9¹ But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, 'are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole 'is' before them.

9¹ But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.