Ecclesiastes 9:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For all this I considered in my heart even to dlare 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Everyone Will Die 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Indeed, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sit down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words.
  • Eccl 8:14 : 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
  • Job 12:10 : 10 In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw; 13 Each one's work will become clear: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss: but he himself will be saved; yet so as through fire.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no one prevail.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he says thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • Ps 37:5-6 : 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Ps 73:11-13 : 11 And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 13 Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
  • Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.
  • Eccl 1:17 : 17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
  • Eccl 7:25 : 25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.
  • Eccl 8:16 : 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
  • Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
  • Isa 26:12 : 12 LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.
  • Isa 49:1-4 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name. 2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me; 3 And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Jer 1:18-19 : 18 For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. 19 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
  • Mal 3:15-18 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free. 16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those who feared the LORD and thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 9:2-3
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    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:14-18
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    14I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

    15That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

    16Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

    17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

    18I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
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    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Eccl 2:17-22
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    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:10-12
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    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

  • Eccl 9:10-11
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    76%

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

    11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

  • Eccl 1:17
    76%

    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

    14In 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.

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:14-15
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Job 12:9
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    9Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this?

  • Eccl 8:6-7
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    6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

    7For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: