Should the race go to the swift? Or should there be no race?
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm
Some read this, and think:
- The race should be to the swift.
- The battle should be to the strong.
- The wise should receive food.
- The brilliant should be rich.
- The learned should draw favor.
But others think:
- There should be no swift and no sluggish; there should be no race.
- There should be no strong and no weak; there should be no battle.
- There should be no wise and no foolish; food should be given to all.
- There should be no brilliant and no dull; all should be rich.
- There should be no learned and no ignorant; all should draw favor.
The first is a cry against the vicissitudes of life. The second is a cry against reality itself.