Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 9:1 ¶ [I saw] that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, [though] all are before their face.

 9:1 ¶ Forºº allº thisº I consideredºº inº my heartº even to declareººº allº this,º thatº the righteous,º and the wise,º and their works,º [are] in the handº of Elohim:º noº manº knowethºº eitherº loveº orº hatredº [by] allº [that is] beforeº them.

 9:2 Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

 9:2 Allº [things come] alikeº to all:º [there is] oneº eventº to the righteous,º and to the wicked;º to the goodº and to the clean,º and to the unclean;º to him that sacrificeth,ºº and to him thatº sacrificethººº not:º as [is] the good,º so [is] the sinner;ºº [and] he that sweareth,ºº asº [he] that fearethºº an oath.º

 9:3 There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that [they go] to the dead.

 9:3 Thisº [is] an evilº among allº [things] thatº are doneºº underº the sun,º thatº [there is] oneº eventº unto all:º yea, alsoº the heartº of the sonsº of menº is fullºº of evil,º and madnessº [is] in their heartº while they live,º and afterº that [they go] toº the dead.ºº

 9:4 ¶ For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope [of him]: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

 9:4 ¶ Forºº to himº thatº isº joinedºººº toº allº the livingº there isº hope:º forº a livingº dogº is betterº thanº a deadºº lion.º

 9:5 For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

 9:5 Forº the livingº knowºº that they shall die:ººº but the deadºº knowºº notº any thing,º neitherº have they any moreº a reward;º forº the memoryº of them is forgotten.ºº

 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.

 9:6 Alsoº their love,º andº their hatred,º andº their envy,º is nowº perished;ºº neitherº have they any moreº a portionº for everº in anyº [thing] thatº is doneºº underº the sun.º

 9:7 ¶ Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works.

 9:7 ¶ Goº thy way,ºº eatºº thy breadº with joy,º and drinkºº thy wineº with a merryº heart;º forº Elohimº nowº acceptethººº thy works.º

 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thine head.

 9:8 Let thy garmentsº beº alwaysºº white;º and let thy headº lackºº noº ointment.º

 9:9 And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

 9:9 Liveº joyfullyººº withº the wifeº whomº thou lovestºº allº the daysº of the lifeº of thy vanity,º whichº he hath givenºº thee underº the sun,º allº the daysº of thy vanity:º forº thatº [is] thy portionº in [this] life,º and in thy labourº whichº thouº takestº underº the sun.º

 9:10 Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave{gr.Hades} wither thou goest.

 9:10 Whatsoeverºº thy handº findethºº to do,ºº doºº [it] with thy might;º forº [there is] noº work,º nor device,º nor knowledge,º nor wisdom,º in the grave,º whitherºº thouº goest.ºº

 9:11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.

 9:11 ¶ I returned,ºº and sawºº underº the sun,º thatº the raceº [is] notº to the swift,º norº the battleº to the strong,º neitherº yetº breadº to the wise,º norº yetº richesº to men of understanding,ºº norº yetº favourº to men of skill;ºº butº timeº and chanceº happenethºº toº them all.º

 9:12 For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

 9:12 Forº manº alsoº knowethºº notºº his time:º as the fishesº that are takenººº in an evilº net,ºº and as the birdsº that are caughtºº in the snare;º soº [are] the sonsº of menº snaredºº in an evilº time,º when it fallethººº suddenlyº uponº them.

 9:13 ¶ This I also saw [to be] wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:

 9:13 ¶ Thisº wisdomº have I seenºº alsoº underº the sun,º and itº [seemed] greatº untoº me:

 9:14 [suppose there were] a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;

 9:14 [There was] a littleº city,º and fewº menºº within it; and there cameºº a greatº kingº againstº it, and besiegedºº it, and builtºº greatº bulwarksº againstº it:

 9:15 and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man.

 9:15 Now there was foundºº in it a poorº wiseº man,º and heº by his wisdomº deliveredººº the city;º yet noº manº rememberedººº that sameº poorº man.º

 9:16 And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.

 9:16 Then saidºº I,º Wisdomº [is] betterº than strength:ºº nevertheless the poor man'sº wisdomº [is] despised,ºº and his wordsº are notº heard.ºº

 9:17 The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.

 9:17 The wordsº of wiseº [men are] heardºº in quietº more than the cryºº of him that rulethºº among fools.º

 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.

 9:18 Wisdomº [is] betterº than weaponsºº of war:º but oneº sinnerºº destroyethºº muchºº good.º