Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

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In The King James Version

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

In Context

5The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

Psalms 146:3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Proverbs 10:28The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 6:12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Matthew 2:20Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11

The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink… Read the whole commentary →

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