Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

All which thy hand shall find to do, with thy strength, do thou; for no work and understanding and knowledge and wisdom, in hades where thou goest there.

New American Standard Bible

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

International Standard Version

Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

A Conservative Version

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

Bible in Basic English

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

Darby Translation

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

King James 2000

Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

Modern King James verseion

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

NET Bible

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

New Heart English Bible

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

The Emphasized Bible

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do, - for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

Webster

Whatever 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.

World English Bible

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Youngs Literal Translation

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

to do

Usage: 0

it with thy might
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

for there is no work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

חשׁבּון 
Cheshbown 
Usage: 3

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

in the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

Context Readings

Enjoy Life While It Lasts

9 See life with the wife which thou didst love all the days of the life of thy vanity which he gave to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for this thy portion in life, and in thy labor which thou laborest under the sun. 10 All which thy hand shall find to do, with thy strength, do thou; for no work and understanding and knowledge and wisdom, in hades where thou goest there. 11 I turned back, and saw under the sun that not to the fleet the race, and the war not to the strong, and also not to the wise, bread; and also not to the understanding ones, riches; and also not to the knowing, favor; for time and chance will light upon all of them.

Cross References

Colossians 3:23

And all, whatever ye do, work ye from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men;

Psalm 6:5

For in death none remembering thee: in hades who shall give thanks to thee?

Romans 12:11

In study not slothful; boiling in the spirit; serving the Lord;

Numbers 13:30

And Caleb will silence the people to Moses, and will say, Going up, we will go up and inherit it; for being able we shall overcome it

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now ye shall give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God; and arise ye and build the holy place of Jehovah God to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and the holy vessels of God, to the house being built to the name of Jehovah.

1 Chronicles 28:20

And David will say to Solomon his son, Be strong and be active, and do: thou shalt not fear, and thou shalt not be terrified, for Jehovah God, my God, is with thee; he will not be slack to thee, and he will not forsake thee till the finishing all the works of the service of the house of Jehovah.

1 Chronicles 29:2-3

And with all my power I prepared for the house of my God, gold for gold, and silver for silver, and brass for brass, and iron for iron, woods for woods, and stones of onyx, and the fillings up, and stones of paint and of variegation, and every precious stone, and stones of white marble for multitude.

2 Chronicles 31:20-21

And according to this Hezekiah will do in all Judah, and he will do the good and the straight and the truth before Jehovah his God.

Ezra 6:14-15

And the old men of the Jews built and prospered in the prophesy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo. And built and completed according to the decree of the God of Israel, and from the decree of Cyrus and Darius, and Arthasatha king of Persia.

Nehemiah 2:12-16

And I shall rise in the night, I and a few men with me; and I announced not to man what my God gave into my heart to do at Jerusalem: and no beast with me but the beast that I rode upon it

Nehemiah 4:2

And he will say before his brethren and the strength of Shomeron, and he will say, What are the feeble Jews doing? will they leave to themselves? will they sacrifice? will they finish in a day? will they give life to the stones of the heaps of dust, and they being burnt?

Nehemiah 4:6

And we shall build the wall; and all the wall will be completed even to its half: and a heart will be to the people to work.

Nehemiah 4:9-13

And we will pray to our God, and we shall set up a watch against them day and night, from before them.

Nehemiah 4:17-23

They building upon the wall, and they bearing in the burden, they loading with one of his hands doing in the work, and one holding fast the weapon.

Nehemiah 13:8-31

And it will be greatly evil to me: and I shall cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without from the cell.

Job 14:7-12

For there is hope for a tree if it shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease.

Psalm 71:15-18

My mouth shall recount thy justice, all the day thy salvation, for I knew not numbers.

Psalm 88:10-12

Wilt thou do wonder to the dead? if the shades shall arise, shall they praise thee? Silence.

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

For the living know they shall die: and the dead know not any thing, and no more to them a reward; for their remembrance was forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds shall be filled with rain, they shall pour out upon the earth: and if the tree shall fall in the south or in the north, the place the tree shall fall, there it shall be.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, and at evening thou shalt not let thy hand rest: for thou shalt not know whether this shall be right, this or that, or if they two as one being good.

Isaiah 38:18-19

For not hades shall praise thee, death celebrate: they going down to the pit shall not hope for thy truth.

Jeremiah 29:13

And ye sought me and found, for ye will seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.

John 4:34

Jesus says to them, My food is that I might do the will of him having sent me, and finish his work.

John 9:4

I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work.

Acts 20:25-31

And now, behold, I know that all ye shall see my face no more, among whom I passed through, proclaiming the kingdom of God.

Romans 15:18-20

For I shall dare to speak nothing that Christ has not brought about by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and by work,

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do ye not know that they running in a race-course, all truly run, and one receives the prize of combat? Do ye so run, that ye might receive.

1 Corinthians 9:26

I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so practise I pugilism, as not laying stripes upon air:

1 Corinthians 15:10

And by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which in me was not vain; but I was more abundantly wearied than they all: and not I, but the grace of God which with me.

1 Corinthians 16:10

And if Timotheus come, see ye that he be with you fearlessly: for he works the work of the Lord, as I also.

Ephesians 5:16

Making purchase of time, for the days are evil.

2 Peter 1:12-15

Wherefore I will not neglect to remind you always of these things, though having known, and being supported in the present truth.

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