Ecclesiastes 9 · Verse 6

Ecclesiastes 9:6

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.
Ecclesiastes 9:6, King James Version

Ecclesiastes 9:6 in other translations

BSBTheir love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
WEBAlso their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
ASVAs well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
YLTTheir love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.
DARBYTheir love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more for ever a portion in all that is done under the sun.
BBETheir love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
WebsterAlso their love, and their hatred, and their envy, hath now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

What does Ecclesiastes 9:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. love, and ... hatred, &c.--(referring to Ec 9:1; see on Ec 9:1). Not that these cease in a future world absolutely (Eze 32:27; Re 22:11); but as the end of this verse shows, relatively to persons and things in this world. Man's love and hatred can no longer be exercised for good or evil in the same way as here; but the fruits of them remain. What he is at death he remains for ever. "Envy," too, marks the wicked as referred to, since it was therewith that they assailed the righteous (see on Ec 9:1). portion--Their "portion" was "in this life" (Psa 17:14), that they now "cannot have any more."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Also their love, and their hatred - It is evident that he speaks here of the ignorance, want of power, etc., of the dead, in reference only to this life. And though they have no more a portion under the sun, yet he does not intimate that they have none anywhere else. A man threatens to conquer kingdoms, etc. He dies; what are his threats?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:4-10

The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their condition in life. The meanest morsel, coming from their Father's love, in answer to prayer, will have a peculiar relish. Not that we may set our hearts upon the delights of sense, but what God has given us we may use with wisdom…

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Ecclesiastes 9:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּ֣םgambothH1571
אַהֲבָתָ֧ם'a.ha.va.Tamlove theirH160
גַּם\־gam-as well asH1571
שִׂנְאָתָ֛םsin.'a.Tamhatred theirH8135
גַּם\־gam-as well asH1571
קִנְאָתָ֖םkin.'a.Tamenvy theirH7068
כְּבָ֣רke.VaralreadyH3528
אָבָ֑דָה'a.Va.dahit has perishedH6
וְחֵ֨לֶקve.Che.lekand a portionH2506
אֵין\־'ein-notH369
לָהֶ֥םla.Hem[belongs] to <the> them
עוֹד֙'OdagainH5750
לְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
בְּכֹ֥לbe.Kholin allH3605
אֲשֶֽׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
נַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.Sahit is doneH6213
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ\׃ha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 9:6

  • Psalms 146:3-4

    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Matthew 2:20

    Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

  • Ecclesiastes 6:12

    For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Job 3:17-18

    There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:18-23

    Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. …

  • Exodus 1:8

    Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
their love.
Ex 1:8; Job 3:17,18; Ps 146:3,4; Pr 10:28; Mt 2:20
have they.
2:18-23; 6:12

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Context

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:6

    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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Ecclesiastes 9:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También su amor, y su odio y su envidia, feneció ya: ni tiene ya más parte en el siglo, en todo lo que se hace debajo del sol.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Leur amour aussi, et leur haine, et leur envie, ont déjà péri, et ils n’ont plus de part, à jamais, dans tout ce qui se fait sous le soleil.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sowohl ihre Liebe als auch ihr Haß und ihr Eifern sind längst verschwunden; und sie haben ewiglich kein Teil mehr an allem, was unter der Sonne geschieht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Amor quoque, et odium, et invidiæ simul perierunt; nec habent partem in hoc sæculo, et in opere quod sub sole geritur.