Ecclesiastes 9:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, <FI>are<Fi> in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole <FI>is<Fi> before them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand ofGod; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I have surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:1 in Context — Ecclesiastes 9
1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:1 Mean?
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