English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:6
6Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth.
Context of Ecclesiastes 9:6
4But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. 7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 9Ecclesiastes 9:6 word by word
גַּ֣ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם גַּם־שִׂנְאָתָ֛ם גַּם־קִנְאָתָ֖ם כְּבָ֣ר אָבָ֑דָה וְחֵ֨לֶק אֵין־לָהֶ֥ם עוֹד֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also their loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
- and their hatredשִׂנְאָהώin'âh · hatingH8135
- and their envyקִנְאָהqin'âh · jealousyH7068
- is nowכְּבָרkebâr · alreadyH3528
- perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
- neither have they any more a portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
- for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- that is doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- under the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
- Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
- Matthew 2:20saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,
- Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Also their love, and their hatred - It is evident that he speaks here of the ignorance, want of power, etc., of the dead, in reference only to this life. And though they have no more a portion under the sun, yet he does not intimate that they have none anywhere else. A man threatens to conquer kingdoms, etc. He dies; what are his threats?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their condition in life. The meanest morsel, coming from their Father's love, in answer to prayer, will have a peculiar relish. Not that we may set our hearts upon the delights of sense, but what God has given us we may use with wisdom. The joy here described, is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Hope for enjoyment exists only if the person hoping is alive. So, it is better to be alive (compare Ecclesiastes 6:3; 7:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. love, and ... hatred, &c.--(referring to Ec 9:1; see on Ec 9:1). Not that these cease in a future world absolutely (Eze 32:27; Re 22:11); but as the end of this verse shows, relatively to persons and things in this world. Man's love and hatred can no longer be exercised for good or evil in the same way as here; but the fruits of them remain. What he is at death he remains for ever. "Envy," too, marks the wicked as referred to, since it was therewith…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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