Death Comes to All
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But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, 1how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are 2in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
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3It is the same for all, since 4the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,a to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who 5swears is as he who shuns an oath.
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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that 6the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and 7madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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For the living know that they will die, but 8the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for 9the memory of them is forgotten.
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Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Eclesiastes 9:1
Deveras a tudo isto apliquei o meu coração, para claramente entender tudo isto: que os justos, e os sábios, e as suas obras, estão nas mãos de Deus; se é amor ou se é ódio, não o sabe o homem; tudo passa perante a sua face.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
Ecclesiastes 9:1
For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: 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.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Eclesiastes 9:1
Refleti nisso tudo e cheguei à conclusão de que os justos e os sábios, e aquilo que eles fazem, estão nas mãos de Deus. O que os espera, seja amor ou ódio, ninguém sabe.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)