Verse 9
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Darby Translation
9
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְאֵ֨ה חַיִּ֜ים עִם אִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר אָהַ֗בְתָּ כָּל יְמֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י הֶבְלֶ֔/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתַן לְ/ךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י הֶבְלֶ֑/ךָ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חֶלְקְ/ךָ֙ בַּֽ/חַיִּ֔ים וּ/בַ/עֲמָ֣לְ/ךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּ֥ה עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
English Translation
See life with the woman whom you have loved all the days of your fleeting life that he has given you under the sun all the days of your fleeting life, because it is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
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Chapter 9 Context
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For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wi...
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All things [come] alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to th...
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3
This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the he...
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4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead li...
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For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more...
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Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more fo...
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7
Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God (Elohim) hath already acc...
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8
Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
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9
Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath give...
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Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge,...
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11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,...
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12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds tha...
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13
This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me.
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14
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompas...
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and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remember...
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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words ar...
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The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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