Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, has already perished, and they have no more portion for all time in all that has been done under the sun.

Literal Standard Version

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 die, and the dead do not know anything, and there is no more reward to them, for their remembrance has been forgotten.

7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for already has God been pleased with your works.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8And there rises a new king over Egypt, who has not known Joseph,

Psalms 146:3Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, || For he has no deliverance.

Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, || And the expectation of the wicked perishes.

Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he makes them as a shadow? For who declares to man what is after him under the sun?

Matthew 2:20saying, “Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died—those seeking the life of the Child.”

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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