Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the unfortunate fact ¹  about everything that happens on earth: ²  the same fate awaits ³  everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people ⁴  are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die. ⁵ 

Ge 6:5; Ge 8:21; Job 15:16; Ps 51:5; Pr 14:32; Ec 1:17; Ec 7:25; Ec 8:11; Ec 12:7; Jer 17:9; Mt 15:19,20; Mr 7:21-23; Lu 6:11; Lu 15:17; Ac 12:23; Ac 26:11,24; Ro 1:29-31; Tit 3:3; 2Pe 2:16

¹ tn Heb “evil.”

² tn Heb “under the sun.”

³ tn The term “awaits” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness and stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “also the heart of the sons of man.” Here “heart” is a collective singular.

⁵ tn Heb “and after that [they go] to [the place of] the dead.”