Ecclesiastes 8:6
There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
7Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
Cross References
Job 10:13Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.
Job 33:19He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot flnd out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence : but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Luke 13:25But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you 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 →