Verse 9
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Geneva Bible
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Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God (Elohim) hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.
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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I have surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, an...
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All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good a...
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This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also t...
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Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then t...
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For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any m...
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Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion fo...
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Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God (Elohim) nowe acc...
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At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head.
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9
Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God (Eloh...
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All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor in...
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11
I returned, and I sawe vnder the sunne that the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the str...
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12
For neither doth man knowe his time, but as the fishes which are taken in an euill net, and as the b...
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13
I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.
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14
A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and buil...
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And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but n...
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Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wor...
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The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.
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Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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