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| Ecclesiastes 9:1 | For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. | All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them. | But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them. | For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:2 | All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. | Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it. | The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath. | All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:3 | This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead. | This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that to the dead. | This [is] an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it unto the dead. | This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:4 | For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. | For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion. | But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion. | For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:5 | For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. | The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them. | For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten. | For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:6 | As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun. | Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun. | Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun. | Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, hath now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:7 | Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works. | Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works. | Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. | Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:8 | Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil. | Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil. | At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head. | Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:9 | Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun. | Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun. | See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun. | Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:10 | Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. | Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going. | All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going. | Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:11 | I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. | And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all. | I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all. | I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:12 | For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. | Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them. | For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly. | For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:13 | I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me: | This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me. | This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me. | This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed to me great: |
| Ecclesiastes 9:14 | There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. | There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. | A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks; | There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: |
| Ecclesiastes 9:15 | Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. | Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. | and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man! | Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:16 | Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. | Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing. | And I said, `Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.` | Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:17 | The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. | The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish. | The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools. | The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. |
| Ecclesiastes 9:18 | Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. | Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good. | Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good! | Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. |
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