Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:10 in Context — Ecclesiastes 9
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:10 Mean?
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