Ecclesiastes 9:11-13

Easy-to-Read Version

Life Is Not Fair

¹¹ I also saw other things in this life that were not fair. The fastest runner does not always win the race; the strongest soldier does not always win the battle; wise people don’t always get the food; smart people don’t always get the wealth; educated people don’t always get the praise they deserve. When the time comes, bad things can happen to anyone!

¹² You never know when hard times will come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often trapped by some disaster that suddenly falls on them.

The Power of Wisdom

¹³ I also saw a person doing a wise thing in this life, and it seemed very important to me.