Parallel Verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Cross Reference
- Proverbs 30:15 - The leech has two suckers that cry out, “More, more!” There are three things that are never satisfied— no, four that never say, “Enough!”:
- Proverbs 30:16 - the grave, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
- Job 31:7 - If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,
- Jeremiah 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you and tore away the chains of your slavery, but still you said, ‘I will not serve you.’ On every hill and under every green tree, you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 - God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn’t give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless—a sickening tragedy.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 - So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 - And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 - “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 - So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 - Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 - So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 - Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 - But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 - Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.