Old Testament · VERSE 6

Ecclesiastes 8:6

King James Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 8:6 in context

Ecclesiastes 8:4

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

Ecclesiastes 8:5

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

Ecclesiastes 8:6SELECTED VERSE

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

Ecclesiastes 8:7

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

Ecclesiastes 8:8

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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