Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - I tried cheering myself up by drinking wine. I even tried living in a foolish way. But wisdom was still guiding my mind. I wanted to see what was good for people to do on earth during their short lives.
- 新标点和合本 - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
- 当代译本 - 于是，我决意用酒使自己快乐，在体验愚昧的同时仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暂的人生岁月中做何事才有益。
- 圣经新译本 - 我心里筹思，怎样用酒使我的身体畅快，又保持愚昧，但我的内心仍由智慧引导；直到我看明世人，在诸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，对他们有益的是什么。
- 中文标准译本 - 我的心以智慧引领我的同时，我心里探察如何用酒使我的肉体畅快并保持愚昧状，直到我看清世人一生可数的日子里，在天下做什么才有益处。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我心里察究如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
- New International Version - I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
- English Standard Version - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
- New Living Translation - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
- Christian Standard Bible - I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body — my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- New American Standard Bible - I explored with my mind how to refresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.
- New King James Version - I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- Amplified Bible - I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- American Standard Version - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
- King James Version - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- New English Translation - I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.
- World English Bible - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- 新標點和合本 - 我心裏察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
- 當代譯本 - 於是，我決意用酒使自己快樂，在體驗愚昧的同時仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暫的人生歲月中做何事才有益。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我心裡籌思，怎樣用酒使我的身體暢快，又保持愚昧，但我的內心仍由智慧引導；直到我看明世人，在諸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，對他們有益的是甚麼。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我心裏探察，要怎樣用酒使我的肉體舒暢，要怎樣固執着愚昧，等到我看明人類在光天之下儘他一生小小數目的日子裏要怎樣行才好；我的心仍然靠着智慧來引導。
- 中文標準譯本 - 我的心以智慧引領我的同時，我心裡探察如何用酒使我的肉體暢快並保持愚昧狀，直到我看清世人一生可數的日子裡，在天下做什麼才有益處。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我心裡察究如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我心思維、酌酒以快我身、而心仍為智慧所導、又思持守愚拙、知天下人畢生所行、孰為美善、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我姑以酒為懽、若無智然、而仍不敢失度、庶知人生在世、最樂者何事。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我又自思、我且飲酒以樂我身、心仍導以智慧、又執守愚拙、直至我得見人生在世、 人生在世原文作人在天下 終身行何事為美、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Quise luego hacer la prueba de entregarme al vino —si bien mi mente estaba bajo el control de la sabiduría—, y de aferrarme a la necedad, hasta ver qué de bueno le encuentra el hombre a lo que hace bajo el cielo durante los contados días de su vida.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그래서 나는 많이 생각한 끝에 계속 지혜로운 길을 추구하면서 술로 내 인생을 즐기려고 하였으며 이것이 세상 사람들에게는 짧은 인생을 사는 최선의 방법이라고 생각하였다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
- Восточный перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis j’ai décidé en moi-même de m’adonner au vin , tout en continuant à me conduire avec sagesse, et j’ai résolu de me lancer dans la folie, le temps de voir ce qu’il est bon pour les humains de faire sous le ciel pendant les jours qu’ils ont à y vivre.
- リビングバイブル - いろいろ試してみてから、私は知恵を探求し続ける一方で、酒を飲んで元気になろうと思いました。次に、もう一度考えを変えて、愚かな者になりきることにしました。多くの人が経験する幸福を味わってみようと思ったのです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Decidi entregar-me ao vinho e à extravagância, mantendo, porém, a mente orientada pela sabedoria. Eu queria saber o que vale a pena, debaixo do céu, nos poucos dias da vida humana.
