Ecclesiastes9:6

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Translation

Also their love and hatred and their zeal have vanished and they will never again forever have a share

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in that which is done under the sun.

Paraphrase

Also their nurturing influence over the things they loved, their suppressing influence over the things they hated, and their zeal for life have vanished; for all eternity, they will never again have a share in what is done here on earth.

Footnotes

1: “a share”

This word is interesting here because it can mean “inheritance.” The person who leaves an inheritance no longer gets to enjoy their own inheritance.