19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

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Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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‘Your(A) hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would (B)destroy me.

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All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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(A)All things come alike to all:

One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the [a]good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 LXX, Syr., Vg. good and bad,

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

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and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am (A)against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both (B)righteous and wicked from you.

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