Ecclesiastes 9:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.”

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BSBPD

“Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 9:6 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
  2. Job 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
  3. Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
  4. Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
  5. Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
  6. Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
  7. Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
  8. Isaiah 38:11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
  9. Matthew 2:20“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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