Ecclesiastes 8:6
For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?
Cross References
Job 10:13Though thou hast hid these things in thine heart, yet I knowe that it is so with thee.
Job 33:19He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed, and the griefe of his bones is sore,
Ecclesiastes 3:11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought from the beginning euen to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
Isaiah 3:11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
Luke 13:25When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you 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 →