Ecclesiastes 8
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Ecclesiastes 8 << | >> 123456789101112 8:1 Who {is} as the wise2450 {man}? and who knoweth3045 the interpretation6592 of a thing1697? a man's0120 wisdom2451 maketh his face6440 to shine0215, and the boldness5797 of his face6440 shall be changed8132. 8:2 I {counsel thee} to keep8104 the king's4428 commandment6310, and {that} in regard1700 of the oath7621 of God0430. 8:3 Be not hasty0926 to go out3212 of his sight6440: stand5975 not in an evil7451 thing1697; for he doeth6213 whatsoever pleaseth2654 him. 8:4 Where the word1697 of a king4428 {is, there is} power7983: and who may say0559 unto him, What doest6213 thou? 8:5 Whoso keepeth8104 the commandment4687 shall feel3045 no evil7451 thing1697: and a wise man's2450 heart3820 discerneth3045 both time6256 and judgment4941. 8:6 Because to every purpose2656 there is3426 time6256 and judgment4941, therefore the misery7451 of man0120 {is} great7227 upon him. 8:7 For he knoweth3045 not that which shall be: for who can tell5046 him when it shall be? 8:8 {There is} no man0120 that hath power7989 over the spirit7307 to retain3607 the spirit7307; neither {hath he} power7983 in the day3117 of death4194: and {there is} no discharge4917 in {that} war4421; neither shall wickedness7562 deliver4422 those that are given1167 to it. 8:9 All this have I seen7200, and applied5414 my heart3820 unto every work4639 that is done6213 under the sun8121: {there is} a time6256 wherein one man0120 ruleth7980 over another to his own hurt7451. 8:10 And so3651 I saw7200 the wicked7563 buried6912, who had come0935 and gone1980 from the place4725 of the holy6918, and they were forgotten7911 in the city5892 where they had so done6213: this {is} also vanity1892. 8:11 Because sentence6599 against an evil7451 work4639 is not executed6213 speedily4120, therefore the heart3820 of the sons1121 of men0120 is fully set4390 in them to do6213 evil7451. 8:12 Though a sinner2398 do6213 evil7451 an hundred times3967, and his {days} be prolonged0748, yet surely I know3045 that it shall be well2896 with them that fear3373 God0430, which fear3372 before6440 him: 8:13 But it shall not be well2896 with the wicked7563, neither shall he prolong0748 {his} days3117, {which are} as a shadow6738; because he feareth3373 not before6440 God0430. 8:14 There is3426 a vanity1892 which is done6213 upon the earth0776; that there be just6662 {men}, unto whom it happeneth5060 according to the work4639 of the wicked7563; again, there be3426 wicked7563 {men}, to whom it happeneth5060 according to the work4639 of the righteous6662: I said0559 that this also1571 {is} vanity1892. 8:15 Then I commended7623 mirth8057, because a man0120 hath no better thing2896 under the sun8121, than to eat0398, and to drink8354, and to be merry8055: for that shall abide3867 with him of his labour5999 the days3117 of his life2416, which God0430 giveth5414 him under the sun8121. 8:16 When I applied5414 mine heart3820 to know3045 wisdom2451, and to see7200 the business6045 that is done6213 upon the earth0776: (for also {there is that} neither day3117 nor night3915 seeth7200 sleep8142 with his eyes5869:) 8:17 Then I beheld7200 all the work4639 of God0430, that a man0120 cannot3201 find out4672 the work4639 that is done6213 under the sun8121: because0834 though7945 a man0120 labour5998 to seek {it} out1245, yet he shall not find4672 {it}; yea further; though a wise2450 {man} think0559 to know3045 {it}, yet shall he not be able3201 to find4672 {it}.