Ecclesiastes 9:10-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, ^(A)do it with all your might; for there is no ^(B)activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in ^(C)Sheol where you are going.

¹¹ I again saw under the sun that the ^(D)race is not to the swift and the ^(E)battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor ^(F)wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and ^(G)chance overtake them all. ¹² Moreover, man does not ^(H)know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and ^(I)birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ^(J)ensnared at an evil time when it ^(K)suddenly falls on them.