Ecclesiastes 9:3

Translations

Modern

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

Traditional

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.

Literal

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: That one event is to all, and also that the heart of the sons of man is full of evil; and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterward to the dead.

Latin

Hoc est pessimum inter omnia quæ sub sole fiunt: quia eadem cunctis eveniunt. Unde et corda filiorum hominum implentur malitia et contemptu in vita sua, et post hæc ad inferos deducentur.

Original

Hebrew

English

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 9:3

When authorities delay punishments, including death, people may continue their reckless behavior and increase their wrongdoing and foolishness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16–9:12

From observing life, it seems death often lacks meaning. Why do some people die while others live longer? God's decision on this is unpredictable (Ecclesiastes 7:13–14).

Related verses

Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Ecclesiastes 8:11
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Romans 1:29–31
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Psalm 51:5
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Job 15:16
…how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
2 Peter 2:16
But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
…before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
Luke 15:17
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Full of Evil Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Mad Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Depravity of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Heart: The Unregenerate is Foolish Heart: The Unregenerate is Full of Iniquity

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