Ecclesiastes 7:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In the day{H3117} of prosperity{H2896} be joyful,{H2896} and in the day{H3117} of adversity{H7451} consider;{H7200} yea, God{H430} hath made{H6213} the one side by side{H5980} with the other, to the end{H1700} that man{H120} should not find{H4672} out anything{H3972} [that shall be] after{H310} him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    In the day{H3117} of prosperity{H2896} be joyful{H2896}, but in the day{H3117} of adversity{H7451} consider{H7200}{(H8798)}: God{H430} also hath set{H6213}{(H8804)} the one over against{H5980} the other, to the end{H1700} that man{H120} should find{H4672}{(H8799)} nothing{H3972} after{H310} him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything `that shall be' after him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
  • Deut 28:47 : 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly in the time of abundance.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
  • Deut 8:3 : 3 He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';
  • 1 Kgs 17:17-18 : 17 After this, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick. His illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, man of God? Have you come to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?"
  • 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  • Job 10:1-2 : 1 I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.
  • Ps 30:11-12 : 11 Hear me, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my helper. 12 You have turned my mourning into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
  • Ps 40:3 : 3 He lifted me out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
  • Ps 94:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from Your law. 13 You grant relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your statutes.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Now that all has been heard, here is the conclusion: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
  • Isa 22:12-14 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth. 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!' 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 So He poured out on them His burning anger and the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, yet they did not take it to heart.
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will clearly understand it.
  • Hos 2:6-7 : 6 I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness. 7 Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'
  • Mic 6:9 : 9 The voice of the Lord calls to the city (and wisdom fears Your name): 'Hear the rod and the One who appointed it.'
  • Hag 1:5-7 : 5 Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways. 6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be filled. You put on clothes but are not warm. The one who earns wages earns them to put into a bag with holes. 7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
  • Luke 15:17-18 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
  • John 16:22-23 : 22 So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23 On that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:13
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    13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Eccl 8:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14 There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'

    15 So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

  • Eccl 11:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

    7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

    8 For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

    9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Eccl 3:10-14
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    76%

    10 I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

    11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

    12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

    13 And also that every person should eat, drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

    14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    76%

    24 There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

    26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 3:22
    75%

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

    3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for when the face is sad, the heart may be improved.

    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

  • Eccl 8:6
    74%

    6 For every purpose there is a proper time and procedure, though the misery of mankind weighs heavily upon them.

  • Eccl 9:1-2
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    1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

    2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
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    10 Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions.

    11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and it is an advantage for those who see the light of day.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3 But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Eccl 8:9
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    9 I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

  • Eccl 5:17-19
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    17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

    18 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

    19 For they seldom reflect on the days of their life because God keeps them occupied with joy in their hearts.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Eccl 6:1
    73%

    1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.

  • Eccl 8:17
    72%

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Eccl 12:1
    72%

    1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'

  • Eccl 9:11
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    11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21 For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16 And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

  • Eccl 11:2
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    2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.

  • Eccl 3:1
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    1 There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.

  • Ps 37:7
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    7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes.

  • Eccl 2:1
    71%

    1 I said to myself, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.' But behold, this too was meaningless.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • Job 34:9
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    9 For he has said, 'A man gains nothing by delighting in God.'

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18 It is good to grasp one thing and not let go of the other, for the one who fears God will avoid all extremes.

  • Prov 15:15
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    15 All the days of the afflicted are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 I set my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a burdensome task God has given to the human race to occupy themselves with!

    14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.