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People know neither love nor hatred <i>by</i> anything <i>they see</i> before them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>All things <i>come</i> alike to all:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Eccl-9-2">One event <i>happens</i> to the righteous and the wicked;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-2">To the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>good, the clean, and the unclean;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-2">To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-2">As is the good, so <i>is</i> the sinner;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-2">He who takes an oath as <i>he</i> who fears an oath.</span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This <i>is</i> an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing <i>happens</i> to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness <i>is</i> in their hearts while they live, and after that <i>they go</i> to the dead. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For the living know that they will die;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-5">But the dead know nothing,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-5">And they have no more reward,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-5">For the memory of them is forgotten.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-6">Nevermore will they have a share</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-6">In anything done under the sun.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Go, eat your bread with joy,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-7">And drink your wine with a merry heart;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-7">For God has already accepted your works.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Let your garments always be white,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-8">And let your head lack no oil.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that <i>is</i> your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Whatever your hand finds to do, do <i>it</i> with your might; for <i>there is</i> no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I returned and saw under the sun that—</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Eccl-9-11">The race <i>is</i> not to the swift,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-11">Nor the battle to the strong,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-11">Nor bread to the wise,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-11">Nor riches to men of understanding,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-11">Nor favor to men of skill;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-11">But time and chance happen to them all.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For man also does not know his time:</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-12">Like fish taken in a cruel net,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-12">Like birds caught in a snare,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-12">So the sons of men <i>are</i> snared in an evil time,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-12">When it falls suddenly upon them.</span></p></div> <h3> Wisdom Superior to Folly</span></h3><p><span class="text Eccl-9-13"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it <i>seemed</i> great to me: </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><i>There was</i> a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>snares around it. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then I said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Eccl-9-16">“Wisdom <i>is</i> better than strength.</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-16">Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom <i>is</i> despised,</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-16">And his words are not heard.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Words of the wise, <i>spoken</i> quietly, <i>should be</i> heard</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-17">Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Wisdom <i>is</i> better than weapons of war;</span><br /><span class="text Eccl-9-18">But one sinner destroys much good.”</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17477a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Ecclesiastes 9:1">Ecclesiastes 9:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>put</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17478b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Ecclesiastes 9:2">Ecclesiastes 9:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>good and bad,</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17485c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Ecclesiastes 9:9">Ecclesiastes 9:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>See life</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17490d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Ecclesiastes 9:14">Ecclesiastes 9:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>bulwarks</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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