Ecclesiastes 9:11
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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them 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 happen to them 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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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- returned
- Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 4:1, 4; Malachi 3:18
- that the race
- 1 Samuel 17:50; 2 Samuel 2:18–23; 2 Samuel 17:14, 23; Psalm 33:16, 17; Psalm 73:6, 7; Psalm 147:10, 11; Jeremiah 9:23; Jeremiah 46:6; Amos 2:14–16
- but
- Ecclesiastes 2:14, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:14, 17; Ecclesiastes 7:13; 1 Samuel 2:3–10; Job 5:11–14; Job 34:29; Proverbs 21:30, 31; Lamentations 3:37, 38; Daniel 4:35; Ephesians 1:11