Ecclesiastes 9:3

There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, 1 That there is one event to all: 1 Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, 1 And madness is in their heart during their life, 1 And after that they go to the dead. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, 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.

In Context

2Vanity is in all: 1 There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; 1 To the good, and to the bad; 1 Both to the pure, and to the impure; 1 Both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: 1 As is the good, so is the sinner: 1 As is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath. 1

4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? 1 There is hope of him: 1 For a living dog is better than a dead lion. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 8:21And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.

Job 15:16Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, 1 Drinking unrighteousness as a draft. 1

Psalms 51:5Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; 1 Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. 1

Proverbs 14:32The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: 1 But he who is secure in his own holiness is just. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; 1 But the fool walks in darkness: 1 And I perceived, even I, 1 That one event shall happen to them all. 1

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because there is no contradiction made 1 On the part of those who do evil quickly, 1 Therefore the heart of the children of men 1 Is fully determined in them to do evil. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:2-4

Mysteries in Providence. 1 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. 2 All 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 sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This… Read the whole commentary →

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