Ecclesiastes 8:6
For to every thing there is a time and judgment. For the misery of man is great upon him.
Noyes 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
7For no one knoweth what shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Cross References
Job 10:13Yet these things thou didst lay up in thy heart! I know that this was in thy mind.
Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with a continual agitation of his bones,
Ecclesiastes 3:11God maketh every thing good in its time; but he hath put the world into the heart of man, so that he understandeth not the work which God doeth, from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God! Who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!
Luke 13:25When once the master of the house shall have risen, and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know not whence ye are;
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 →