Tree Of Life Version

Ecclesiastes 9:10-18 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

10. Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.

11. I further observed under the sun: The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the mighty, nor does bread come to the wise, or wealth to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; for time and chance befall them all.

12. Moreover, no man knows his time: like fish caught in a fatal net or birds caught in a snare, so people are trapped in a time of calamity, that falls upon them suddenly.

13. I also observed this as wisdom under the sun, and it greatly impressed me.

14. There was a little city with a few people in it and a mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built great siege works against it.

15. Now a poor, wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his shrewdness. Yet nobody remembered that poor man!

16. So I said: “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.

17. The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than a ruler’s shout among fools.

18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.