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Ecclesiastes 8:6

WisdomGuidance and decisions

4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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BSB
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
KJV
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
WEB
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
ASV
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
DARBY
For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;
BLB
For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, though the misery of man is great upon him.
ÅB
For hvert foretagende har sin tid og sin dom; for hvert menneskes onde gjerning kommer til å hvile tungt på ham;
OTB
For det er en riktig tid og fremgangsmåte for enhver sak, selv om en persons problemer veier tungt på dem.
B1930
For hvert foretagende har sin tid og sin dom; for hvert menneskes onde gjerning kommer til å hvile tungt på ham;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1

    To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:17

    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

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  • Luke 19:42–44

    Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:11

    He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

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  • Luke 17:26–30

    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:13–14

    Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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  • Hebrews 3:7–11

    Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

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  • Luke 13:25

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

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