Ecclesiastes 9:1 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; man knoweth neither love nor hatred: all is before them.
World English Bible (WEB)
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.
| For | כִּ֣י | kî | kee |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| all | כָּל | kāl | kahl |
| this | זֶ֞ה | ze | zeh |
| considered I | נָתַ֤תִּי | nātattî | na-TA-tee |
| in | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| my heart | לִבִּי֙ | libbiy | lee-BEE |
| declare to even | וְלָב֣וּר | wĕlābûr | veh-la-VOOR |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| all | כָּל | kāl | kahl |
| this, | זֶ֔ה | ze | zeh |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| righteous, the | הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים | haṣṣaddîqîm | ha-tsa-dee-KEEM |
| and the wise, | וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים | wĕhaḥăkāmîm | veh-ha-huh-ha-MEEM |
| works, their and | וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם | waʿăbādêhem | va-uh-va-day-HEM |
| are in the hand | בְּיַ֣ד | bĕyad | beh-YAHD |
| God: of | הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | hāʾĕlōhîm | ha-ay-loh-HEEM |
| no | גַּֽם | gam | ɡahm |
| man | אַהֲבָ֣ה | ʾahăbâ | ah-huh-VA |
| knoweth | גַם | gam | ɡahm |
| either | שִׂנְאָ֗ה | śinʾâ | seen-AH |
| love | אֵ֤ין | ʾên | ane |
| or | יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ | yôdēʿa | yoh-DAY-AH |
| hatred | הָֽאָדָ֔ם | hāʾādām | ha-ah-DAHM |
| by all | הַכֹּ֖ל | hakkōl | ha-KOLE |
| that is before | לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | lipnêhem | leef-nay-HEM |