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|For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.  

|For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.  

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|I decided in my hear to say all of this because this is true; I The righteous, the wise, and their works are in the hands of God: no man knows love or hatred from all of those who came before him.

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|Please don't just change this back, the old way doesn't really work in modern English.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|All things come in the same way to all: one even occurs to the righteous and the wicked both; to the good, the clean, and the unclean; to the man that sacrifices, and the man who does not sacrifice; to the good, and to the sinner; to the man who swears, and the man who fears an oath.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|It is evil that there is one event on earth that happens to all: the heart of sons of men is full of evil, madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they are dead.

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|For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.  

|For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.  

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|For the man that is still living there is still hope: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|The living know that they will die: but the dead know nothing, and they will receive no more rewards; their memory is forgotten.

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|we remember solomon and he is dead, I think this refers to the memory that the dead possess, i.e. the dead do not remember anything.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|Their love, their hatred, and their envy perishes with them; and they will never again receive a portion of the work done here on earth.

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|Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.  

|Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.  

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|Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; because right now God is accepting your works.

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|Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.  

|Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.  

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|Wear white garments; and anoint your head.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|Live joyfully with your wife, whom you love, all the days of the life of your vanity, He gave this to you here on earth, all the days of your vanity: that is your portion in this life, and in the labor you do here on earth.

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|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.  

|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.  

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|Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all of your strength. There is no work, no device, no insight, nor any wisdom in the grave, where you are going.

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|"What every you are be a good one" (I think that was Abe Lincoln)

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|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.  

|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.  

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|I returned, and saw that the race is not to the swift, and that the battle is not to the strong, bread does not go to the wise, riches do not find the man of understanding, and favor does not go the the man of skill; time and chance happen to them all.

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|For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.  

|For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.  

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|A man doesn't know his time: just like the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when suddenly it falls upon them.

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|This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:  

|This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:  

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|I have seen this wisdom here on earth, and it seems great to me.

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|There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:  

|There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:  

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|There was a little city with a few men living in it; A great king came against it, besieging it, he built great bulwarks against it.

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