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Ecclesiastes 8:1-17

Who [is] as the wise
<02450>
[man]? and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)
the interpretation
<06592>
of a thing
<01697>_?
a man's
<0120>
wisdom
<02451>
maketh his face
<06440>
to shine
<0215> (8686)_,
and the boldness
<05797>
of his face
<06440>
shall be changed
<08132> (8792)_.
{the boldness: Heb. the strength}
I [counsel thee] to keep
<08104> (8798)
the king's
<04428>
commandment
<06310>_,
and [that] in regard
<01700>
of the oath
<07621>
of God
<0430>_.
Be not hasty
<0926> (8735)
to go out
<03212> (8799)
of his sight
<06440>_:
stand
<05975> (8799)
not in an evil
<07451>
thing
<01697>_;
for he doeth
<06213> (8799)
whatsoever pleaseth
<02654> (8799)
him.
Where the word
<01697>
of a king
<04428>
[is, there is] power
<07983>_:
and who may say
<0559> (8799)
unto him, What doest
<06213> (8799)
thou?
Whoso keepeth
<08104> (8802)
the commandment
<04687>
shall feel
<03045> (8799)
no evil
<07451>
thing
<01697>_:
and a wise man's
<02450>
heart
<03820>
discerneth
<03045> (8799)
both time
<06256>
and judgment
<04941>_.
{shall...: Heb. shall know}
Because to every purpose
<02656>
there is
<03426>
time
<06256>
and judgment
<04941>_,
therefore the misery
<07451>
of man
<0120>
[is] great
<07227>
upon him.
For he knoweth
<03045> (8802)
not that which shall be: for who can tell
<05046> (8686)
him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}
[There is] no man
<0120>
that hath power
<07989>
over the spirit
<07307>
to retain
<03607> (8800)
the spirit
<07307>_;
neither [hath he] power
<07983>
in the day
<03117>
of death
<04194>_:
and [there is] no discharge
<04917>
in [that] war
<04421>_;
neither shall wickedness
<07562>
deliver
<04422> (8762)
those that are given
<01167>
to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
All this have I seen
<07200> (8804)_,
and applied
<05414> (8800)
my heart
<03820>
unto every work
<04639>
that is done
<06213> (8738)
under the sun
<08121>_:
[there is] a time
<06256>
wherein one man
<0120>
ruleth
<07980> (8804)
over another to his own hurt
<07451>_.
And so
<03651>
I saw
<07200> (8804)
the wicked
<07563>
buried
<06912> (8803)_,
who had come
<0935> (8804)
and gone
<01980> (8762)
from the place
<04725>
of the holy
<06918>_,
and they were forgotten
<07911> (8691)
in the city
<05892>
where they had so done
<06213> (8804)_:
this [is] also vanity
<01892>_.
Because sentence
<06599>
against an evil
<07451>
work
<04639>
is not executed
<06213> (8738)
speedily
<04120>_,
therefore the heart
<03820>
of the sons
<01121>
of men
<0120>
is fully set
<04390> (8804)
in them to do
<06213> (8800)
evil
<07451>_.
Though a sinner
<02398> (8802)
do
<06213> (8802)
evil
<07451>
an hundred times
<03967>_,
and his [days] be prolonged
<0748> (8688)_,
yet surely I know
<03045> (8802)
that it shall be well
<02896>
with them that fear
<03373>
God
<0430>_,
which fear
<03372> (8799)
before
<06440>
him:
But it shall not be well
<02896>
with the wicked
<07563>_,
neither shall he prolong
<0748> (8686)
[his] days
<03117>_,
[which are] as a shadow
<06738>_;
because he feareth
<03373>
not before
<06440>
God
<0430>_.
There is
<03426>
a vanity
<01892>
which is done
<06213> (8738)
upon the earth
<0776>_;
that there be just
<06662>
[men], unto whom it happeneth
<05060> (8688)
according to the work
<04639>
of the wicked
<07563>_;
again, there be
<03426>
wicked
<07563>
[men], to whom it happeneth
<05060> (8688)
according to the work
<04639>
of the righteous
<06662>_:
I said
<0559> (8804)
that this also
<01571>
[is] vanity
<01892>_.
Then I commended
<07623> (8765)
mirth
<08057>_,
because a man
<0120>
hath no better thing
<02896>
under the sun
<08121>_,
than to eat
<0398> (8800)_,
and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,
and to be merry
<08055> (8800)_:
for that shall abide
<03867> (8799)
with him of his labour
<05999>
the days
<03117>
of his life
<02416>_,
which God
<0430>
giveth
<05414> (8804)
him under the sun
<08121>_.
When I applied
<05414> (8804)
mine heart
<03820>
to know
<03045> (8800)
wisdom
<02451>_,
and to see
<07200> (8800)
the business
<06045>
that is done
<06213> (8738)
upon the earth
<0776>_:
(for also [there is that] neither day
<03117>
nor night
<03915>
seeth
<07200> (8802)
sleep
<08142>
with his eyes
<05869>:)
Then I beheld
<07200> (8804)
all the work
<04639>
of God
<0430>_,
that a man
<0120>
cannot
<03201> (8799)
find out
<04672> (8800)
the work
<04639>
that is done
<06213> (8738)
under the sun
<08121>_:
because
<0834>
though
<07945>
a man
<0120>
labour
<05998> (8799)
to seek [it] out
<01245> (8763)_,
yet he shall not find
<04672> (8799)
[it]; yea further; though a wise
<02450>
[man] think
<0559> (8799)
to know
<03045> (8800)
[it], yet shall he not be able
<03201> (8799)
to find
<04672> (8800)
[it].


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