Ecclesiastes 5:8 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

ASV Byzantine Text

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

Asang Khongca Bible

Prae thungah kamtang hnaphnaehaih, toenghaih loklam hoi amkhraeng moe, patuk ih lok baktih na ai ah lokcaekhaih hoi athii palonghaih to na hnuk naah, to baktih hmuen pongah dawnrai hmah; angraeng maeto loe angmah pongah kasang kue angraeng mah anih to khet parui, nihnik doeh angmah hnik pongah kasang kue angraeng mah khet parui let bae vop.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Paeng ah khodaeng hnaemtaeknah khaw, tiktamnah neh duengnah lamloh pitnah na hmuh. Te te ngaihnah dongah khaw na ngaihmang sak boeh. A sang soah a sang la a dawn tih amih lakah sang lah ko.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Paeng ah khodaeng hnaemtaeknah khaw, tiktamnah neh duengnah lamloh pitnah na hmuh. Te te ngaihnah dongah khaw na ngaihmang sak boeh. A sang soah a sang la a dawn tih amih lakah sang lah ko.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I kou ike ana i ka hooluhiia o ka poe ilihune, a me ka hookahuli ana i ka oiaio, a me ka pono ma ka aina, mai kahaha kou naau i keia, no ka mea, o ka mea kiekie o na mea kiekie a pau, oia ka mea i ike mai, a aia hoi na mea kiekie maluna o lakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Ou pa bezwen sezi lè ou wè nan yon peyi, chèf ap peze pòv malere. Yo refize rann yo jistis, yo derefize defann dwa inonsan yo. Chak chèf gen yon gwo chèf dèyè l'. Lèfini yo tou de gen yon pi gwo chèf ankò dèyè yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et insuper universæ terræ rex imperat servienti.

Bible in Basic English

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

La terre est profitable à tous égards, le roi même est asservi à la glèbe .

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Jestliže bys nátisk chudého a zadržení soudu a spravedlnosti spatřil v krajině, nediv se té věci; nebo vyšší vysokého šetří, a ještě vyšší nad nimi.

Kosraean Bible

Nimet lut ke kom liye ke mwet kol lun sie mutunfacl elos akkeokye mwet sukasrup ac sruokya nununku suwohs lukelos. Kais sie mwet kol liyeyukyang sin sie su fulat lukel, ac eltal kewa karinginyuk selos su fulat lukelos.

World Portuguese Bible

Se você vir a opressão do pobre, e a violenta supressão da justiça e da retidão em um distrito, não se espante com isso, pois um oficial é vigiado por um superior, e há oficiais ainda mais altos sobre eles.

Romanian BTF Bible

Dacă vezi oprimarea săracului și pervertirea violentă a judecății și justiției într-o provincie, nu te mira de acest lucru, pentru că cel ce este mai înalt decât cel mai înalt dă atenție; și este mai înalt decât ei.

Brenton English Septuagint

Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ကျေးရွာ၌ ဆင်းရဲသားတို့ကို ညှဉ်းဆဲခြင်း၊ တရားလမ်းမှလွှဲ၍၊ မတရားသဖြင့် အနိုင်အထက်စီရင် စီရင်ဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်းအမှုကိုမြင်လျှင်၊ ထိုသို့သောအကြံရှိ သည်ကို အံ့ဩခြင်းမရှိနှင့်။ ကြီးမြင့်သောသူတယောက်ကို တယောက် ကြည့်မှတ်သကဲ့သို့၊ အကြီးဆုံး၊ အမြင့်ဆုံး သောသူသည် ကြည့်မှတ်လျက်ရှိတော်မူ၏။

Darby Translation

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wenn du die Bedrückung des Armen und den Raub des Rechts und der Gerechtigkeit in der Landschaft siehst, so verwundere dich nicht über die Sache; denn ein Hoher lauert über dem Hohen, und Hohe über ihnen.

