корисно, та й мусить покинути працю свою комусь такому, що не робив нїчого в тому, як коли б воно йому належалось. Се марнота, се річ вельми сумна!

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vì có người làm công việc mình cách khôn ngoan, thông sáng, và tài giỏi, rồi phải để lại làm cơ nghiệp cho kẻ chẳng hề lao khổ làm đến. Điều đó cũng là một sự hư không và một sự tai nạn lớn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ אָדָ֗ם שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ בְּחָכְמָ֥ה וּבְדַ֖עַת וּבְכִשְׁר֑וֹן וּלְאָדָ֞ם שֶׁלֹּ֤א עָֽמַל־בּוֹ֙ יִתְּנֶ֣נּוּ חֶלְק֔וֹ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרָעָ֥ה רַבָּֽה׃