- Hoffnung für alle - Ich nahm mir vor, mich mit Wein aufzuheitern und so zu leben wie die Unverständigen – doch bei allem sollte die Weisheit mich führen. Ich wollte herausfinden, was für die Menschen gut ist und worin sie in der kurzen Zeit ihres Lebens Glück finden können.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sau nhiều suy nghĩ, tôi quyết định dùng men rượu cho lòng phấn khởi. Và trong khi tìm kiếm sự khôn ngoan, tôi thử làm theo điều dại dột. Trong cách này, tôi cố gắng để thấy điều gì là vui vẻ cho con người trong cuộc đời phù du trên đất.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามทำตัวให้เบิกบานด้วยเหล้าองุ่นและทำอะไรโง่ๆ แต่จิตใจก็ยังนำข้าพเจ้าไว้ด้วยสติปัญญา ข้าพเจ้าอยากจะดูว่าอะไรบ้างที่มีคุณค่าซึ่งมนุษย์ควรจะทำกันใต้ฟ้าสวรรค์ในชั่วอายุสั้นๆ ของตน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามหาความสำราญใจให้แก่ตนเองด้วยเหล้าองุ่น และฉวยเอาความโง่เขลา ถึงกระนั้นสติปัญญาก็ยังเป็นฝ่ายนำในความคิดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าใคร่จะดูว่า เวลาอันสั้นในช่วงชีวิตมนุษย์นั้น มีอะไรดีๆ ที่พวกเขาจะกระทำในโลกได้บ้าง
Cross Reference
- 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.
- Proverbs 23:29 - Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who argues? Who has problems? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
- Proverbs 23:30 - Those who spend too much time with wine. Or those who like to taste wine mixed with spices.
- Proverbs 23:31 - Don’t look at wine when it is red. Don’t look at it when it bubbles in the cup. And don’t look at it when it goes down smoothly.
- Proverbs 23:32 - In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent.
- Proverbs 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange sights. Your mind will imagine weird things.
- Proverbs 23:34 - You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean. You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.
- Proverbs 23:35 - “They hit me,” you will say. “But I’m not hurt! They beat me. But I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”
- 2 Corinthians 6:15 - How can Christ and Satan agree? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 - How can the temple of the true God and the statues of other gods agree? We are the temple of the living God. God has said, “I will live with them. I will walk among them. I will be their God. And they will be my people.” ( Leviticus 26:12 ; Jeremiah 32:38 ; Ezekiel 37:27 )
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 - So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” ( Isaiah 52:11 ; Ezekiel 20:34 , 41 )
- Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one of them and love the other. Or you will be faithful to one and dislike the other. You can’t serve God and money at the same time.
- Genesis 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 - It’s good to hold on to both of those things. Don’t let go of either one. Whoever has respect for God will avoid going too far in either direction.
- 1 Samuel 25:36 - Abigail went back to Nabal. He was having a dinner party in the house. It was the kind of dinner a king would have. He had been drinking too much wine. He was very drunk. So she didn’t tell him anything at all until sunrise.
- Job 14:14 - If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard work I will wait for the time when you give me new life.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 - So I tried to understand wisdom more completely. I wanted to study it and figure it out. I tried to find out everything I could about it. I tried to understand why it’s foolish to be evil. I wanted to see why choosing foolishness is so unwise.
- Psalm 90:9 - You have been angry with us all of our days. We groan as we come to the end of our lives.
- Psalm 90:10 - We live to be about 70. Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy. But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow. The years quickly pass, and we are gone.
- Psalm 90:11 - If only we knew the power of your anger! It’s as great as the respect we should have for you.
- Psalm 90:12 - Teach us to realize how short our lives are. Then our hearts will become wise.
- 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.
- Proverbs 31:4 - Lemuel, it isn’t good for kings to drink wine. It isn’t good for rulers to long for beer.
- Proverbs 31:5 - If they do, they might drink and forget what has been commanded. They might take away the rights of all those who are treated badly.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Everything has now been heard. And here’s the final thing I want to say. Have respect for God and obey his commandments. This is what he expects of all human beings.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 - Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?
- Ephesians 5:18 - Don’t fill yourself up with wine. Getting drunk will lead to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Then I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. And I wanted to know what foolish pleasure is all about. But I found out that it’s also like chasing the wind.
- Proverbs 20:1 - Wine causes you to make fun of others, and beer causes you to start fights. Anyone who is led astray by them is not wise.