New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 9:2-9
21It is the same for all. There is 2one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who 3is afraid to swear. 3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is 4one fate for all men. Furthermore, 5the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and 6insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead. 4For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know they will die; but the dead 7do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their 8memory is forgotten. 6Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a 9share in all that is done under the sun.
7Go then, 10eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. 8Let your 11clothes be white all the time, and let not 12oil be lacking on your head. 9Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your 1314fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun15; for this is your 16reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Job 9:22; Eccl 9:11 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Eccl 2:14; 3:19; 6:6; 7:2 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Lit fears an oath ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 9:3 Eccl 9:2; Jer 17:10 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 9:3 Eccl 8:11 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 9:3 Eccl 1:17 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 9:5 Job 14:21 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 9:5 Ps 88:12; Eccl 1:11; 2:16; 8:10; Is 26:14 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 9:6 Eccl 2:10; 3:22 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 9:7 Eccl 2:24; 8:15 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 9:8 Rev 3:4 ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 9:8 Ps 23:5 ↩
- 13. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit life of vanity ↩
- 14. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Eccl 6:12; 7:15 ↩
- 15. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Heb adds all the days of your vanity ↩
- 16. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Eccl 2:10 ↩
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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