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Ecclesiastes 9:1Eccl.9.1

For all this I considered 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.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Oui, j'ai appliqué mon coeur à tout cela, j'ai fait de tout cela l'objet de mon examen, et j'ai vu que les justes et les sages, et leurs travaux, sont dans la main de Dieu, et l'amour aussi bien que la haine; les hommes ne savent rien: tout est devant eux.

KJV

For all this I considered 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.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ch is not apart from grace. Hence a man may know that he has grace. On the contrary, It is written ( Eccles. 9:1 ): "Man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love or hatred." Now sanctifying grace maketh a man worthy of God's love. Therefore no one can know whether he has sanctify…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    in a state of sin. Objection 2: Further, "Man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love or hatred" ( Eccles. 9:1 ). If therefore one cannot make satisfaction unless one be in a state of charity, it would be impossible to know whether one had made satisfaction, which would be unsee…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    On Nature and Grace

    ich grace is essential. A man can therefore know that he has grace. On the other hand: it is said in Eccl. 9:1 : “no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.” Migne: “No man knoweth whether he is worthy of hate or of love.” Now sanctifying grace makes a man w…

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