Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 9:1

כִּ֣י אֶת כָּל זֶ֞ה נָתַ֣תִּי אֶל לִבִּ֗י וְלָב֣וּר אֶת כָּל זֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ים וְהַחֲכָמִ֑ים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּיַ֤ד הָאֱלֹהִים֙ גַּם אַהֲבָ֣ה גַם שִׂנְאָ֔ה אֵ֥ין יוֹדֵ֖עַ הָאָדָ֑ם הַכֹּ֥ל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
kiy ʾet kal zeh natatiy ʾel libiy vlabvr ʾet kal zeh ʾasher haṣadiyqiym vhaḥakamiym vaʿabadeyhem byad haʾelohiym gam ʾahabah gam shinʾah ʾeyn yvodeʿa haʾadam hakol lipneyhem
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.

Modern English

But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.

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