Ecclesiastes 9 (NIV11)
1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.As it is with the good,so with the sinful;as it is with those who take oaths,so with those who are afraid to take them. 3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion! 5 For the living know that they will die,but the dead know nothing;they have no further reward,and even their name is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hateand their jealousy have long since vanished;never again will they have a partin anything that happens under the sun. 7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. 11 I have seen something else under the sun:The race is not to the swiftor the battle to the strong,nor does food come to the wiseor wealth to the brilliantor favor to the learned;but time and chance happen to them all. 12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:As fish are caught in a cruel net,or birds are taken in a snare,so people are trapped by evil timesthat fall unexpectedly upon them. 13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: 14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. 17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heededthan the shouts of a ruler of fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,but one sinner destroys much good.
In Other Versions
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ANGEFD
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ANTPNG2D
Ecclesiastes 9 in the AS21
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BAGH
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BBPNG
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BBT1E
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BDS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BEV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BHAD
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BIB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BLPT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BNTABOOT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BNTLV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOATCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOATCB2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOBCV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOCNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOECS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOGWICC
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOHCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOHCV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOHLNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOHNTLTAL
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOICB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOILNTAP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOITCV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOKCV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOKCV2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOKHWOG
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOKSSV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOLCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOLCB2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOMCV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BONAV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BONCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BONLT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BONUT2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOPLNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOSCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOSNC
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOTLNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOVCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BOYCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BPBB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BPH
Ecclesiastes 9 in the BSB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the CCB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the CUV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the CUVS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the DBT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the DGDNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the DHNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the DNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ELBE
Ecclesiastes 9 in the EMTV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ESV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the FBV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the FEB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the GGMNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the GNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the HARY
Ecclesiastes 9 in the HNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVG
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVH
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVK
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVM
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVM2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVO
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVT2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the IRVU
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ISVN
Ecclesiastes 9 in the JSNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the KAPI
Ecclesiastes 9 in the KBT1ETNIK
Ecclesiastes 9 in the KBV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the KJV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the KNFD
Ecclesiastes 9 in the LBA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the LBLA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the LNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the LSV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MAAL
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MBV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MBV2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MHNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MKNFD
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MNG
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MNT2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the MRS1T
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NAA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NASB
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NBLA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NBS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NBVTP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NET2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NNT2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the NNT3
Ecclesiastes 9 in the PDDPT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the PFNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the RMNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIAS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIBS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIBS2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBICS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIDS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIGS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIHS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIIS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIIS2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIIS3
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIKS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIKS2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIMS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIOS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIPS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBISS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBITS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBITS2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBITS3
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBITS4
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIUS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBIVS
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SBT1E
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SCHL
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SUSU
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SUSU2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the SYNO
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TBIAOTANT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TBT1E
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TBT1E2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TFTIP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TFTU
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TGNTATF3T
Ecclesiastes 9 in the THAI
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNFD
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNTIK
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNTIL
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNTIN
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNTIP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TNTIZ
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TOMA
Ecclesiastes 9 in the TTENT
Ecclesiastes 9 in the UBG
Ecclesiastes 9 in the UGV
Ecclesiastes 9 in the UGV2
Ecclesiastes 9 in the UGV3
Ecclesiastes 9 in the VBL
Ecclesiastes 9 in the VDCC
Ecclesiastes 9 in the YALU
Ecclesiastes 9 in the YAPE
Ecclesiastes 9 in the YBVTP
Ecclesiastes 9 in the ZBP
