Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there's a right time and a right way for everything, even when things are going badly for you.
Free Bible 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
7No one knows what's going to happen, so who can say what the future holds?
Cross References
Job 10:13But you kept these things hidden in your heart. I know your purpose was
Job 33:19People are also disciplined on a bed of pain with constant aching in their bones.
Ecclesiastes 3:11Everything God does is beautifully timed, and even though he has also placed the idea of eternity in our minds, we can't fully understand what God does from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Think about what God does. If he makes something bent, you can't straighten it!
Isaiah 3:11But tragedy comes to the wicked, for what they did will be done to them.
Luke 13:25Once the house owner gets up and closes the door, you'll be standing outside knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, please open the door for us.’ But he'll reply, ‘I don't know you or where you're 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 →