Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 9:2

²It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad,^a for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Footnotes

a 9:2 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew does not include and the bad.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It is the same	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
for all	לַכֹּ֗ל	lak·kōl	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
There is a common	אֶחָ֜ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
fate	מִקְרֶ֨ה	miq·reh	Noun - masculine singular	H4745 accident, chance, fortune
for the righteous	לַצַּדִּ֤יק	laṣ·ṣad·dîq	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
and the wicked	וְלָרָשָׁע֙	wə·lā·rā·šā‘	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H7563 wicked, criminal
for the good	לַטּוֹב֙	laṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
for the clean	וְלַטָּה֣וֹר	wə·laṭ·ṭā·hō·wr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2889 clean, pure
and the unclean	וְלַטָּמֵ֔א	wə·laṭ·ṭā·mê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean
for the one who sacrifices	וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ	wə·laz·zō·ḇê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
and the one	וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר	wə·la·’ă·šer	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
who does not	אֵינֶ֣נּוּ	’ê·nen·nū	Adverb; third person masculine singular	H369 nothing, nought
As it is for the good	כַּטּוֹב֙	kaṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
so it is for the sinner	כַּֽחֹטֶ֔א	ka·ḥō·ṭe	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2398 miss
as it is for the one who makes a vow	הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע	han·niš·bā‘	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H7650 swear
so	כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
for the one who refuses	יָרֵֽא׃	yā·rê	Adjective - masculine singular	H3373 fear
to take a vow	שְׁבוּעָ֥ה	šə·ḇū·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H7621 oath, curse

Cross-references

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Malachi 3:18 · Ecclesiastes 2:14–16 · Psalm 73:3 · Malachi 3:5 · Job 9:22 · Malachi 3:15 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · Ecclesiastes 7:18 · Genesis 24:3 · Genesis 24:8–9 · Ecclesiastes 6:6 · Ecclesiastes 8:12–14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.