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Ecclesiastes 9:1

כִּי אֶת ־ כָּל ־ זֶה נָתַתִּי אֶל ־ לִבִּי וְלָבוּר אֶת ־ כָּל ־ זֶה אֲשֶׁר הַצַּדִּיקִים וְהַחֲכָמִים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶם בְּיַד הָאֱלֹהִים גַּֽם ־ אַהֲבָה גַם ־ שִׂנְאָה אֵין יוֹדֵעַ הָֽאָדָם הַכֹּל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2הַכֹּל כַּאֲשֶׁר לַכֹּל מִקְרֶה אֶחָד לַצַּדִּיק וְלָרָשָׁע לַטּוֹב וְלַטָּהוֹר וְלַטָּמֵא וְלַזֹּבֵחַ וְלַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ זֹבֵחַ כַּטּוֹב כַּֽחֹטֶא הַנִּשְׁבָּע כַּאֲשֶׁר שְׁבוּעָה יָרֵֽא ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:3אַף חֹבֵב עַמִּים כָּל ־ קְדֹשָׁיו בְּיָדֶךָ וְהֵם תֻּכּוּ לְרַגְלֶךָ יִשָּׂא מִדַּבְּרֹתֶֽיךָ ׃

2 Samuel 15:25וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְצָדוֹק הָשֵׁב אֶת ־ אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים הָעִיר אִם ־ אֶמְצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וֶהֱשִׁבַנִי וְהִרְאַנִי אֹתוֹ וְאֶת ־ נָוֵֽהוּ ׃

Job 12:10אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כָּל ־ חָי וְרוּחַ כָּל ־ בְּשַׂר ־ אִֽישׁ ׃

Psalms 10:14רָאִתָה כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה ׀ עָמָל וָכַעַס ׀ תַּבִּיט לָתֵת בְּיָדֶךָ עָלֶיךָ יַעֲזֹב חֵלֶכָה יָתוֹם אַתָּה ׀ הָיִיתָ עוֹזֵֽר ׃

Psalms 37:5גּוֹל עַל ־ יְהוָה דַּרְכֶּךָ וּבְטַח עָלָיו וְהוּא יַעֲשֶֽׂה ׃

Psalms 73:11וְֽאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַֽע ־ אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן ׃

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:1

Solomon, in this chapter, for a further proof of the vanity of this world, gives us four observations which he had made upon a survey of the state of the children of men in it:—I. He observed that commonly as to outward things, good and bad men fare much alike, ver. 1-3 . II. That death puts a final period to all our employments and enjoyments in this world ( ver. 4-6 ), whence he infers that it is our wisdom to enjoy the comforts of life and mind the business of life, while it lasts, ver. 7-10 . III. That God's… Read the whole commentary →

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