Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
.
But
all this I
have
laid
unto
my
heart ,
so
as
to
clear
up
the
whole
of
this,
that the righteous and the wise, and
their works
, `
are '
in the
hand
of
God,
neither
love
nor
hatred
doth
man know, the
whole
`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
.
The
whole
`
is '
as
to
the whole;
one
event
is to
the righteous and to
the wicked, to
the good, and
to
the clean ,
and to
the unclean, and
to
him
who is
sacrificing,
and to
him
who is
not sacrificing;
as `
is '
the good, so `
is '
the sinner, he
who
is swearing
as
he
who is
fearing
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 among
all
that hath
been
done under the sun ,
that
one event
`is'
to
all
, and
also
the heart
of the
sons
of
man
is
full of evil ,
and madness `is'
in
their
heart
during
their
life
, and after
it
--
unto
the dead.
There
is
hope,
however,
for
anyone
who is among
the living ;
for even
a live
dog is better than a
dead lion.
But
`to'
him
who is joined
unto
all
the living there
is
confidence,
for to
a living
dog it
`
is '
better than to
the
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 die, and
the dead know not
anything,
and
there
is
no more
to
them
a
reward, for
their
remembrance
hath
been
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.
Their love also
, their hatred
also
, their envy also,
hath
already perished
, and they have no
more
a portion
to
the
age
in all that hath
been
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, eat with joy thy
bread
, and drink with a glad
heart thy
wine
, for already hath
God
been
pleased
with
thy
works .
Let your
garments always
be white, and never
spare
the
oil
for
your
head.
At
all
times
let thy
garments be white, and let
not
perfume
be
lacking
on
thy
head.
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.
See
life with the
wife whom
thou
hast
loved,
all the days of the life of
thy
vanity,
that He
hath
given to
thee
under the sun ,
all the
days of
thy
vanity,
for it
`
is '
thy
portion in life ,
even
of
thy
labour
that
thou
art
labouring
at
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.
All
that
thy
hand
findeth
to do, with thy
power
do
, for there is no work ,
and
device,
and
knowledge ,
and
wisdom in
Sheol
whither
thou
art
going
.
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 have
turned
so
as
to
see
under the sun ,
that
not to the swift `is'
the
race
, nor to the mighty
the battle,
nor
even
to the wise bread
, nor even
to the intelligent wealth
, nor even
to the skilful
grace,
for time and chance happen with
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 even
man knoweth
not
his time ;
as
fish that
are
taken
hold
of
by
an
evil
net ,
and
as
birds that
are
taken
hold
of
by
a snare, like
these
`
are '
the
sons
of
man
snared
at
an evil time ,
when
it
falleth
upon them suddenly
.
I have also
seen this
wisdom under the sun, and it was
great to me :
This
also
I have seen :
wisdom under the sun, and it is
great to me .
There
was
a small
city with
few men .
A mighty
king came
against
it, surrounded it, and built large
siege
ramps
against it .
A little
city ,
and
few men in
it,
and
a great
king hath
come
unto
it, and
hath
surrounded it, and hath
built against it great
bulwarks;
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 .
and
there
hath
been
found
in
it
a poor wise man, and he hath
delivered
the city by his wisdom ,
and
men
have
not
remembered that 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
. ”
And I said, `
Better `is'
wisdom
than might
, and
the wisdom of the poor 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 in
quiet
are heard,
More
than
the cry
of a ruler over
fools.
Wisdom
is
better than weapons of war
, but
one sinner destroys
much good .
Better `is'
wisdom
than weapons of conflict
, And
one sinner destroyeth
much good !
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