subject: The Self-Cannibalism in the Bible versus the Quran [print this page] According to Ecclesiastes 4:5, the Bible talks about a very interesting phenomenon that is the Self-Cannibalism; it is the one which eats his own flesh. The verse says:
The fool eats his own flesh or,
The fool folds his hands and ruins himself or,
The fool sits back, His sloth is slow suicide or,
The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.
However,
The exact translation of the verse is:
The lazy eats his own flesh while he is folding his hand.
It should be emphasized that this is the Arabic translation of the verse according to the original Hebrew verse.
In the Language, Lazy means:
Indolent
Idle
Lethargic
Languid
Slothful
Slow-moving
Sluggish
Energetic is the Antonym of Lazy
On the other hand, the fool is a weak-minded or idiotic person or silly or stupid person or a person who lacks judgment or sense.
The fool is the one who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding who acts unwisely on a given occasion.
This verse illustrates the corruption of translation.
In New International Version; it is translated as:" The fool folds his hands and ruins himself." It does not say "he eats his own flesh"
In The Message; it is translated as:" The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide" It does not say "he eats his own flesh"
However, the other eight versions say "he eats his own flesh"
On the other hand, two versions used words that indicate the meaning of "Lazy", they are The Message which uses "His sloth" and the Amplified Bible which uses " idle hands".
However, not all lazy people are fool and not all fool people are lazy.
This basic knowledge of the difference between lazy and fool illustrates the corruption of the English translations of the Bible in many Biblical versions.
The question is: Do not the Translators of the Bible know the difference between Lazy and Fool?
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Cannibalism in the Bible (3):
The Lazy eats his own flesh in the Bible:
Ecclesiastes 4:5 in ten different Biblical versions:
New International Version
5 The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
New American Standard Bible
5The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
The Message
5 The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.
English Standard Version
5The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
King James Version
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Amplified Bible
5The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence].
Amplified Bible
5 "Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin."
American Standard Version
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Darby Translation
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.
The exact translation of the verse is:
The lazy eats his own flesh while he is folding his hand.
It should be emphasized that this is the Arabic translation of the verse.
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Cannibalism in the Quran (3):
The Lazy eats his own flesh in the Quran:
The Quran does not say anything like that.
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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?
The Self-Cannibalism in the Bible versus the Quran
