Ecclesiastes 9:1

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BSB

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

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.

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.

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.

DARBY

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.

BLB

Indeed, all this I gave to my heart, in order to examine all this, that the righteous and the wise and their work are in the hand of God. Even love, even hatred—man does not know all that [is] before their faces.

ÅB

For alt dette har jeg tatt meg til hjerte, og jeg har søkt å utgrunde alt dette: at de rettferdige og de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd; om det er kjærlighet eller hat, vet intet menneske[^1]; de kan vente seg alt.

OTB

Jeg tenkte på alt dette og bestemte at de rettferdige, de vise, og deres gjerninger er i Guds hender. Likevel vet ingen om kjærlighet eller hat ligger foran dem.

B1930

For alt dette har jeg tatt mig til hjerte, og jeg har søkt å utgrunde alt dette: at de rettferdige og de vise og deres gjerninger er i Guds hånd; om det er kjærlighet eller hat, vet intet menneske; de kan vente sig alt. / < Ingen kan av de ytre omstendigheter med sikkerhet slutte sig til Guds velbehag eller mishag med ham selv eller andre.>

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