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A Common Destiny for All
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.
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.
Men Are in the Hand of God
For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.
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.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.
Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head.
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.
Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
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.
Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.
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 times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
Wisdom Better Than Folly
I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:
Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.
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.
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.
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.
But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.
So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded.
The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
than the shouts of a ruler of fools.
The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.