For God will bring every deed into judgment,including every hidden thing,whether it is good or evil.Footnotes for the Book of Ecclesiastesa 8 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.a In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.a 8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and sob 9 Or to theirc 10 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (Aquila); most Hebrew manuscripts and are forgottena 16 Or king is a childa 8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10b 11 Or Shepherd