Ecclesiastes 8:6

Ecclesiastes 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
• New International Version (NIV)For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly.

Context of Ecclesiastes 8:6

4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?” 5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. 7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come? 8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Ecclesiastes 8:6 word by word

כִּ֣י לְכָל־חֵ֔פֶץ יֵ֖שׁ עֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּֽי־רָעַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם רַבָּ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• there isיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• a right timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and procedureמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: customH4941
• to everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• purposeחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
• a man’sאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• miseryרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• weighs heavilyרַבrab · manyH7227
• upon himעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 8:6

• Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
• Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
• Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 8:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6To every purpose there is time - חפץ chaphets, every volition, every thing that depends on the will of man. He has generally the opportunity to do whatever he purposes; and as his purposes are frequently evil, his acts are so too: and in consequence his misery is great.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Because, therefore - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.” The possibility of God‘s time and judgment being in opposition to a king‘s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 God has, in wisdom, kept away from us the knowledge of future events, that we may be always ready for changes. We must all die, no flight or hiding-place can save us, nor are there any weapons of effectual resistance. Ninety thousand die every day, upwards of sixty every minute, and one every moment. How solemn the thought! Oh that men were wise, that they understood these things, that they would consider their latter end! The believer alone is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6there is a right time...to every purpose: Wise people will be ready when the right moment comes (see Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; Ephesians 5:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. therefore the misery, &c.--because the foolish sinner does not think of the right "times" and the "judgment."Read the comment

Topics related to Ecclesiastes 8:6

• Ignorance

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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings