Ecclesiastes 9:1
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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.So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
In other translations
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.So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605זֶהzehthisH2088נָתַתִּיnatatiI have givenH5414אֶל־'el-toH413לִבִּיlibiheart myH3820וְלָבוּרvelavurand to make clearH952אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605זֶהzehthisH2088אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834הַצַּדִּיקִיםhatzadikimthe righteousH6662וְהַחֲכָמִיםvehachakhamimand the wiseH2450וַעֲבָדֵיהֶםva'avadeihemand deeds theirH5652בְּיַדbeyad[are] in [the] hand ofH3027הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430גַּם־gam-bothH1571אַהֲבָה'ahavahloveH160גַם־gam-as well asH1571שִׂנְאָהsin'ahhatredH8135אֵין'einnotH369יוֹדֵעַyodea'[is] knowingH3045הָאָדָםha'adam<the> humankindH120הַכֹּלhakol<the> everythingH3605לִפְנֵיהֶם׃lifneihem[is] <to> before themH6440
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
- John 10:27-3027 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and my Father are one.27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- 1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Job 12:10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
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