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Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether <i>it will be</i> love or hatred; anything awaits them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether <i>it will be</i> love or hatred; anything awaits him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For I have taken all this to heart, exploring <i>and</i> examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands. People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hands.People don't know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I thought about these things. Then I understood that God has power over everyone, even those who are wise and live right. Anything can happen to any one of us, and so we never know if life will be good or bad. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Now, I have carefully thought about all this, and I explain it in this way: Righteous people and wise people, along with their accomplishments, are in God's hands. No one knows whether there will be love or hatred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In light of all of this, I committed myself to explain it this way: the righteous and the wise, along with everything they do, are in the hands of God. Furthermore, as to love and hate, no human being knows everything concerning them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ecclesiastes/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated--no one knows what lies ahead. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, <i>are</i> in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred <i>by</i> all <i>that is</i> before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works <i>are</i> in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred <i>by</i> anything <i>they see</i> before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/ecclesiastes/9.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />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 knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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 is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ecclesiastes/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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 is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />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 knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />For all this I took to heart, even to make all this clear, that the righteous and the wise and their works <i>are</i> in the hand of God. No man knows either love or hatred <i>by</i> all <i>that is</i> before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />But all this I have laid to 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 does man know, the whole [is] before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For all this I gave to my heart, and to examine all this, that the just and the wise and their works are in the hand of God: also love, also hatred, no man shall know of all before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For all these things I have put into my heart, and my heart saw all this: that the righteous ones and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; also a son of man does not know love or hatred; everything that is before him is futility<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />FOR all the essence of these things have I considered in my heart, and my heart perceived all of this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; no man knows either love or hatred; for everything which is before him is vanity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>I saw</i> that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, <i>though</i> all are before their face.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I took</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/952.htm" title="952: wə·lā·ḇūr (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To make clear, clear up, explain. A primitive root; to bore, i.e. examine.">and concluded</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: haṣ·ṣad·dî·qîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">the righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450: wə·ha·ḥă·ḵā·mîm (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-mp) -- Wise. From chakam; wise.">and the wise,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5652.htm" title="5652: wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A work. From abad; a deed.">as well as their deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">are in God’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hands.</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: hā·’ā·ḏām (Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">Man</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yō·w·ḏê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: hak·kōl (Art:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">lies ahead,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">whether</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160: ’a·hă·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Love (noun). Feminine of 'ahab and meaning the same.">love</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/8135.htm" title="8135: śin·’āh (N-fs) -- Hating, hatred. From sane'; hate.">hate.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">But</a><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all"> all</a><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here"> this</a><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set"> I have laid</a><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413. 'el (ale) -- to, into, towards"> unto</a><a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart"> my heart</a><a href="/hebrew/952.htm" title="952. buwr (boor) -- to make clear, clear up, explain">, so as to clear up</a><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all"> the whole</a><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here"> of this</a><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">, that</a><a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous"> the righteous</a><a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise"> and the wise</a><a href="/hebrew/5652.htm" title="5652. abad (ab-awd') -- a work">, and their works</a><a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">, [are] in the hand</a><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god"> of God</a><a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160. 'ahabah (a-hab-aw) -- love (noun)">, neither love</a><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea"> nor</a><a href="/hebrew/8135.htm" title="8135. sin'ah (sin-aw') -- hating, hatred"> hatred</a><a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind"> doth man</a><a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know"> know</a><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">, the whole</a><a href="/hebrew/9997.htm0"> [is] before them.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="כִּי_2 Pc 3588">Indeed</a>, <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="נתן vqp1cs 5414">I took</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="כֹּל ncmsc 3605"> all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="זֶה ams 2088"> this</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="לֵב ncmsc 3820"> heart</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a> <a href="/hebrew/952.htm" title="בור vqc 952"> explained</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="זֶה ams 2088"> it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="כֹּל ncmsc 3605"> all</a>: <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">the</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="צַדִּיק ampa 6662"> righteous</a>, <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">the</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="חָכָם ampa 2450"> wise</a>, <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psn3mp"> their</a> <a href="/hebrew/5652.htm" title="עֲבָד ncmpc 5652"> works</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> are in</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="אֱלֹהִים ncmpa 430"> God’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="יָד ncfsc 3027"> hands</a>. <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="אָדָם_1 ncmsa 120"> People</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="אַיִן_1 Pd 369"> don’t</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="ידע vqPmsa 3045"> know</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="גַּם Pc 1571"> whether</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="אַהֲבָה_1 ncfsa 160"> to expect love</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="גַּם Pc 1571"> or</a> <a href="/hebrew/8135.htm" title="שִׂנְאָה ncfsa 8135"> hate</a>. <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="כֹּל ncmsa 3605">Everything</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> lies ahead of</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="פָּנֶה ncmpc 6440"></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psn3mp"> them</a>. </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/ecclesiastes/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">For I have taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088. zeh (zeh) -- this, here">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">to my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/952.htm" title="952. buwr (boor) -- to make clear, clear up, explain">and explain</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">it that righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">wise</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5652.htm" title="5652. abad (ab-awd') -- a work">and their deeds</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">are in the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">Man</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">does not know</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">whether</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160. 'ahabah (a-hab-aw) -- love (noun)">[it will be] love</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/8135.htm" title="8135. sin'ah (sin-aw') -- hating, hatred">hatred;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">anything</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">awaits</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">him.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414. nathan (naw-than') -- to give, put, set">For all this I considered</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820. leb (labe) -- inner man, mind, will, heart">in my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/952.htm" title="952. buwr (boor) -- to make clear, clear up, explain">even to declare</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662. tsaddiyq (tsad-deek') -- just, righteous">all this, that the righteous,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450. chakam (khaw-kawm') -- wise">and the wise,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5652.htm" title="5652. abad (ab-awd') -- a work">and their works,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">[are] in the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God:</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120. 'adam (aw-dawm') -- man, mankind">no man</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045. yada' (yaw-dah') -- to know">knoweth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571. gam (gam) -- also, moreover, yea">either</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160. 'ahabah (a-hab-aw) -- love (noun)">love</a> <a href="/hebrew/8135.htm" title="8135. sin'ah (sin-aw') -- hating, hatred">or hatred</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">[by] all [that is] before</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">them.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/8-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 8:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 8:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/9-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 9:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 9:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>