Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

King James Version (KJV):
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

American Standard Version (ASV):
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.

King James Version (KJV):
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.

American Standard Version (ASV):
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 happeneth to them all.

King James Version (KJV):
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.

American Standard Version (ASV):
As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

King James Version (KJV):
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

King James Version (KJV):
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

King James Version (KJV):
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

King James Version (KJV):
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

King James Version (KJV):
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

American Standard Version (ASV):
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.

King James Version (KJV):
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.