


Ecclesiastes 9:11
Bible Versions
¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
I returned {H7725}, and saw {H7200} under the sun {H8121}, that the race {H4793} is not to the swift {H7031}, nor the battle {H4421} to the strong {H1368}, neither yet bread {H3899} to the wise {H2450}, nor yet riches {H6239} to men of understanding {H995}, nor yet favour {H2580} to men of skill {H3045}; but time {H6256} and chance {H6294} happeneth {H7136} to them all.
Yet another thing I observed under the sun is that races aren't won by the swift or battles by the strong, and that food doesn't go to the wise or wealth to the intelligent or favor to the experts; rather, time and chance rule them all.
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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