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Ecclesiastes 9 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Mankind Is in the Hand of God

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For I have given^H5414 all^H3605 this^H2088 to my heart^H3820 and explain^H952 [fn]it that righteous^H6662 men^H6662, wise^H2450 men^H2450, and their service^H5652 are in the hand^H3027 of God^H430. Man^H120 does not know^H3045 whether^H1571 it will be love^H160 or^H1571 hatred^H8135; anything^H3605 may be before^H6440 him.

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It is the same^H834 for all^H3605. There is one^H259 fate^H4745 for the righteous^H6662 and for the wicked^H7563; for the good^H2896, for the clean^H2889 and for the unclean^H2931; for the man who offers^H2076 a^H2076 sacrifice^H2076 and for the one who^H834 does not sacrifice^H2076. As the good^H2896 man^H2896 is, so is the sinner^H2398; as the swearer^H7650 is, so is the one who [fn]is^H3372 afraid^H3372 to swear^H7621.

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Ecc 9:3 - This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

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Ecc 9:4 - For whoever is joined with all the living, there is confidence; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

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Ecc 9:5 - For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

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Ecc 9:6 - Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will never again have a portion in all that is done under the sun.

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Go^H1980 then, eat^H398 your bread^H3899 in gladness^H8057 and drink^H8354 your wine^H3196 with a merry^H2896 heart^H3820; for God^H430 has already^H3528 accepted^H7521 your works^H4639.

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Ecc 9:8 - Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head.

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Ecc 9:9 - See life with the woman whom you love all the days of your vain life, which He has given to you under the sun—all the days of your vanity; for this is your portion in life and in your labor in which you have labored under the sun.

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Whatever^H3605^H834 your hand^H3027 finds^H4672 to do^H6213, do^H6213 it with all your might^H3581; for there^H369 is^H369 no^H369 working^H4639 or explaining^H2808 or knowledge^H1847 or wisdom^H2451 in Sheol^H7585 where^H834^H8033 you are going^H1980.

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I again^H7725 saw^H7200 under^H8478 the sun^H8121 that the race^H4793 is not to the swift^H7031 and the battle^H4421 is not to the mighty^H1368, and neither^H1571^H3808 is bread^H3899 to the wise^H2450 nor^H3808^H1571 riches^H6239 to the discerning^H995 nor^H3808^H1571 favor^H2580 to men who know^H3045; for time^H6256 and misfortune^H6294 overtake^H7136 them all^H3605.

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Ecc 9:12 - Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish seized in an evil net and birds seized in a trap, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

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Also^H1571 this^H2090 I came to see^H7200 as wisdom^H2451 under^H8478 the sun^H8121, and [fn]it was great^H1419 to me.

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Ecc 9:14 - There was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks against it.

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Ecc 9:15 - But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he provided a way of escape for the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

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Ecc 9:16 - So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heard.

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Ecc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in restfulness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Ecc 9:18 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

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(9:1)

Lit all this

(9:2)

Lit fears an oath

(9:13)

Lit great it was to me

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