All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Get started building the Lord God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of the Lord.’
Then David said to his son Solomon, ‘Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.
I got up at night and took a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the one I was riding.
before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria and said, ‘What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble? ’
So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.
It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.’
Don’t say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it tomorrow’ #– #when it is there with you.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or the north, the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hand rest, because you don’t know which will succeed, whether one or the other, or if both of them will be equally good.
I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.
You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
Then Caleb quietened the people in the presence of Moses and said, ‘Let’s go up now and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it! ’
‘ “Because no one hired us,” they said to him. ‘ “You also go into my vineyard,” he told them.
But seek first the kingdom of God , and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
‘My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,’ Jesus told them.
We must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit; , serve the Lord.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear while with you, because he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to win the prize.
So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.
Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,
When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require , because God is with you.