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| 9:1 | For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. |
| 9:2 | All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. |
| 9:3 | This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. |
| 9:4 | For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9:7 | Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. |
| 9:8 | Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. |
| 9:9 | Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. |
| 9:10 | Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. |
| 9:11 | I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. |
| 9:12 | For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. |
| 9:13 | This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: |
| 9:14 | There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: |
| 9:15 | Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. |
| 9:16 | Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. |
| 9:17 | The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. |
| 9:18 | Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. |
| 9:1 | כי את כל זה נתתי אל לבי ולבור את כל זה אשׁר הצדיקים והחכמים ועבדיהם ביד האלהים גם אהבה גם שׂנאה אין יודע האדם הכל לפניהם׃ |
| 9:2 | הכל כאשׁר לכל מקרה אחד לצדיק ולרשׁע לטוב ולטהור ולטמא ולזבח ולאשׁר איננו זבח כטוב כחטא הנשׁבע כאשׁר שׁבועה ירא׃ |
| 9:3 | זה רע בכל אשׁר נעשׂה תחת השׁמשׁ כי מקרה אחד לכל וגם לב בני האדם מלא רע והוללות בלבבם בחייהם ואחריו אל המתים׃ |
| 9:4 | כי מי אשׁר יבחר אל כל החיים ישׁ בטחון כי לכלב חי הוא טוב מן האריה המת׃ |
| 9:5 | כי החיים יודעים שׁימתו והמתים אינם יודעים מאומה ואין עוד להם שׂכר כי נשׁכח זכרם׃ |
| 9:6 | גם אהבתם גם שׂנאתם גם קנאתם כבר אבדה וחלק אין להם עוד לעולם בכל אשׁר נעשׂה תחת השׁמשׁ׃ |
| 9:7 | לך אכל בשׂמחה לחמך ושׁתה בלב טוב יינך כי כבר רצה האלהים את מעשׂיך׃ |
| 9:8 | בכל עת יהיו בגדיך לבנים ושׁמן על ראשׁך אל יחסר׃ |
| 9:9 | ראה חיים עם אשׁה אשׁר אהבת כל ימי חיי הבלך אשׁר נתן לך תחת השׁמשׁ כל ימי הבלך כי הוא חלקך בחיים ובעמלך אשׁר אתה עמל תחת השׁמשׁ׃ |
| 9:10 | כל אשׁר תמצא ידך לעשׂות בכחך עשׂה כי אין מעשׂה וחשׁבון ודעת וחכמה בשׁאול אשׁר אתה הלך שׁמה׃ |
| 9:11 | שׁבתי וראה תחת השׁמשׁ כי לא לקלים המרוץ ולא לגבורים המלחמה וגם לא לחכמים לחם וגם לא לנבנים עשׁר וגם לא לידעים חן כי עת ופגע יקרה את כלם׃ |
| 9:12 | כי גם לא ידע האדם את עתו כדגים שׁנאחזים במצודה רעה וכצפרים האחזות בפח כהם יוקשׁים בני האדם לעת רעה כשׁתפול עליהם פתאם׃ |
| 9:13 | גם זה ראיתי חכמה תחת השׁמשׁ וגדולה היא אלי׃ |
| 9:14 | עיר קטנה ואנשׁים בה מעט ובא אליה מלך גדול וסבב אתה ובנה עליה מצודים גדלים׃ |
| 9:15 | ומצא בה אישׁ מסכן חכם ומלט הוא את העיר בחכמתו ואדם לא זכר את האישׁ המסכן ההוא׃ |
| 9:16 | ואמרתי אני טובה חכמה מגבורה וחכמת המסכן בזויה ודבריו אינם נשׁמעים׃ |
| 9:17 | דברי חכמים בנחת נשׁמעים מזעקת מושׁל בכסילים׃ |
| 9:18 | טובה חכמה מכלי קרב וחוטא אחד יאבד טובה הרבה׃ |
| 9:1 | But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them. |
| 9:2 | The whole `is' as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as `is' the good, so `is' the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath. |
| 9:3 | This `is' an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event `is' to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness `is' in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead. |
| 9:4 | But `to' him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it `is' better than to the dead lion. |
| 9:5 | For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten. |
| 9:6 | Their 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. |
| 9:7 | Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. |
| 9:8 | At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head. |
| 9:9 | See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it `is' thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun. |
| 9:10 | All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going. |
| 9:11 | I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift `is' the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all. |
| 9:12 | For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly. |
| 9:13 | This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me. |
| 9:14 | A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks; |
| 9:15 | and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man! |
| 9:16 | And I said, `Better `is' wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' -- |
| 9:17 | The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools. |
| 9:18 | Better `is' wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good! |
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