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Ecclesiastes 9:11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

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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.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:11

Theological / Devotional

The swift. Unlike men, the Lord is not dependent on the human qualities of physical and mental strength (1 Sam. 14:6 ; 17:47). Similarly, with man, it is not these outward qualities, which seem to give one man an advantage over others, that are most important in life.

Time and chance. There is a proper time, a right moment, for a certain task. When a man lets slip the appropriate time, his efforts will fail, in whole or in part, to accomplish what they might have, irrespective of the belated zeal he brings to the task.

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