Ecclesiastes 9

1 ♥ 📝 F or all this I laid^H5414 to my heart,^H3820 even to explore^H952 all this: that the righteous,^H6662 and the wise,^H2450 and their works,^H5652 are in the hand^H3027 of God;^H430 whether it be love^H160 or^H1571 hatred,^H8135 man^H120 knoweth^H3045 it not; all is before^H6440 them.

2 ♥ 📝 All things come alike to all: there is one^H259 event^H4745 to the righteous^H6662 and to the wicked;^H7563 to the good^H2896 and to the clean^H2889 and to the unclean;^H2931 to him that sacrificeth^H2076 and to him that^H834 sacrificeth^H2076 not; as is the good,^H2896 so is the sinner;^H2398 [and] he that sweareth,^H7650 as he that feareth^H3373 an oath.^H7621

3 ♥ 📝 This is an evil^H7451 in all that is done^H6213 under the sun,^H8121 that there is one^H259 event^H4745 unto all: yea also, the heart^H3820 of the sons^H1121 of men^H120 is full^H4390 of evil,^H7451 and madness^H1947 is in their heart^H3824 while they live,^H2416 and after^H310 that [they go] to the dead.^H4191

4 ♥ 📝 For^H4310 to him that is^H3426 joined^H2266 with all the living^H2416 there is hope;^H986 for a living^H2416 dog^H3611 is better^H2896 than a dead^H4191 lion.^H738

5 ♥ 📝 For the living^H2416 know^H3045 that they shall die:^H4191 but the dead^H4191 know^H3045 not anything,^H3972 neither have they any more a reward;^H7939 for the memory^H2143 of them is forgotten.^H7911

6 ♥ 📝 As well their love,^H160 as their hatred^H8135 and their envy,^H7068 is perished^H6 long ago;^H3528 neither have they any more a portion^H2506 for ever^H5769 in anything that is done^H6213 under the sun.^H8121

7 ♥ 📝 Go thy way,^H3212 eat^H398 thy bread^H3899 with joy,^H8057 and drink^H8354 thy wine^H3196 with a merry^H2896 heart;^H3820 for God^H430 hath already^H3528 accepted^H7521 thy works.^H4639

8 ♥ 📝 Let thy garments^H899 be always^H6256 white;^H3836 and let not thy head^H7218 lack^H2637 oil.^H8081

9 ♥ 📝 Live^H2416 joyfully^H7200 with the wife^H802 whom thou lovest^H157 all the days^H3117 of thy life^H2416 of vanity,^H1892 which he hath given^H5414 thee under the sun,^H8121 all thy days^H3117 of vanity:^H1892 for that is thy portion^H2506 in life,^H2416 and in thy labor^H5999 wherein thou laborest^H6001 under the sun.^H8121

10 ♥ 📝 Whatsoever thy hand^H3027 findeth^H4672 to do,^H6213 do^H6213 [it] with thy might;^H3581 for there is no work,^H4639 nor device,^H2808 nor knowledge,^H1847 nor wisdom,^H2451 in Sheol,^H7585 whither thou goest.^H1980

11 ♥ 📝 I returned,^H7725 and saw^H7200 under the sun,^H8121 that the race^H4793 is not to the swift,^H7031 nor the battle^H4421 to the strong,^H1368 neither yet bread^H3899 to the wise,^H2450 nor yet riches^H6239 to men of understanding,^H995 nor yet favor^H2580 to men of skill;^H3045 but time^H6256 and chance^H6294 happeneth^H7136 to them all.

12 ♥ 📝 For man^H120 also knoweth^H3045 not his time:^H6256 as the fishes^H1709 that are taken^H270 in an evil^H7451 net,^H4685 and as the birds^H6833 that are caught^H270 in the snare,^H6341 even so^H1992 are the sons^H1121 of men^H120 snared^H3369 in an evil^H7451 time,^H6256 when it falleth^H5307 suddenly^H6597 upon them.

13 ♥ 📝 I have also seen^H7200 wisdom^H2451 under the sun^H8121 on this^H2090 wise, and it seemed great^H1419 unto me:

14 ♥ 📝 There was a little^H6996 city,^H5892 and few^H4592 men^H582 within it; and there came^H935 a great^H1419 king^H4428 against it, and besieged^H5437 it, and built^H1129 great^H1419 bulwarks^H4685 against it.

15 ♥ 📝 Now there was found^H4672 in it a poor^H4542 wise^H2450 man,^H376 and he by his wisdom^H2451 delivered^H4422 the city;^H5892 yet no man^H120 remembered^H2142 that same poor^H4542 man.^H376

16 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 I, Wisdom^H2451 is better^H2896 than strength:^H1369 nevertheless the poor man's^H4542 wisdom^H2451 is despised,^H959 and his words^H1697 are not heard.^H8085

17 ♥ 📝 The words^H1697 of the wise^H2450 heard^H8085 in quiet^H5183 are better than the cry^H2201 of him that ruleth^H4910 among fools.^H3684

18 ♥ 📝 Wisdom^H2451 is better^H2896 than weapons^H3627 of war;^H7128 but one^H259 sinner^H2398 destroyeth^H6 much^H7235 good.^H2896