Ecclesiastes 9:2

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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.It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

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Hebrew words

הַכֹּלhakol<the> allH3605כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asher[is] just asH834לַכֹּלlakolfor <the> allH3605מִקְרֶהmikrehfateH4745אֶחָד'echadoneH259לַצַּדִּיקlatzadik[belongs] to the righteousH6662וְלָרָשָׁעvelarasha'and to the wickedH7563לַטּוֹבlatovto the goodH2896וְלָרַעvelara'and to the evilH7451וְלַטָּהוֹרvelatahorand to the cleanH2889וְלַטָּמֵאvelatame'and to the uncleanH2931וְלַזֹּבֵחַvelazoveachand to the [one who] sacrificesH2076וְלַאֲשֶׁרvela'asherand to [one] whoH834אֵינֶנּוּ'einenunot heH369זֹבֵחַzoveach[is] sacrificingH2076כַּטּוֹבkatovas the good [person]H2896כַּחֹטֶאkachote'as the sinnerH2398הַנִּשְׁבָּעhanishba'the [one who] swears an oathH7650כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834שְׁבוּעָהshevu'ahan oathH7621יָרֵא׃yare'[one] fearingH3373

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