Parallel Verses
- The Message - Don’t always be asking, “Where are the good old days?” Wise folks don’t ask questions like that.
- 新标点和合本 - 不要说： 先前的日子强过如今的日子， 是什么缘故呢？ 你这样问，不是出于智慧。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要说： 为什么先前的日子强过现今的日子呢？ 你这样问不是出于智慧。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要说： 为什么先前的日子强过现今的日子呢？ 你这样问不是出于智慧。
- 当代译本 - 不要问为什么过去比现在好， 因为这样问不明智。
- 圣经新译本 - 你不要说：“为什么从前的日子胜过现在的呢？” 你这样问，不是出于智慧。
- 中文标准译本 - 不要说：“为什么先前的日子好过现在的日子呢？” 因为你这样问不是出于智慧。
- 现代标点和合本 - 不要说： “先前的日子强过如今的日子 是什么缘故呢？” 你这样问，不是出于智慧。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 不要说， 先前的日子强过如今的日子， 是什么缘故呢？ 你这样问，不是出于智慧。
- New International Version - Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.
- New International Reader's Version - Don’t say, “Why were things better in the good old days?” It isn’t wise to ask that kind of question.
- English Standard Version - Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
- New Living Translation - Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise.
- Christian Standard Bible - Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” since it is not wise of you to ask this.
- New American Standard Bible - Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
- New King James Version - Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
- Amplified Bible - Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
- American Standard Version - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
- King James Version - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
- New English Translation - Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.
- World English Bible - Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
- 新標點和合本 - 不要說： 先前的日子強過如今的日子， 是甚麼緣故呢？ 你這樣問，不是出於智慧。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要說： 為甚麼先前的日子強過現今的日子呢？ 你這樣問不是出於智慧。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要說： 為甚麼先前的日子強過現今的日子呢？ 你這樣問不是出於智慧。
- 當代譯本 - 不要問為什麼過去比現在好， 因為這樣問不明智。
- 聖經新譯本 - 你不要說：“為甚麼從前的日子勝過現在的呢？” 你這樣問，不是出於智慧。
- 呂振中譯本 - 你不要說：『為甚麼先前的日子 比 如今 這些日子好呢？』 因為你問到這事、並不是出於智慧。
- 中文標準譯本 - 不要說：「為什麼先前的日子好過現在的日子呢？」 因為你這樣問不是出於智慧。
- 現代標點和合本 - 不要說： 「先前的日子強過如今的日子 是什麼緣故呢？」 你這樣問，不是出於智慧。
- 文理和合譯本 - 勿謂今不如古何耶、詢此、乃不智也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 勿是古非今、而尚論其事、此非智者所為也。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾勿問云、緣何今日不如昔日、爾如是問、則非出於智慧、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Nunca preguntes por qué todo tiempo pasado fue mejor. No es de sabios hacer tales preguntas.
- 현대인의 성경 - “어째서 지금이 옛날보다 못한가?” 하고 묻지 말아라. 그것은 현명한 질문이 못 된다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Не спрашивай: «Почему прежние дни были лучше сегодняшних?» – не от мудрости задают такие вопросы.
- Восточный перевод - Не спрашивай: «Почему прежние дни были лучше сегодняшних?» – не от мудрости задают такие вопросы.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не спрашивай: «Почему прежние дни были лучше сегодняшних?» – не от мудрости задают такие вопросы.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не спрашивай: «Почему прежние дни были лучше сегодняшних?» – не от мудрости задают такие вопросы.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Garde-toi de dire : « Comment se fait-il qu’autrefois, les choses allaient mieux qu’aujourd’hui ? » Car ce n’est pas la sagesse qui te dicte une telle question.
- リビングバイブル - 過ぎ去った昔の栄光に未練を残してはいけない。 ほんとうに昔が今より良かったか、わからないからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Não diga: “Por que os dias do passado foram melhores que os de hoje?” Pois não é sábio fazer esse tipo de pergunta.
- Hoffnung für alle - Frag nicht: »Warum war früher alles besser?« Damit zeigst du nur, wie wenig Weisheit du besitzt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng ước ao “những ngày quá khứ tốt đẹp.” Vì như thế chẳng phải khôn ngoan chút nào.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - อย่าถามว่า “ทำไมสมัยก่อนดีกว่าเดี๋ยวนี้?” เพราะนั่นไม่ใช่คำถามที่ฉลาดเลย
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าพูดว่า “ทำไมสมัยก่อนดีกว่าสมัยนี้” เพราะว่าคำถามนี้ไม่ได้มาจากสติปัญญา
Cross Reference
- Genesis 6:11 - As far as God was concerned, the Earth had become a sewer; there was violence everywhere. God took one look and saw how bad it was, everyone corrupt and corrupting—life itself corrupt to the core.
- Psalms 14:2 - God sticks his head out of heaven. He looks around. He’s looking for someone not stupid— one man, even, God-expectant, just one God-ready woman.
- Psalms 14:3 - He comes up empty. A string of zeros. Useless, unshepherded Sheep, taking turns pretending to be Shepherd. The ninety and nine follow their fellow.
- Isaiah 50:1 - God says: “Can you produce your mother’s divorce papers proving I got rid of her? Can you produce a receipt proving I sold you? Of course you can’t. It’s your sins that put you here, your wrongs that got you shipped out. So why didn’t anyone come when I knocked? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Do you think I’ve forgotten how to help? Am I so decrepit that I can’t deliver? I’m as powerful as ever, and can reverse what I once did: I can dry up the sea with a word, turn river water into desert sand, And leave the fish stinking in the sun, stranded on dry land . . . Turn all the lights out in the sky and pull down the curtain.” * * *
- Romans 3:9 - So where does that put us? Do we Jews get a better break than the others? Not really. Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it: There’s nobody living right, not even one, nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God. They’ve all taken the wrong turn; they’ve all wandered down blind alleys. No one’s living right; I can’t find a single one. Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mudslides. Every word they speak is tinged with poison. They open their mouths and pollute the air. They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year, litter the land with heartbreak and ruin, Don’t know the first thing about living with others. They never give God the time of day. This makes it clear, doesn’t it, that whatever is written in these Scriptures is not what God says about others but to us to whom these Scriptures were addressed in the first place! And it’s clear enough, isn’t it, that we’re sinners, every one of us, in the same sinking boat with everybody else? Our involvement with God’s revelation doesn’t put us right with God. What it does is force us to face our complicity in everyone else’s sin.
- Romans 1:24 - So God said, in effect, “If that’s what you want, that’s what you get.” It wasn’t long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out. And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them—the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!
- Romans 1:26 - Worse followed. Refusing to know God, they soon didn’t know how to be human either—women didn’t know how to be women, men didn’t know how to be men. Sexually confused, they abused and defiled one another, women with women, men with men—all lust, no love. And then they paid for it, oh, how they paid for it—emptied of God and love, godless and loveless wretches.
- Romans 1:28 - Since they didn’t bother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose. And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if they don’t know better. They know perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s face. And they don’t care—worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!
- Judges 6:13 - Gideon replied, “With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—he has turned us over to Midian.”
- Jeremiah 44:19 - And then the women chimed in: “Yes! Absolutely! We’re going to keep at it, offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out offerings to her. Aren’t our husbands behind us? They like it that we make goddess cakes and pour out our offerings to her.” * * *