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 of God; 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 Oui, j’ai appliqué mon cœur à tout cela, j’ai fait de tout cela l’objet de mon examen, et j’ai vu que les justes et les sages, et leurs travaux, sont dans la main de Dieu, et l’amour aussi bien que la haine; les hommes ne savent rien: tout est devant eux.
2 Tout arrive également à tous; même sort pour le juste et pour le méchant, pour celui qui est bon et pur et pour celui qui est impur, pour celui qui sacrifie et pour celui qui ne sacrifie pas; il en est du bon comme du pécheur, de celui qui jure comme de celui qui craint de jurer.
3 Ceci est un mal parmi tout ce qui se fait sous le soleil, c’est qu’il y a pour tous un même sort; aussi le cœur des fils de l’homme est-il plein de méchanceté, et la folie est dans leur cœur pendant leur vie; après quoi, ils vont chez les morts. Car, qui est excepté?
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:1 Mean?
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