Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 9:2

A church father on this verse
“Except that our belief in Christ raises us up to heaven and promises eternity to our souls, the physical conditions of life are the same for us as for the brutes.”
Jerome, 5th c. — LETTER 108.27

Source: Septuagint

Original

2Vanity is in all: There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; To the good, and to the bad; Both to the pure, and to the impure; Both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: As is the good, so is the sinner: As is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

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1I saw that the righteous, and the wise, And their works, are in the hand of God: Yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, Though all are before their face.

— Ecclesiastes 9:2 —

3There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, That there is one event to all: Yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, And madness is in their heart during their life, And after that they go to the dead.

4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? There is hope of him: For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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