Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are now already lost; and they will have never more a portion in all that is done under the sun.

Leeser Tanakh

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

5For the living know that they will die; but the dead know not the least; nor have they longer any reward; for their memory is forgotten.

7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a merry heart thy wine, if God have already received thy works in favor.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8Now there rose up a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Proverbs 10:28The expectation of the righteous is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life, that he should spend them as a shadow? for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

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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