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Ecclesiastes 9:1-14

9:1

For all this I considered
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in my heart
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even to declare
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all this, that the righteous
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and the wise
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and their works
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[are] in the hand
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of God
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no man
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knoweth
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either
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love
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or hatred
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[by] all [that is] before
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them. {I considered...: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart}

9:2

All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one
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event
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to the righteous
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and to the wicked
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to the good
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and to the clean
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and to the unclean
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to him that sacrificeth
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and to him that
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sacrificeth
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not: as [is] the good
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so [is] the sinner
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[and] he that sweareth
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as [he] that feareth
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an oath
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9:3

This [is] an evil
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among all [things] that are done
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under the sun
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that [there is] one
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event
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unto all: yea, also the heart
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of the sons
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of men
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is full
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of evil
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and madness
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[is] in their heart
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while they live
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and after
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that [they go] to the dead
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9:4

For
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to him that is
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joined
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to all the living
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there is hope
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for a living
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dog
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is better
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than a dead
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lion
<0738>_.

9:5

For the living
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know
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that they shall die
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but the dead
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know
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not any thing
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neither have they any more a reward
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for the memory
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of them is forgotten
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9:6

Also their love
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and their hatred
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and their envy
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is now
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perished
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neither have they any more a portion
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for ever
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in any [thing] that is done
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under the sun
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9:7

Go thy way
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eat
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thy bread
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with joy
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and drink
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thy wine
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with a merry
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heart
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for God
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now
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accepteth
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thy works
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9:8

Let thy garments
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be always
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white
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and let thy head
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lack
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no ointment
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9:9

Live
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joyfully
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with the wife
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whom thou lovest
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all the days
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of the life
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of thy vanity
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which he hath given
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thee under the sun
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all the days
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of thy vanity
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for that [is] thy portion
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in [this] life
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and in thy labour
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which thou takest
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under the sun
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{Live...: Heb. See, or, Enjoy life}

9:10

Whatsoever thy hand
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findeth
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to do
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do
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[it] with thy might
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for [there is] no work
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nor device
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nor knowledge
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nor wisdom
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in the grave
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whither thou goest
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9:11

I returned
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and saw
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under the sun
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that the race
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[is] not to the swift
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nor the battle
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to the strong
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neither yet bread
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to the wise
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nor yet riches
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to men of understanding
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nor yet favour
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to men of skill
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but time
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and chance
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happeneth
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to them all.

9:12

For man
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also knoweth
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not his time
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as the fishes
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that are taken
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in an evil
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net
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and as the birds
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that are caught
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in the snare
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so
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[are] the sons
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of men
<0120>

snared
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in an evil
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time
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when it falleth
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suddenly
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upon them.

9:13

This
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wisdom
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have I seen
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also under the sun
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and it [seemed] great
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unto me:

9:14

[There was] a little
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city
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and few
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men
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within it; and there came
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a great
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king
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against it, and besieged
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it, and built
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great
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bulwarks
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against it: