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Ecclesiastes 9:1

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל־kol-allH3605
זֶ֞הzehthisH2088
נָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414
אֶל־'el-toH413
לִבִּי֙li.Biheart myH3820
וְלָב֣וּרve.la.Vurand to make clearH952
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל־kol-allH3605
זֶ֔הZehthisH2088
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
הַצַּדִּיקִ֧יםha.tza.di.Kimthe righteousH6662
וְהַחֲכָמִ֛יםve.ha.cha.kha.Mimand the wiseH2450
וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖םva.'a.va.dei.Hemand deeds theirH5652
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yad[are] in [the] hand ofH3027
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
גַּֽם־gam-bothH1571
אַהֲבָ֣ה'a.ha.VahloveH160
גַם־gam-as well asH1571
שִׂנְאָ֗הsin.'AhhatredH8135
אֵ֤ין'einnotH369
יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙yo.De.a'[is] knowingH3045
הָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120
הַכֹּ֖לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lif.nei.Hem[is] <to> before themH6440

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain