9:8 White - The eastern people of the best sort, used white garments, especially in times of rejoicing. 9 Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. Contextual Overview 4 There is hope only for the living. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. New Living Translation (NLT) 9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil. 11 I have observed something else under the sun. But afterward no one thought to thank him. Ecclesiastes 9:1 NLT This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor. but one sinner can destroy much that is good. 1 This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor. 11 I have observed something else under the sun. NLT Ecclesiastes 9 Death Comes to All 1 This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor. What they say will not be appreciated for long. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this! 2 The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[a] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. 17 Better to hear the quiet words of a wise person than the shouts of a foolish king.18 Better to have wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good. Ecclesiastes 9:11. Ecclesiastes 1:3 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? 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. 6 Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Version. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth. 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. 14 There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it. 5 The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. 13 Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 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: 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. 5 The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere. Chapter 9. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.10 Whatever you do, do well. Eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of this! A poor, wise man knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. 7 So go ahead. 10 Whatever you do, do well. 10 Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. 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. 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