Ecclesiastes 8:6-8

8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,

for the oppression ¹  of the king ²  is severe upon his victim. ³ 

8:7 Surely no one knows the future, ⁴ 

and no one can tell another person what will happen. ⁵ 

8:8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, ⁶ 

so no one has power over the day of his ⁷  death.

Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, ⁸ 

so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked. ⁹ 

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “evil”; or “misery.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “the man.”

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “upon him.”

[8:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “what will be.”

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Who can tell him what will be?”

[8:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “There is not a man who has mastery over the wind to restrain the wind.”

[8:8]  ⁸ tn The word “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “There is no discharge in war.”

[8:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “its owners.”