Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, 1 And their envy, have now perished; 1 Yea, there is no portion for them anymore forever 1 In all that is done under the sun. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 will know that they shall die: 1 But the dead know nothing, 1 And there is no longer any reward to them; 1 For their memory is lost. 1

7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, 1 And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; 1 For now God has favorably accepted thy works. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Psalms 146:3He heals the broken in heart, 1 And binds up their wounds. 1

Proverbs 10:28Joy rests long with the righteous: 1 But the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 1

Ecclesiastes 6:12What advantage has a man? 1 For who knows what is good for a man in his life, 1 During the number of the life of the days of his vanity? 1 And he has spent them as a shadow; 1 For who shall tell a man 1 What shall 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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