Ecc 9 | ABEn | STEP | As the just, and the wise, even their works are in the hand of God. Indeed even love, indeed even hatred, there is no [ 2 knowing 1 man] all the things before them.

‏ Ecclesiastes 9

CHAPTER 9 The Common Destiny of All

1 As the just, and the wise, even their works are in the hand of God. Indeed even love, indeed even hatred, there is no [²knowing ¹man] all the things before them. 2 Folly is in all things; [²event ¹there is one] to the just, and one to the impious; to the good and to the bad; and to the clean and to the unclean; and to the one sacrificing and to the one not sacrificing; as is the good, as is the one sinning; as the one swearing by an oath, as is the one [²the ³oath ¹fearing]. 3 This evil is in all being done under the sun, for there is [²event ¹one] to all. And indeed the heart of the sons of man are filled with evil; and madness in their heart during their life, and after them they go to the dead. 4 For someone who participates with all the living there is hope; for the [²dog ¹living] himself is good over the [²lion ¹dead]. 5 For the living shall know that they shall die; but the dead are not knowing anything; and there is not [²to them ³any longer ¹a wage], for [²was forgotten ¹their remembrance]. 6 And indeed their love, and indeed their hatred, and indeed their zeal already perished; and [²portion ¹there is no] to them any longer into the eon, in all things being done under the sun. 7 Come, eat with gladness of your bread, and drink [²with ⁴heart ³a good ¹your wine]! for already God thought well of your actions 8 In every time let [²be ¹your garments] white, and [²oil ⁴upon ⁵your head ¹let not ³be lacking]! 9 And behold life with the wife which you loved all the days of the life of your folly! the ones being given to you under the sun, all the days of the life of your folly. For it is your portion in your life, and in your effort wherein you made an effort under the sun. 10 All as much as [²should find ¹your hand] to do, [²as ³is ⁵power ⁴in your ¹you do]; for there is no action, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in Hades, of where you should go there. 11 I turned, and I beheld under the sun, that not to the light of foot is the race; and not to the mighty ones in battle; and indeed not to the wise is the bread; and indeed not to the discerning ones is the riches; and indeed not to the ones knowing favor; for a season and a meeting shall meet with them all. 12 And indeed [²does not know ¹man] his season. As fishes being hunted with [²casting-net ¹a hurtful], and as birds being hunted with a snare -- as them [⁴shall be ensnared ¹the ²sons ³of man] in [²season ¹an evil], whenever it should fall upon them suddenly. 13 And indeed this I beheld -- wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me. 14 [²city ¹If there were a small], and the men in it few; and there should come against it [²king ¹a great], and he shall encircle it, and shall build against it [²siege mounds ¹great]; 15 and there should be found in it [³man ¹a needy ²wise]; and [²shall deliver ¹he himself] the city in his wisdom; but man remembered not with [³man ²needy ¹that]. 16 And I said, [²is good ¹Wisdom] over power. But the wisdom of the needy man is being treated with contempt, and his words are not being listened to. 17 Words of the wise being at rest are heard above a cry of ones being in authority in follies. 18 [²is good ¹Wisdom] over weapons of war; but [²sinning ¹one] shall destroy [²goodness ¹much].