Ecclesiastes 8:9

I bihelde alle thes thingis, and Y yaf myn herte in alle werkis, that ben don vndur the sunne. Sum tyme a man is lord of a man, to his yuel.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

In Context

8It is not in the power of man to forbede the spirit, nethir he hath power in the dai of deth, nethir he is suffrid to haue reste, whanne the batel neiyeth; nethir wickidnesse schal saue a wickid man.

10Y siy wickid men biryed, which, whanne thei lyueden yit, weren in hooli place; and thei weren preisid in the citee, as men of iust werkis; but also this is vanyte.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:28And the watris turneden ayen, and hiliden the charis, and knyytis of al the oost of Farao, which sueden, and entriden in to the see; sotheli not oon of hem was alyue.

2 Kings 14:10And the kyng seide, Brynge thou hym to me, that ayenseith thee, and he schal no more adde that he touche thee.

Ecclesiastes 1:14I siy alle thingis that ben maad vndur the sunne, and lo! alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:7I bihelde and foond also another vanytee vndir the sunne;

Ecclesiastes 5:8and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.

Ecclesiastes 7:25and the depthe is hiy, who schal fynde it?

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