Ecclesiastes 9:11
New King James Version
11 I returned (A)and saw under the sun that—
The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (B)chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
New International Version
11 I have seen something else under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 9:11
King James Version
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
English Standard Version
Isaiah 47:10
New King James Version
10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness;
You have said, ‘No one (A)sees me’;
Your wisdom and your knowledge have [a]warped you;
And you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:10 led you astray
Isaiah 47:10
New International Version
Isaiah 47:10
King James Version
10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
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Isaiah 47:10
English Standard Version
10 You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
(A)“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
Ezekiel 28:3-7
New King James Version
3 (Behold, (A)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
4 With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained (B)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
5 (C)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
7 Behold, therefore, I will bring (D)strangers against you,
(E)The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
Ezekiel 28:3-7
New International Version
3 Are you wiser than Daniel[a]?(A)
Is no secret hidden from you?
4 By your wisdom and understanding
you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
in your treasuries.(B)
5 By your great skill in trading(C)
you have increased your wealth,(D)
and because of your wealth
your heart has grown proud.(E)
6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
Ezekiel 28:3-7
King James Version
3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
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Ezekiel 28:3-7
English Standard Version
3 (A)you are indeed wiser (B)than (C)Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
(D)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and (E)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
(F)Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring (G)foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against (H)the beauty of your wisdom
and defile (I)your splendor.
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