Ecclesiastes 9:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Considered in] RV 'laid to.' Declare] RV 'explore.' No man.. before them] RV 'whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.' Whether God's dealings with them shall be such as to suggest His favour or displeasure is unknown, because the part of life not yet traversed cannot be penetrated.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

1 For all this I considereda in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.