Rashi, on Eccl 9:1

“All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:”

“and to clarify Heb. וְלָבוּר [like] וּלְבָרֵר. all this I clarified and tested. that the righteous and the wise and their works are in God’s hand He helps them and He judges them in order to benefit them in their end. and their works These are their disciples, their servants, who follow in their ways. even love, even hate The rest of mankind does not know, and they do not discern to apply their hearts to what makes them beloved by the Omnipresent and what causes them to be hated. everything is before them before the righteous and the wise.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.