Ecclesiastes 8:6
For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
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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
Cross References
Job 10:13Though you may conceal this in your heart, yet I know that you remember everything.
Job 33:19Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13For as wisdom protects, so also does money protect. But learning and wisdom have this much more: that they grant life to one who possesses them.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the impious man immersed in evil! For retribution will be given to him from his own hands.
Luke 13:25Then, when the father of the family will have entered and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ And in response, he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are 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 →