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.
hate
μῖσος
misos
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.
event
συνάντημα
synantēma
sacrifice
θυσιάζοντι
thysiazonti
sacrifice
θυσιάζοντι
thysiazonti
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.
event
συνάντημα
synantēma
line round a circular body
περιφέρεια
periphereia
For
to him that is
joined
to all the living
there is hope:
for a living
dog
is better
than a dead
lion.
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.
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.
hate
μῖσος
misos
Go thy way,
eat
thy bread
with joy,
and drink
thy wine
with a merry
heart;
for God
now
accepteth
thy works.
Let thy garments
be always
white;
and let thy head
lack
no ointment.
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.
weary with toil
μοχθεῖς
mochtheis
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.
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.
light
κούφοις
kouphois
meeting
ἀπάντημα
apantēma
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.
This
wisdom
have I seen
also under the sun,
and it seemed great
unto me:
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:
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.
Then said
I, Wisdom
is better
than strength:
nevertheless the poor man's
wisdom
is despised,
and his words
are not heard.
The words
of wise
men are heard
in quiet
more than the cry
of him that ruleth
among fools.
Wisdom
is better
than weapons
of war:
but one
sinner
destroyeth
much
good.
