 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 |