KJV ORIGINAL
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Their love, their hatred, and their jealousy have all disappeared. They will never again have any part in anything that happens on earth.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is explaining that when people die, all their earthly emotions and involvement in worldly affairs come to an end forever.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Solomon's reflection on the reality of death in Ecclesiastes, written around 935 BC. In this section, he's observing how death is the great equalizer that ends all human passions and earthly participation. The phrase 'under the sun' was Solomon's way of referring to earthly life as opposed to eternal matters.
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