Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and I have given heed to all things that are done under the sun. There is a time when man ruleth over man to his hurt.

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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

8No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of it.

10And so I saw the wicked buried, while the righteous came and went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7Then I turned and saw other vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest oppression of the poor, and justice and equity perverted in a province, be not alarmed at the matter. For over the high there is a higher, who watcheth, and there is one higher than they all.

Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied my mind earnestly to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and intelligence, and to know wickedness and folly, yea, foolishness and madness.

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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