Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor ...

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going....

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead - and that is where you are going.

This passage continues the implications from death being the fate of all men, proclaiming that man does not know his time. Death is certain for all.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Ecclesiastes 9:10 NLT · Ecclesiastes 9:10 NIV · Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV · 11

12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times ...

CHAPTER 9 1All this I have kept in my heart and all this I examined: The just, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God.