Ecclesiastes 8:6
For to everything there is time and judgment; 1 For the knowledge of a man is great to him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 there is no one that knows what is going to be: 1 For who shall tell him how it shall be? 1
Cross References
Job 10:13Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; 1 For nothing is impossible with thee. 1
Job 33:19And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, 1 And the multitude of his bones is benumbed. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:11All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: 1 He has also set the whole world in their heart, 1 That man might not find out 1 The work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:13Behold the works of God: 1 For who shall be able to straighten 1 Him whom God has made crooked? 1
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.
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 →