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 is love160 or1571 hatred,8135 man120 doesn't know3045 it; all is before6440 them.
2 All things come alike to all. There is one259 event4745 to the righteous6662 and to the wicked;7563 to the good,2896 to the clean,2889 to the unclean,2931 to him who sacrifices,2076 and to him who doesn't834 sacrifice.2076 As is the good,2896 so is the sinner;2398 he who takes7650 an oath, as he who fears3373 an oath.76213 This is an evil7451 in all that is done6213 under the sun,8121 that there is one259 event4745 to all: yes 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.41914 For4310 to him who is3426 joined2266 with all the living2416 there is hope;986 for a living2416 dog3611 is better2896 than a dead4191 lion.7385 For the living2416 know3045 that they will die,4191 but the dead4191 don't know3045 anything,3972 neither do they have any more a reward;7939 for their memory2143 is forgotten.79116 Also their love,160 their hatred,8135 and their envy7068 has perished6 long ago;3528 neither have they any more a portion2506 forever5769 in anything that is done6213 under the sun.8121
Ecclesiastes 9:7 ¶ Go your way —3212 eat398 your bread3899 with joy,8057 and drink8354 your wine3196 with a merry2896 heart;3820 for God430 has already3528 accepted7521 your works.46398 Let your garments899 be always6256 white,3836 and don't let your head7218 lack2637 oil.80819 Live2416 joyfully7200 with the wife802 whom you love157 all the days3117 of your life2416 of vanity,1892 which he has given5414 you under the sun,8121 all your days3117 of vanity:1892 for that is your portion2506 in life,2416 and in your labor5999 in which you labor6001 under the sun.812110 Whatever your hand3027 finds4672 to do,6213 do6213 it with your might;3581 for there is no work,4639 nor device,2808 nor knowledge,1847 nor wisdom,2451 in Sheol,7585{Sheol is the place of the dead.} where you are going.1980
Ecclesiastes 9:11 ¶ 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 happen7136 to them all.
12 For man120 also doesn't know3045 his time.6256 As the fish1709 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 falls5307 suddenly6597 on them.
Ecclesiastes 9:13 ¶ I have also seen7200 wisdom2451 under the sun8121 in this2090 way, and it seemed great1419 to me.
14 There was a little6996 city,5892 and few4592 men582 within it; and a great1419 king4428 came935 against it, besieged5437 it, and built1129 great1419 bulwarks4685 against it.
15 Now a poor4542 wise2450 man376 was found4672 in it, and he by his wisdom2450 delivered4422 the city;5892 yet no man120 remembered2142 that same poor4542 man.12016 Then I said,559 "Wisdom2451 is better2896 than strength."1369 Nevertheless the poor man's4542 wisdom2451 is despised,959 and his words1697 are not heard.808517 The words1697 of the wise2450 heard8085 in quiet5183 are better than the cry2201 of him who rules4910 among fools.368418 Wisdom2451 is better2896 than weapons3627 of war;7128 but one259 sinner2398 destroys6 much7235 good.2896