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Ecclesiastes 9:10-12
Common English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:10-12
Common English Bible
10 Whatever you are capable of doing, do with all your might because there’s no work, thought, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave,[a] which is where you are headed.
Listen to common wisdom, not fools
11 I also observed under the sun that the race doesn’t always go to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor food to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor favor to the knowledgeable, because accidents can happen to anyone. 12 People most definitely don’t know when their time will come. Like fish tragically caught in a net or like birds trapped in a snare, so are human beings caught in a time of tragedy that suddenly falls to them.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or underworld; Heb Sheol
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