# Ecclesiastes 5

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 5 | 25%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 10 | 50%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 5 | 25%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 322 | 80.7%
NIV2011 changed words | 77 | 19.3%
NIV2011 removed words | 79 |
NIV2011 added words | 75 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
5:3 | tNIV | As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words. | As a A dream comes when there are many cares, so and many words mark the speech of a fool when there are many words. | As a A dream comes when there are many cares, so and many words mark the speech of a fool when there are many words.
5:4 | tNIV | When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. | When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
5:5 | tNIV | It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. | It is better not to make a vow than to make a vow one and not fulfill it. | It is better not to make a vow than to make a vow one and not fulfill it.
5:7 | tNIV | Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God. | Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of fear God. | Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of fear God.
5:10 | NIV2011 | Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. | Whoever loves Those who love money never has money have enough; whoever loves those who love wealth is are never satisfied with his their income. This too is meaningless. | Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his their income. This too is meaningless.
5:11 | tNIV | As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them? | As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner owners except to feast his their eyes on them? | As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner owners except to feast his their eyes on them?
5:12 | NIV2011 | The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. | The sleep of a laborer laborers is sweet, whether he eats they eat little or much, but the abundance of a the rich man permits him them no sleep. | The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance of a rich man permits him them no sleep.
5:13 | tNIV | I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, | I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner owners, | I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner owners,
5:14 | tNIV | or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him. | or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son they have children there is nothing left for him them to inherit. | or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son they have children there is nothing left for him them to inherit.
5:15 | tNIV | Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand. | Naked a man Everyone comes naked from his their mother’s womb, and as he everyone comes, so he departs they depart. He takes They take nothing from his labor their toil that he they can carry in his hand their hands. | Naked a man Everyone comes naked from his their mother’s womb, and as he everyone comes, so he departs they depart. He takes They take nothing from his labor their toil that he they can carry in his hand their hands.
5:16 | tNIV | This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind? | This too is a grievous evil: As a man everyone comes, so he departs they depart, and what does he do they gain, since he toils they toil for the wind? | This too is a grievous evil: As a man everyone comes, so he departs they depart, and what does he do they gain, since he toils they toil for the wind?
5:17 | tNIV | All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. | All his their days he eats they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. | All his their days he eats they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
5:18 | NIV2011 | Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him—for this is his lot. | Then This is what I realized have observed to be good: that it is good and proper appropriate for a man people to eat and , to drink, and to find satisfaction in his their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him them—for this is his their lot. | Then This is what I realized have observed to be good: that it is good and proper appropriate for a man person to eat and , to drink, and to find satisfaction in his their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him them—for this is his their lot.
5:19 | NIV2011 | Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God. | Moreover, when God gives any man people wealth and possessions, and enables him the ability to enjoy them, to accept his their lot and be happy in his work their toil—this is a gift of God. | Moreover, when God gives any man someone wealth and possessions, and enables him the ability to enjoy them, to accept his their lot and be happy in his work their toil—this is a gift of God.
5:20 | NIV2011 | He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart. | He They seldom reflects reflect on the days of his life their lives, because God keeps him them occupied with gladness of heart. | He They seldom reflects reflect on the days of his their life, because God keeps him them occupied with gladness of heart.