Ecclesiastes 9:1
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 in other translations
| BSB | So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. |
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| WEB | For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. |
| ASV | For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. |
| YLT | But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them. |
| DARBY | For all this I laid to my heart and indeed to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them. |
| BBE | All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ecclesiastes 9:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
No men knows, by any present sign, what is before him, Ecc 9:1. All things happen alike to all, Ecc 9:2, Ecc 9:3. Comparison of the state of the dead and the living, Ecc 9:4-6. Enjoy God's mercies, and live to his glory, Ecc 9:7-10. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, Ecc 9:11. Man is ignorant of futurity, Ecc 9:12, Ecc 9:13. The account of the little city, and the poor wise man, Ecc 9:14-18. Verse 1 The righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God - This is a continuation of the preceding subject; and here the wise man draws a conclusion from what he had seen, and from the well-known character of God, that the righteous, the wise, and their conduct, were all in the hand of God, protected by his power, and safe in his approbation: but we cannot judge from the occurrences which take place in life who are the objects of God's love or displeasure.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Ecclesiastes 9:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 9:1
- Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- John 10:27-30
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.
- Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
- 1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4 There is a necessity of death unto men.
7 Comfort is all their portion in this life.
11 God's providence rules over all.
13 Wisdom is better than strength.
considered in my heart. Heb. gave, or set to my heart.
1:17; 7:25; 8:16; 12:9,10
that the.
8:14; De 33:3; 1Sa 2:9; 2Sa 15:25,26; Job 5:8; Ps 10:14; 31:5
Ps 37:5,6; Pr 16:3; Isa 26:12; 49:1-4; Jer 1:18,19; Joh 10:27-30
1Co 3:5-15; 2Ti 1:12; 1Pe 1:5
no man.
7:15; Ps 73:3,11-13; Mal 3:15-18
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 9:1
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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | CIERTAMENTE dado he mi corazón á todas estas cosas, para declarar todo esto: que los justos y los sabios, y sus obras, están en la mano de Dios; y que no sabe el hombre ni el amor ni el odio por todo lo que pasa delante de él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car j’ai appliqué mon cœur à tout cela, et pour examiner tout cela, savoir que les justes et les sages, et leurs travaux, sont dans la main de Dieu: l’homme ne connaît ni l’amour ni la haine. Tout est devant eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn dies alles habe ich mir zu Herzen genommen und zwar um dies alles zu prüfen:daß die Gerechten und die Weisen und ihre Werke in der Hand Gottes sind; weder Liebe noch Haß kennt der Mensch im voraus: alles ist vor ihnen |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnia hæc tractavi in corde meo, ut curiose intelligerem. Sunt justi atque sapientes, et opera eorum in manu Dei; et tamen nescit homo utrum amore an odio dignus sit. |