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Ecclesiastes 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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People Are in the Hand of God

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For I have taken H5414 all H3605 this H2088 to my heart H3820, even to [fn]examine H952 [fn]it all H3605, that righteous H6662 people H6662, wise H2450 people H2450, and their deeds H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God H430. People H120 do not know H3045 whether H1571 it will be love H160 or H1571 hatred H8135; anything H3605 [fn]awaits H6440 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

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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 the unclean H2931; for the person who offers H2076 a H2076 sacrifice H2076 and for the one who H834 does not sacrifice H2076. As the good H2896 person H2896 is, so is the sinner H2398; the one who swears H7650 an oath is just as the one who [fn]is afraid H3372 to swear an oath H7621.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This H2088 is an evil H7451 in everything H3605 that is done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121, that there is one H259 fate H4745 for everyone H3605. Furthermore H1571, the hearts H3820 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120 are full H4392 of evil H7451, and insanity H1947 is in their hearts H3824 throughout their lives H2416. Afterward H310 they go to the dead H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever H4310 H834 is joined H2266 to all H3605 the living H2416, there H3426 is H3426 hope H986; for better H2896 a live H2416 dog H3611, than H4480 a dead H4191 lion H738.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living H2416 know H3045 that they will die H4191; but the dead H4191 do not know H3045 anything H3972, nor H369 do they have H369 a reward H7939 any H5750 longer H5750, for their memory H2143 is forgotten H7911.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Indeed H1571 their love H160, their hate H8135, and their zeal H7068 have already H3528 perished H6, and they will no H369 longer H5750 have H369 a share H2506 in all H3605 that is done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - See that your clothes H899 are white H3836 all H3605 the time H6256, and that there H2637 is H2637 no H408 lack H2637 of oil H8081 on your head H7218.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - [fn]Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the wife H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your futile H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 you under H8478 the sun H8121, [fn]all H3605 the days H3117 of your futility H1892; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your work H5999 which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121.

Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:10

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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 activity H4639, planning H2803, knowledge H1847, or wisdom H2451 in Sheol H7585 where H834 H8033 you are going H1980.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

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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 warriors H1368, and neither H1571 H3808 is bread H3899 to the wise H2450 nor H3808 H1571 wealth H6239 to the discerning H995, nor H3808 H1571 favor H2580 to the skillful H3045; for time H6256 and chance H6294 overtake H7136 them all H3605.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For indeed H1571, a person H120 does not know H3045 his time H6256: like fish H1709 that are caught H270 in a treacherous H7451 net H4685 and birds H6833 caught H270 in a snare H6341, so the sons H1121 of mankind H120 are ensnared H3369 at an evil H7451 time H6256 when it suddenly H6597 falls H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:13

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This H2090 too H1571 I saw H7200 as wisdom H2451 under H8478 the sun H8121, and [fn]it impressed H1419 me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - there was a small H6996 city H5892 with few H4592 men H376 in it, and a great H1419 king H4428 came H935 to it, surrounded H5437 it, and constructed H1129 large H1419 siegeworks H4685 against H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15 - But there was found H4672 in it a poor H4542 wise H2450 man H376, and he [fn]saved H4422 the city H5892 by his wisdom H2451. Yet no H3808 one H120 remembered H2142 that poor H4542 man H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So I said H559, “Wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 strength H1369.” But the wisdom H2451 of the poor H4542 man H4542 is despised H959, and his words H1697 are [fn]ignored H369 H8085.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words H1697 of the wise H2450 heard H8085 in calm H5183 are better than H4480 the shouting H2199 of a ruler H4910 among fools H3684.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18 - Wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 weapons H3627 of war H7128, but one H259 sinner H2398 destroys H6 much H7235 good H2896.
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Lit all this
Lit is before them
Lit fears an oath
Lit See
all...your futility not found in some ancient versions
Lit it was great to me
Or might have saved
Lit not listened to
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