Ecclesiastes 9:2

“All is as for all: one fate for the righteous and for the wicked, for the good and for the clean and for the unclean, and for the one who sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; the one who swears as is the one who fears an oath.”

Ecclesiastes 9:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 9:2, word by word

oneאֶחָדechad

united

United as one: "YHWH is one".

Where else “echad” appears
fateמִקְרֶהmikre

chance, what happens

What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.

Where else “mikre” appears
for the righteousצַּדִּיקtsadik

righteous

Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.

Where else “tsadik” appears
and for the wickedרָשָׁעrasha

wicked

One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.

Where else “rasha” appears
for the goodטּוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears
and for the cleanטָּהוֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

Where else “tahor” appears
and for the uncleanטָּמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “tame” appears
and for the one who sacrificesזֹּבֵחַzoveach

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

Where else “zoveach” appears
so is the sinnerחֹטֶאchote

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

Where else “chote” appears
the one who swearsנִּשְׁבָּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “nishba” appears
fearsיָרֵאyare

revere

To revere God, or honor one's parents.

Where else “yare” appears
an oathשְׁבוּעָהshevua

oath

Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.

Where else “shevua” appears

The context

1For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of Elohim; whether love or hate, the human being does not know; all is before them.

2 · This verse (above)

3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; and also the heart of human beings is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and afterward they go to the dead.

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