Dutch Bible 1917

(5:7) Indien gij de onderdrukking des armen, en de beroving des gerichts en der gerechtigheid ziet in een landschap, verwonder u niet over zulk een voornemen; want die hoger is dan de hoge, neemt er acht op; en daar zijn hogen boven henlieden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wanneer de arme verdrukt wordt, En recht en wet worden verkracht: Zo ge dat ziet in het land, Verwonder u hierover dan niet. Want de ene beambte helpt den ander, En de hogere helpt hen beiden;

Italian Diodati Bible

Se tu vedi nella provincia l'oppression del povero, e la ruberia del giudicio e della giustizia, non maravigliarti di questa cosa; perciocchè vi è uno Eccelso di sopra all'eccelso, che vi prende guardia ; anzi, vi sono degli eccelsi sopra essi tutti.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.

Noyes Bible

If thou seest oppression of the poor, and justice and equity perverted in a province, be not alarmed at the matter. For over the high there is a higher, who watcheth, and there is one higher than they all.

Danish Bible 1931

Dog, en Fordel for et Land er det i alt Fald, at der er en Konge over dyrket Jord.

Leeser Tanakh

(5:7) If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(5-7) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.

King James Version

¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Khi ngươi thấy trong xứ có kẻ nghèo bị hà hiếp, hoặc thấy sự phạm đến lẽ chánh trực, sự trái phép công bình, thì chớ lấy làm lạ; vì có kẻ cao hơn kẻ cao vẫn coi chừng, lại còn có Đấng cao hơn nữa.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Revised West Version

¶ Kapau ʻoku ke mamata ki he fakamālohiʻi ʻoe masiva, pea mo e mioʻi fakamālohi ʻae fakamaau mo e fai totonu ʻi ha vahefonua, ʻoua naʻa ke ofo ai: he ko ia ʻoku māʻolunga taha ʻi he māʻolunga kotoa pē ʻoku ne ʻafioʻi ia; koeʻuhi ʻoku ai ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate kinautolu.

French Ostervald Bible

Si tu vois dans une province le pauvre opprimé, et le droit et la justice violés, ne t'étonne point de cela; car il y en a un qui est plus élevé que celui qui est élevé, et qui y prend garde, et il en est de plus élevés qu'eux.

Esperanto Bible

Se premadon de malriĉulo kaj rompadon de justeco kaj honesteco vi vidas en lando, ne miru; ĉar pli alta kontrolas pli altan, kaj plej altaj ilin kontrolas.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Un avantage pour le pays à tous égards, c’est un roi honoré du pays.

German Luther Bible 1912

Siehst du dem Armen Unrecht tun und Recht und Gerechtigkeit im Lande wegreißen, wundere dich des Vornehmens nicht; denn es ist ein hoher Hüter über den Hohen und sind noch Höhere über die beiden.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

British English Septuagint 2012

Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

Majority Standard BIble

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Webster Bible

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.

Revised Version

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Se vedi nella provincia l’oppressione del povero e la violazione del diritto e della giustizia, non te ne maravigliare; poiché sopra un uomo in alto veglia uno che sta più in alto e sovr’essi, sta un Altissimo.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Si tu vois l'oppression du pauvre et la violation du droit et de la justice dans une province, ne t'étonne pas de la chose ; car tout responsable est surveillé par un supérieur, et d'autres plus élevés veillent sur eux.

Reina Valera 1909

Si violencias de pobres, y extorsión de derecho y de justicia vieres en la provincia, no te maravilles de esta licencia; porque alto está mirando sobre alto, y uno más alto está sobre ellos.

Spanish BLL

Si en alguna región ves que se oprime al pobre y que se violan el derecho y la justicia, no se sorprendan por ello. Pues a un alto oficial lo vigila otro más alto, y por encima de ellos hay otros más altos todavía.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Si viereis en la provincia opresión de pobres y perversión de derecho y de justicia, no os maravilléis de ello; porque sobre el alto vigila otro más alto, y uno más alto está sobre ellos.

Croatian Bible

Korist zemlje je nada sve; i kralj ovisi o zemljištu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ako vidiš gde se čini nepravda siromahu i otima sud i pravda u zemlji, ne čudi se tome, jer viši pazi na visokog, i ima još viših nad njima.

German Textbibel

Aber ein Vorzug für ein Land ist allewege ein dem Ackerbau ergebener König.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: The king is dependent on the tilled field.