Ecclesiastes 8:6
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
American Standard Version
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 10:13Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and 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 →