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Ecclesiastes 9:1
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:1
New King James Version
Death Comes to All
9 For I [a]considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: (A)that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:1 Lit. put
Ecclesiastes 9:1
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 9:1
New International Version
A Common Destiny for All
9 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:1
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:1
King James Version
9 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
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