Ecclesiastes 9:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The whole <FI>is<Fi> as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as <FI>is<Fi> the good, so <FI> is<Fi> the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“All things [come] alike to all: 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; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.”
Ecclesiastes 9:2 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:2 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?
4 Pour tous ceux qui vivent il y a de l’espérance; et même un chien vivant vaut mieux qu’un lion mort.
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