In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, [I say], God also has caused the one to agree with the other for [this] reason, that man should find nothing after him.
GNV
Ecclesiastes 7:14
For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
Parallel Translations
Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:4Ecclesiastes 3:22Deuteronomy 8:3Ecclesiastes 12:13James 5:13Deuteronomy 28:47Isaiah 26:11John 16:22–23Psalms 119:71Psalms 30:11–12Micah 6:9Matthew 9:13Psalms 40:3Psalms 94:12–13Job 10:1–2
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