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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(A)It is the same for all, since (B)the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,[a] to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who (C)swears is as he who shuns an oath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and the evil

(A)It is the same for all. There is (B)one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and the unclean; for the person who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good person is, so is the sinner; the one who swears an oath is just as the one who [a]is afraid to swear an oath.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Lit fears an oath

Iisa ang kasasapitan ng lahat: ang nangyayari sa matuwid ay nangyayari rin sa di-matuwid, ganoon din sa mabuti at sa masama, sa malinis at sa marumi ayon sa Kautusan, sa naghahandog at sa hindi naghahandog. Ang nangyayari nga sa mabuti ay siya ring nangyayari sa masama. Walang pagkakaiba ang nangyayari sa marunong tumupad sa pangako at sa sumisira sa pangako.

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