Ecclesiastes 8:6
For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;
Darby Translation
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
7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Cross References
Job 10:13And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
Luke 13:25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:
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 →