Ecclesiastes 8:9

So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

8There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.

10And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:28and the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharao, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one.

2 Kings 14:10You have struck and wounded Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: + 14:10 Gr. glorify yourself sitting in your house. stay at home and glorify yourself; for therefore are you quarrelsome to your hurt? So both you will fall and Juda with you.

Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the works that were done under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:7So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:8Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

Ecclesiastes 7:25That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:7-9

The Certainty of Death. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. Solomon had said ( v. 5 ) that a wise man's heart discerns time and judgment, that is, a man's… Read the whole commentary →

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