Ecclesiastes 8:6
Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man [resteth] heavily upon him.
Leeser Tanakh
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 will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Cross References
Job 10:13And yet these things hadst thou treasured up in thy heart: I know that this was [resolved] within thee.
Job 33:19And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent [aches].
Ecclesiastes 3:11Every thing hath he made beautiful in its [proper] time: he hath also placed the eternity in their heart, without a man's being able to find out the work that God hath made from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider [then] the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.
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 →