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

4because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner. For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him; 7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be? 8There is no man who hath control over the spirit to retain the spirit; and no one hath control over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Ecclesiastes 8:6 word by word

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

• timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 8:6

• Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
• Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
• Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
• Luke 13:25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:
• Luke 17:26And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:
• Luke 19:42saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes;
• Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will 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