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Ecclesiastes 9:11New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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11 I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, nor do the mighty win the battle,+ nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches,+ nor do those with knowledge always have success,+ because time and unexpected events* overtake them all.
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Ecclesiastes 9:11New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
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11 I returned to see* under the sun that the swift do not have the race,+ nor the mighty ones the battle,+ nor do the wise also have the food,*+ nor do the understanding ones also have the riches,+ nor do even those having knowledge have the favor;+ because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all.*+
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Ecclesiastes 9:11American Standard Version
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11 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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Ecclesiastes 9:11The Emphasized Bible
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11 I again saw under the sun, that not to the swift was the race nor to the strong the battle, nay! nor to the wise food nor yet to the intelligent riches, nor even to the well-informed comeliness,—for time and accident happened to them all.
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Ecclesiastes 9:11King James Version
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11 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.
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