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Ecclesiastes 9

Eccl. 9:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
, and saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
under the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
, thatm the race
merowts (Hebrew #4793)
a run (the trial of speed)
KJV usage: race.
Pronounce: may-rotes'
Origin: from 7323
is not to the swift
qal (Hebrew #7031)
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
KJV usage: light, swift(-ly).
Pronounce: kal
Origin: contracted from 7043
, nor the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
to the strong
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
, neither yet bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
to the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, nor yet riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
to men of understanding
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
, nor yet favor
chen (Hebrew #2580)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
Pronounce: khane
Origin: from 2603
to men of skill
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
; but time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
and chance
pega` (Hebrew #6294)
impact (casual)
KJV usage: chance, occurent.
Pronounce: peh'-gah
Origin: from 6293
happeneth
qarah (Hebrew #7136)
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
KJV usage: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
to them all.
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Psa. 75:6‑7• 6For not from east,{HR}Nor from west,{HR}Nor from south [is] lifting up.
 7For God [is] judge;{HR}One he putteth down,{HR}And lifteth up another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)
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Jer. 9:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)
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Amos 2:14‑15• 14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
 15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself. neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. (Amos 2:14‑15)

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returned.
Eccl. 2:12• 12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly:{HR}For what [can do] the man that cometh after the king?{HR}That which hath been already done. (Eccl. 2:12)
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Eccl. 4:1,4• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter.
 4Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:1,4)
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Mal. 3:18• 18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (Mal. 3:18)
that the race.
1 Sam. 17:50• 50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. (1 Sam. 17:50)
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2 Sam. 2:18‑23• 18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field.
 19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from behind Abner.
 20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he said, I am.
 21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside, to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold of one of the young men, and take for thyself his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
 22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: why should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
 23But he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the belly, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. (2 Sam. 2:18‑23)
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2 Sam. 17:14,23• 14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:14,23)
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Psa. 33:16‑17• 16The king is not saved by the multitude of a host;{HR}A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
 17The horse [is] a vain thing for salvation,{HR}And by the greatness of his strength will he not deliver. (Psa. 33:16‑17)
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Psa. 73:6‑7• 6Therefore hath pride enchained them,{HR}A garment of violence covereth them.
 7Their eyes stand out with fatness,{HR}The imaginations of their heart overflow. (Psa. 73:6‑7)
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Psa. 147:10‑11• 10Not in strength of the horse doth he delight,{HR}Not in legs of the man taketh he pleasure.
 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:10‑11)
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Jer. 9:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)
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Jer. 46:6• 6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. (Jer. 46:6)
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Amos 2:14‑16• 14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
 15neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself. neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
 16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah. (Amos 2:14‑16)
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Eccl. 2:14‑15• 14The wise man's eyes [are] in his head,{HR}And the fool walketh in darkness:{HR}And yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
 15Then said I in my heart,{HR}As it happeneth to the fool,{HR}So will it happen even to me;{HR}And why was I then more wise?{HR}Then I said in my heart,{HR}That this also [was] vanity. (Eccl. 2:14‑15)
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Eccl. 3:14,17• 14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever:{HR}Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it;{HR}And God hath done it, that men should fear before Him.
 17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:{HR}For there is a time for every purpose and every work. (Eccl. 3:14,17)
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Eccl. 7:13• 13Consider the work of God:{HR}For who can make straight{HR}[That] which he hath made crooked? (Eccl. 7:13)
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1 Sam. 2:3‑10• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly;{HR}Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:{HR}For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,{HR}And by him actions are weighed.
 4The bows of the mighty men are broken,{HR}And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
 5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread;{HR}And they that were hungry ceased:{HR}So that the barren hath born seven:{HR}And she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
 6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive:{HR}He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
 7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:{HR}He bringeth low, and lifteth up.
 8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them.
 9He will keep the feet of his saints,{HR}And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;{HR}For by strength shall no man prevail.
 10The adversaries of Jehovah shall be broken to pieces;{HR}Out of heaven shall He thunder upon them:{HR}Jehovah shall judge the ends of the earth;{HR}And He shall give strength unto his king,{HR}And exalt the horn of His anointed. (1 Sam. 2:3‑10)
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Job 5:11‑14• 11To set the low on high,{HR}And raise up the mourning to prosperity.
 12He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;
 13He taketh the wise in their craftiness,{HR}And the counsel of the cunning is overturned.
 14By day they run against darkness,{HR}And as in the night they grope at noon-day. (Job 5:11‑14)
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Job 34:29• 29And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:29)
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Prov. 21:30‑31• 30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding{HR}Nor counsel against Jehovah.
 31The horse [is] prepared for the day of battle,{HR}But deliverance [is] of Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30‑31)
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Lam. 3:37‑38• 37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when Jehovah commandeth it not?
 38Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good? (Lam. 3:37‑38)
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Dan. 4:35• 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)
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Eph. 1:11• 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to [the] purpose of him that worketh all things according to the counsel of his will, (Eph. 1:11)
• {v.11-12} But once again our Preacher turns; and now he sees that it is not assuredly possible for the advice he has given to be followed, and that even in this life neither work, device, knowledge, nor wisdom, are effective in obtaining good or in shielding their possessor from life’s vicissitudes. (“Ecclesiastes 9” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

W. Kelly Translation

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I returned and saw under the sun,{HR}That the race is not to the swift,{HR}Nor the battle to the strong,{HR}Neither yet bread to the wise,{HR}Nor yet riches to men of understanding,{HR}Nor yet favour to men of knowledge;{HR}But time and chance happeneth to them all.