Ecclesiastes 9:10

WEB

¹⁰Whatever 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

¹⁰Whatsoever 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

¹⁰Whatever 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.

FBV

¹⁰Whatever 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.

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Extra References

Colossians 3:23

²³And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Ephesians 5:16

¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Romans 12:11

¹¹not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

Psalms 6:5

⁵For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol,^[+] who shall give you thanks?

1 Corinthians 9:24

²⁴Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

⁶In 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.

²⁰Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before the LORD his God. ²¹In 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.

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

⁵For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten. ⁶Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Jeremiah 29:13

¹³You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

John 9:4

⁴I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.