Ecclesiastes 8:6
For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
In Context
7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
Cross References
Job 10:13But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:
Job 33:19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
Isaiah 3:11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
Luke 13:25When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6
The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →