Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future. New Living Translation Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life. English Standard Version In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. Berean Standard Bible In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. King James Bible 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. New King James Version In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him. New American Standard Bible On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him. NASB 1995 In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him. NASB 1977 In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man may not discover anything that will be after him. Legacy Standard Bible In the day when there is good be of good cheer, But in the day when there is evil see— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not find out anything that will be after him. Amplified Bible In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one as well as the other, So that man will not find out anything that will be after him. Christian Standard Bible In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that no one can discover anything that will come after him. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man cannot discover anything that will come after him. American Standard Version In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In the day of goodness be in prosperity, and in the day of evil look after your soul; God also makes this one opposite that one, so that a son of man will not find anything to say after him Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version When times are good, you should be cheerful; when times are bad, think about what it means. God makes them both to keep us from knowing what will happen next. Douay-Rheims Bible In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint. English Revised Version In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath even made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out any thing that shall be after him. GOD'S WORD® Translation When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future. Good News Translation When things are going well for you, be glad, and when trouble comes, just remember: God sends both happiness and trouble; you never know what is going to happen next. International Standard Version When times are good, be joyful; when times are bad, consider this: God made the one as well as the other, so people won't seek anything outside of his best. JPS Tanakh 1917 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God hath made even the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Literal Standard Version In a day of prosperity be in gladness, | And in a day of calamity consider: God has also made this alongside of that, | To the intent that man does not find anything after him. Majority Standard Bible In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. New American Bible On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him. NET Bible In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds. New Revised Standard Version In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Value of Wisdom…13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent? 14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. Cross References Deuteronomy 8:5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. Deuteronomy 26:11 So you shall rejoice--you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you--in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Job 2:10 "You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Ecclesiastes 3:22 I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him? Ecclesiastes 8:7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come? Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works: Ecclesiastes 10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him? Treasury of Scripture In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. the day Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Deuteronomy 28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Psalm 30:11,12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; … but Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 1 Kings 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 1 Kings 17:17,18 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him… set Ecclesiastes 12:8,13 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity… Hosea 2:6,7 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths… Jump to Previous Adversity Bad Consider Discover End Find Future Good Happy Joyful Prosperity Side Times WealthJump to Next Adversity Bad Consider Discover End Find Future Good Happy Joyful Prosperity Side Times WealthEcclesiastes 7 1. remedies against vanity are, a good name2. mortification 7. patience 11. wisdom 23. The difficulty of wisdom (14) Ecclus. 14:14, 33. The first clause may be more closely rendered, "In the good day be of good cheer." As a consolation in time of adversity the thought Job 2:10 is offered. The last clause connects itself with the first, the idea being that of Ecclesiastes 3:22; "take the present enjoyment which God gives, seeing that man cannot tell what shall be after him."Verse 14. - In the day of prosperity be joyful; literally, in the day of good be in good i.e. when things go well with you, be cheerful (Ecclesiastes 9:7; Esther 8:17); accept the situation and enjoy it. The advice is the same as that which runs through the book, viz. to make the best of the present. So Ben-Sire says, "Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not a share in a good desire pass thee by" (Ecclus. 14:14). Septuagint Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθωσύνης ζῆθι ἐν αγαθῷ, "In a day of good live in (an atmosphere of) good;" Vulgate, in die bona fruere bonis, "In a good day enjoy your good things." But in the day of adversity consider; in the evil day look well. The writer could not conclude this clause so as to make it parallel with the other, or he would have had to say, "In the ill day take it ill," which would be far from his meaning; so he introduces a thought which may help to make one resigned to adversity. The reflection follows. Septuagint, Καὶ ἴδε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακίας ἴδε κ.τ.λ..; Vulgate, Et malam diem praecave, "Beware of the evil day." But, doubtless, the object of the verb is the following clause. God also hath set the one over against the other; or, God hath made the one corresponding to the other; i.e. he hath made the day of evil as well as the day of good. The light and shade in man's life are equally under God's ordering and permission. "What?" cries Job (Job 2:10), "shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" Corn. Lapide quotes a saying of Plutarch to this effect: the harp gives forth sounds acute and grave, and both combine to form the melody; so in man's life the mingling of prosperity and adversity yields a well-adjusted harmony. God strikes all the strings of our life's harp, and we ought, not only patiently, but cheerfully, to listen to the chords produced by this Divine Performer. To the end that man should find nothing after him. This clause gives Koheleth's view of God's object in the admixture of good and evil; but the reason has been variously interpreted, the explanation depending on the sense assigned to the term "after him" (אַתַרָיו). The Septuagint gives ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, which is vague; the Vulgate, contra eum, meaning that man may have no occasion to complain against God. Cheyne ('Job and Solomon') considers that Koheleth here implies that death closes the scene, and that there is then nothing more to fear, rendering the clause, "On the ground that man is to experience nothing at all hereafter." They who believe that the writer held the doctrine of a future life cannot acquiesce in this view. The interpretation of Delitzsch is this - God lets man pass through the whole discipline of good and evil, that when lie dies there may be nothing which he has not experienced. Hitzig and Nowack explain the text to mean that, as God designs that man after his death shall have done with all things, he sends upon him evil as well as good, that he may not have to punish him hereafter - a doctrine opposed to the teaching of a future judgment. Wright deems the idea to be that man may be kept in ignorance of what shall happen to him beyond the grave, that the present life may afford no clue to the future. One does not see why this should be a comfort, nor how it is compatible with God's known counsel of making the condition of the future life dependent upon the conduct of this. Other explanations being more or less unsatisfactory, many modern commentators see in the passage an assertion that God intermingle8 good and evil in men's lives according to laws with which they are unacquainted, in order that they may not disquiet themselves by forecasting the future, whether in this life or after their death, but may be wholly dependent upon God, casting all their care upon him, knowing that he careth for them (1 Peter 5:7). We may safely adopt this explanation (comp. Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 6:12). The paragraph then con-rains the same teaching as Horace's oft-quoted ode- "Prudens futuri temporis exitum," etc. Πρήγματος ἀπρήκτου χαλεπώτατόν ἐστι τελεντὴν Ἀλλὰ σὺ καὶ τὰ περισσά κ.τ.λ. Hebrew In the dayבְּי֤וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of prosperity טוֹבָה֙ (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good be הֱיֵ֣ה (hĕ·yêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be joyful, בְט֔וֹב (ḇə·ṭō·wḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good but in the day וּבְי֥וֹם (ū·ḇə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of adversity, רָעָ֖ה (rā·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil consider this: רְאֵ֑ה (rə·’êh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has made עָשָׂ֣ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make one [of these] זֶ֤ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that along with לְעֻמַּת־ (lə·‘um·maṯ-) Preposition-l Strong's 5980: Society, near, beside, along with the other, זֶה֙ (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that so that עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a man הָֽאָדָ֛ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being cannot שֶׁלֹּ֨א (šel·lō) Pronoun - relative | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no discover יִמְצָ֧א (yim·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present anything מְאֽוּמָה׃ (mə·’ū·māh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3972: A speck, point, nothing that will come after him. אַחֲרָ֖יו (’a·ḥă·rāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part Links Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIVEcclesiastes 7:14 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:14 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:14 KJV Ecclesiastes 7:14 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 7:14 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 7:14 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 7:14 French Bible Ecclesiastes 7:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful (Ecclesiast. 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