Ecclesiastes 8
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Ecclesiastes 8:14-17

14There is a vanityH1892 which is done upon the earthH776; that there are righteousH6662 [men] unto whom it happeneth according to the workH4639 of the wickedH7563; and there are wickedH7563 [men] to whom it happeneth according to the workH4639 of the righteousH6662. I saidH559 that this alsoH1571 is vanityH1892. 15And I commended mirth, because there is nothingH369 betterH2896 for manH120 under the sunH8121 than to eatH398, and to drinkH8354, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the daysH3117 of his life, which 1GodH430 hath givenH5414 him under the sunH8121. 16When I applied my heartH3820 to knowH3045 wisdomH2451, and to seeH7200 the business that is done upon the earthH776 (for alsoH1571 there is that neither dayH3117 nor nightH3915 seeth sleepH8142 with his eyesH5869), 17then I sawH7200 that all [is] the workH4639 of 2GodH430, [and] that manH120 cannot findH4672 out the workH4639 that is done under the sunH8121: because however manH120 may labour to seekH1245 [it] out, yet doth he not findH4672 [it]; and even, if a wiseH2450 [manH120] think to knowH3045 [it], he shall not be ableH3201 to findH4672 [it] out.

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  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 8:15 8.15 Elohim ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 8:17 8.17 Elohim ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 8

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