9:1 |
tNIV | 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 man knows whether love or hate awaits him. | 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 man one knows whether love or hate awaits him them. | 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 man one knows whether love or hate awaits him them. |
9:2 |
tNIV | 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 man, so with the sinner; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them. | 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 man, so with the sinner sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them. | 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 man, so with the sinner sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them. |
9:3 |
tNIV | This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. | This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. | This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead. |
9:5 |
tNIV | For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. | For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them their name is forgotten. | For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them their name is forgotten. |
9:7 |
tNIV | Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. | Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors has already approved what you do. | Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors has already approved what you do. |
9:10 |
tNIV | Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. | Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. | Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. |
9:12 |
tNIV | Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. | Moreover, no man one knows when his their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. | Moreover, no man one knows when his their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. |
9:14 |
tNIV | 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 siegeworks against it. | 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 siegeworks siege works against it. | 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 siegeworks siege works against it. |