Ecclesiastes 9:1 For all this I laid5414 to my heart,3820 even to explore952 all this: that the righteous,6662 and the wise,2450 and their works,5652 are in the hand3027 of God;430 whether it be love160 or1571 hatred,8135 man120 knoweth3045 it not; all is before them.6440 cr 2 All things come alike to all: there is one259 event4745 to the righteous6662 and to the wicked;7563 to the good2896 and to the clean2889 and to the unclean;2931 to him that sacrificeth2076 and to him that834 sacrificeth2076 not; as is the good,2896 so is the sinner;2398 and he that sweareth,7650 as he that feareth3373 an oath.7621 cr 3 This is an evil7451 in all that is done6213 under the sun,8121 that there is one259 event4745 unto all: yea also, the heart3820 of the sons1121 of men120 is full4390 of evil,7451 and madness1947 is in their heart3824 while they live,2416 and after310 that they go to the dead.4191 cr 4 For4310{Another reading is, For who is exempted? With all etc., or who can choose? With all etc.} to him that is3426 joined2266 with all the living2416 there is hope;986 for a living2416 dog3611 is better2896 than a dead4191 lion.738 cr 5 For the living2416 know3045 that they shall die:4191 but the dead4191 know3045 not anything,3972 neither have they any more a reward;7939 for the memory2143 of them is forgotten.7911 cr 6 As well their love,160 as their hatred8135 and their envy,7068 is perished6 long ago;3528 neither have they any more a portion2506 for ever5769 in anything that is done6213 under the sun.8121 cr 7 Go thy way,3212 eat398 thy bread3899 with joy,8057 and drink8354 thy wine3196 with a merry2896 heart;3820 for God430 hath already3528 accepted7521 thy works.4639 cr 8 Let thy garments899 be always6256 white;3836 and let not thy head7218 lack2637 oil.8081 cr 9 Live2416{Or, Enjoy (Hebrew See) life} joyfully7200 with the wife802 whom thou lovest157 all the days3117 of thy life2416 of vanity,1892 which he hath given5414 thee under the sun,8121 all thy days3117 of vanity:1892 for that is thy portion2506 in life,2416 and in thy labor5999 wherein thou laborest6001 under the sun.8121 cr 10 Whatsoever thy hand3027 findeth4672{Or, attaineth to do by they strength, that do} to do,6213 do6213 it with thy might;3581 for there is no work,4639 nor device,2808 nor knowledge,1847 nor wisdom,2451 in Sheol,7585 whither thou goest.1980 cr 11 I returned,7725 and saw7200 under the sun,8121 that the race4793 is not to the swift,7031 nor the battle4421 to the strong,1368 neither yet bread3899 to the wise,2450 nor yet riches6239 to men of understanding,995 nor yet favor2580 to men of skill;3045 but time6256 and chance6294 happeneth to them all.7136 cr 12 For man120 also knoweth3045 not his time:6256 as the fishes1709 that are taken270 in an evil7451 net,4685 and as the birds6833 that are caught270 in the snare,6341 even so1992 are the sons1121 of men120 snared3369 in an evil7451 time,6256 when it falleth5307 suddenly upon them.6597 cr 13 I have also seen7200 wisdom2451 under the sun8121 on this2090 wise, and it seemed great unto me:1419 cr 14 There was a little6996 city,5892 and few4592 men582 within it; and there came935 a great1419 king4428 against it, and besieged5437 it, and built1129 great1419 bulwarks against it.4685 cr 15 Now there was found4672 in it a poor4542 wise2450 man,376 and he by his wisdom2451 delivered4422 the city;5892 yet no man120 remembered2142 that same poor4542 man.376 cr 16 Then said559 I, Wisdom2451 is better2896 than strength:1369 nevertheless the poor man's4542 wisdom2451 is despised,959 and his words1697 are not heard.8085 cr 17 The words1697 of the wise2450 heard8085 in quiet5183 are better than the cry2201 of him that ruleth4910 among fools.3684 cr 18 Wisdom2451 is better2896 than weapons3627 of war;7128 but one259 sinner2398 destroyeth6 much7235 good.2896 cr