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As someone who grew up roughly orthodox Jewish I am feeling super angry at your casual translation without context.

by leoh 2y ago

yaysyu 2y ago
Care to offer more context? I am interested in understanding more
odyssey7 2y ago
No offense intended -— my appreciation for the text is sincere. Below is some of the context. Ecclesiastes 1 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Reflections of a Royal Philosopher 1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? 4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down and hurries to the place where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7 All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing or the ear filled with hearing. 9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in the ages before us. 11 The people of long ago are not remembered, nor will there be any remembrance of people yet to come by those who come after them. The Futility of Seeking Wisdom 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with. 14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16 I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=NRSVUE https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%20...

As someone who grew up roughly orthodox Jewish I am feeling super angry at your casual translation without context.

by leoh 2y ago

As someone who grew up roughly orthodox Jewish I am feeling super angry at your casual translation without context.

yaysyu 2y ago

Care to offer more context? I am interested in understanding more

odyssey7 2y ago

No offense intended -— my appreciation for the text is sincere. Below is some of the context. Ecclesiastes 1 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Reflections of a Royal Philosopher 1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? 4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down and hurries to the place where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7 All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing or the ear filled with hearing. 9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in the ages before us. 11 The people of long ago are not remembered, nor will there be any remembrance of people yet to come by those who come after them. The Futility of Seeking Wisdom 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with. 14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16 I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=NRSVUE https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%20...