Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
WEB
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
YLT
Far off is that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
DBT
Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).