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Ecclesiastes 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Who is like the wise person and who knows the meaning of a matter? A person’s wisdom illuminates his face and makes his stern face [fn]brighten up.

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I say, “Keep the [fn]command of the king because of the oath [fn]before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be in a hurry [fn]to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:4 - Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, “What are you doing?”

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One who keeps a royal command experiences no [fn]trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a person’s trouble is heavy upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:7 - If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not save [fn]those who practice it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen, and have applied my [fn]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.

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So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are [fn]fully given to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will go well for those who fear God, who fear [fn]Him openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not go well for the evil person and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

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There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous people to whom it [fn]happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil people to whom it [fn]happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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When I devoted my [fn]mind to know wisdom and to see the business which has been done on the earth (even though one should [fn]never sleep day or night),

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.
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Lit mouth
Lit of
Lit to go out from his presence
Lit evil thing
Lit its possessors
Lit heart
Lit full to do
Lit before Him
Lit strikes
Lit strikes
Lit heart
Lit see no sleep in his eyes
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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