The Good & the Bad Happens to Both the Just & the Sinner |
Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 The Book of Ecclesiastes [in Smaller Chunks] |
[After] all this, I considered in my heart, to even declare all this: that the righteous, the wise & their works, are in the hand of God. No man knows either love or hatred by all that [has previously happened] before them. All things [happen the same] to all. |
There is one event [that happens] to: the righteous & to the wicked; to the good & to the clean & to the unclean; to him [who] sacrifices & to him [who doesn't] sacrifice. [What happens] [to] the good & [also] is [to] the sinner & to he [who] swears, [like] he [who is afraid to swear] an oath. |
That there is one event to all, this is an evil, among all things that are done under the sun. [Yes,] the [hearts] of the sons of men also [are] full of evil & [insanity is within] their [hearts,] while they live. And after that, they go to the dead. |
For to him, [who is among] all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: for the dead [don’t] know anything & neither [do] they have any more reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. [Additionally,] their love, hatred & envy [have] now perished. |
Neither [do] they have a portion [of a reward] anymore, in anything that is done under the sun, forever [Isaiah 38:18-19 For the grave can't praise You & death can't celebrate You. [Those who] go down into the pit, can't hope for Your Truth. The living, the living [shall] praise You, [like] I do this day. The father [of] the children shall make known Your truth.] |
Go your way & eat your bread with joy & drink your wine with a merry heart; for God accepts your works now. Let your [clothing] always be white & let your head lack no [oil.] |
[Revelation 3:5-6 He, [who] overcomes shall be clothed in white [clothing] & I won't blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father & before His Angels. He [who] has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.] |
Live joyfully with the wife, whom you love, all the days of the life of your vanity, [that God] has given [to] you, under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion [of a reward] in this life & in your labor, which you [undertake] under the sun. |
[Whatever] your hand finds to do, do it with [all] your might. For there is no work, [tool,] knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, [where] you [go.] I returned & saw under the sun, that the race [of life] isn't to the swift, nor the: battle to the strong, the bread to the wise, riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill. But time & chance happens to them all. |
[Jeremiah 9:23-24 The Lord [says this, Don't] let the wise man [boast] in his wisdom & neither let the mighty man [boast] in his [strength.] Let not the rich man [boast] in his riches. |
But let him, [who boasts, boast] in this, that he understands & knows Me, that I Am the Lord, [Who delivers] loving kindness, [justice] & righteousness, [on] the earth. For I delight in these things, says the Lord.] |
For man [doesn't] know his time [of death:] [like] the [fish] that are [caught] in an evil net & [like] the birds that are caught in the [trap.] So are the sons of men, [ensnared] in an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them. |
There was a little city & few men within it. And there came a [famous] king against it & [attacked] it & built a [large wall] against it. Now, there was found in [the city,] a poor, wise man & by his wisdom, he delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. |
Then, I said, Wisdom is better than strength. [Still,] the poor man's wisdom is [looked down upon] & his words aren't heard. The words of wise men [should be] heard in quiet, more than the [outcry from] him, [who] rules among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner [can destroy] much good. |