11 translations · Hebrew
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- KJV King James Version
- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- All that your hand finds to do, with your power do, for there is no work, and plan, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol to where you are going.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֠ל | kōl | Whatever | H3605 כֹּל all |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | — | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| תִּמְצָ֧א | tim·ṣā | you find | H4672 מָצָא to find |
| יָֽדְךָ֛ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | with your hands | H3027 יָד hand |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la·‘ă·śō·wṯ | to do | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ | bə·ḵō·ḥă·ḵā | with all your might | H3581 כֹּחַ reptile |
| עֲשֵׂ֑ה | ‘ă·śêh | do [it] | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| כִּי֩ | kî | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| אֵ֨ין | ’ên | no | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה | ma·‘ă·śeh | work | H4639 מַעֲשֶׂה deed: work |
| וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ | wə·ḥeš·bō·wn | or planning | H2808 חֶשְׁבּוֹן explanation |
| וְדַ֣עַת | wə·ḏa·‘aṯ | or knowledge | H1847 דַּ֫עַת knowledge |
| וְחָכְמָ֔ה | wə·ḥā·ḵə·māh | or wisdom | H2451 חׇכְמָה wisdom |
| בִּשְׁא֕וֹל | biš·’ō·wl | in Sheol | H7585 שְׁאוֹל hell: Sheol |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | where | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ’at·tāh | you | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| הֹלֵ֥ךְ | hō·lêḵ | are going | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| שָֽׁמָּה׃ס | šām·māh | there is | H8033 שָׁם there |
Related verses
- Colossians 3:23
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
- Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20–21
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God. In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- 1 Corinthians 9:24
Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- John 9:4
I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
- Jeremiah 29:13
You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
12 For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 9 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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