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Ecclesiastes 9:6 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 9:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 9:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:6
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished (גַּם־אַהֲבָתָם גַּם־שִׂנְאָתָם גַּם־קִנְאָתָם כְּבָר אָבָדָה)—death terminates all earthly passions and pursuits. The threefold repetition of gam (גַּם, also/even) emphasizes comprehensiveness: love (ahavah, אַהֲבָה), hatred (sin'ah, שִׂנְאָה), and envy (qin'ah, קִנְאָה) all vanish. The Hebrew avad (אָבַד, perished) means to be destroyed or lost—the emotional investments and rivalries that consumed the living cease at death.Neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun (וְחֵלֶק אֵין־לָהֶ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 9:6
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“each a son of man in whom there is no help.”
“all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?”
“There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.”
“Saying”
“but the hope of the wicked will perish.”
“seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.”
“who didn't know Joseph.”