Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Majority Standard Bible
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
5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Cross References
Job 10:13Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are 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 →