Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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American Standard Version
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
.
For
all this I
laid
to my
heart ,
even
to
explore
all
this:
that the righteous ,
and the wise, and
their works
, are in the
hand
of
God;
whether it
be
love or hatred,
man
knoweth
it
not;
all
is
before
them
.
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
.
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
.
This is an evil in everything
that is done under the sun :
There is one fate
for
everyone.
Furthermore
, the hearts
of men are
full of evil and madness while they are
alive
, and afterward
they join
the dead.
This is an evil in all
that is done under the sun ,
that
there is one event
unto
all:
yea
also
, the heart
of the
sons
of
men is
full of evil ,
and madness is
in
their
heart
while they live
, and after
that
`
they go'
to
the dead.
There
is
hope,
however,
for anyone
who
is among
the living; for even
a live
dog is better than a dead lion.
For to
him
that
is joined
with
all
the living there
is
hope
; for a living
dog is better than a dead lion.
For the living know that they will
die ,
but the dead know nothing.
They
have no
further
reward ,
because
the memory of them is forgotten.
For the living know that they shall
die :
but the dead know not
anything,
neither
have they
any
more
a
reward ;
for
the memory of them is forgotten.
Their love, their hate,
and their envy have
already
vanished
, and
they
will
never
again
have a share
in all
that is done under the sun.
As
well
their love, as
their hatred
and their envy, is
perished
long
ago;
neither
have they
any
more
a portion
for
ever
in anything
that is done under the sun.
Go, eat your
bread with joy, and drink your
wine with a cheerful
heart ,
for God has
already approved
your
works :
Go thy
way
, eat thy
bread with joy, and drink thy
wine with a merry
heart ;
for God hath
already accepted
thy
works .
Let your
garments always
be white ,
and never
spare
the
oil
for
your
head.
Let thy
garments be always
white ;
and let
not
thy
head lack
oil
.
Enjoy
life
with your
beloved
wife all the days of the
fleeting
life that
God
has
given you
under the sun —
all your
fleeting
days .
For this
is your
portion in life and in your
labor under the sun.
Live
joyfully
with the
wife whom
thou
lovest
all the days of thy
life of
vanity,
which
he
hath
given thee
under the sun ,
all thy
days of
vanity:
for that
is thy
portion in life ,
and in thy
labor wherein
thou
laborest
under the sun.
Whatever
you
find
to do with
your
hands
, do it with all
your
might ,
for in
Sheol,
where
you
are
going,
there is no work or
planning
or
knowledge or
wisdom.
Whatsoever
thy
hand
findeth
to do, do `
it '
with thy
might ;
for there is no work ,
nor
device,
nor
knowledge ,
nor
wisdom ,
in
Sheol,
whither
thou
goest
.
I saw something
else
under the sun :
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ;
neither is
the
bread to the wise, nor the
wealth
to the
intelligent
, nor the
favor to the
skillful.
For
time and chance happen
to all.
I returned,
and
saw under the sun ,
that
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ,
neither yet
bread to the wise, nor yet
riches
to men
of
understanding
, nor yet
favor to men
of
skill;
but
time and chance happeneth
to them
all.
For surely
no
man knows
his time: Like
fish
caught
in a
cruel
net or
birds trapped
in a
snare, so men
are ensnared
in an evil time that
suddenly falls
upon them.
For man also
knoweth
not
his time: as
the
fishes
that
are
taken
in an
evil
net ,
and
as
the
birds that
are
caught
in the
snare, even
so are the
sons
of
men
snared
in an evil time ,
when
it
falleth
suddenly upon them.
I have also seen this
wisdom under the sun, and it was
great to
me:
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on
this
wise
, and it seemed
great unto
me:
There was a small
city with
few men .
A mighty
king came
against it, surrounded
it, and built large
siege
ramps
against it.
There was a little
city ,
and
few men within
it;
and
there
came
a great
king against it, and
besieged
it, and built great
bulwarks
against it.
Now a poor wise man was
found
in
the
city
, and he saved
the
city
by his wisdom .
Yet no one
remembered that poor man.
Now there
was
found
in
it
a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered
the
city;
yet no man
remembered that same
poor man.
And
I
said, “
Wisdom is better than strength ,
but
the
wisdom
of
the poor man
is despised, and his words are not heeded
. ”
Then
said I
, Wisdom is better than strength :
nevertheless
the poor man's
wisdom
is despised, and his words are not heard
.
The calm
words of the wise are heeded
over
the shouts
of a
ruler
among fools.
The words of the wise heard
in
quiet
are better
than
the cry
of him
that
ruleth
among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war ,
but one sinner destroys
much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war ;
but one sinner destroyeth
much good.
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