Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Whatever you are capable of doing, do with all your might because there’s no work, thought, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave, which is where you are headed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Cross References

Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:20

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD be finished.

Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Nehemiah 4:2

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

Nehemiah 4:6

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Job 10:21

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Job 10:22

A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; A land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Psalm 6:5

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Proverbs 3:28

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And tomorrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Jeremiah 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all year heart.

Numbers 13:30

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Matthew 20:7

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

John 9:4

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Romans 12:11

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 16:10

Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do:

1 Corinthians 9:24

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run, that ye may attain.

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

Ephesians 5:16

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 3:23

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

1 Samuel 10:7

And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.