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Ecclesiastes 9:11

The Scriptures 1998

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.

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Thus said יהוה, “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty boast in his might, nor let the rich boast in his riches,

I said in my heart, “Elohim judges the righteous and the wrong, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”

I know that whatever Elohim does is forever. There is no adding to it, and there is no taking from it. Elohim does it, that men should fear before Him.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being previously ordained according to the purpose of Him working all matters according to the counsel of His desire,

and he said, “Listen, all Yehuḏ

“But you shall remember יהוה  your Elohim, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.

And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They shall stumble and fall toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

See the work of Elohim: For who is able to make straight what He has made crooked?

Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.

And I turned myself to look at wisdom, and madness, and folly. For what would the man do who comes after the sovereign except what already has been done?

And when He is silent, who would then condemn? And when He hides His face, who then sees Him, whether it is against a nation or a man alone?

“Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wrong, between one who serves Elohim and one who does not serve Him.

And all the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, and He does as He wishes with the host of the heavens and among the inhabitants of the earth. And there is none to strike against His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”

you then shall say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand have made for me this wealth!’

“And you shall see, if it goes up the way to its own border, to Bĕ

The stout-hearted have been stripped; They slept their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found their hands.

The wise one hears and increases learning, And the understanding one gets wise counsel,

It is the same for all: One event to the righteous and to the wrong; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; and to the one slaughtering and to the one not slaughtering. As is the good one, so is the sinner; the one swearing as the one fearing an oath.

And he answered and said to me, “This is the word of יהוה  to Zerubbaḇ

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!

“How do you say, ‘We are mighty and strong men for battle’?




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