Ecclesiastes 9:2

All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

All things come alike to all: there is one {H259} event {H4745} to the righteous {H6662}, and to the wicked {H7563}; to the good {H2896} and to the clean {H2889}, and to the unclean {H2931}; to him that sacrificeth {H2076}, and to him that {H834} sacrificeth {H2076} not: as is the good {H2896}, so is the sinner {H2398}; and he that sweareth {H7650}, as he that feareth {H3373} an oath {H7621}.

Anything can happen to anyone; the same thing can happen to the righteous as to the wicked, to the good and clean and to the unclean, to someone who offers a sacrifice and to someone who doesn't offer a sacrifice; it is the same for a good person as for a sinner, for someone who takes an oath rashly as for someone who fears to take an oath.

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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Cross-References

  • Malachi 3:18 (6 votes)

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:14 (5 votes)

    The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16 (5 votes)

    For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

  • Job 9:22 (4 votes)

    ¶ This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

  • Psalms 73:3 (4 votes)

    For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Malachi 3:5 (4 votes)

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Malachi 3:15 (3 votes)

    And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.