New American Standard Bible 2020

Ecclesiastes 8:5-8

5One who 1keeps a royal command 2experiences no 3trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

6For 4there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a person’s trouble is heavy upon him.

7If no one 5knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

8 6No 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 7evil will not save 8those who practice it.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Eccl 12:13 ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Prov 12:21 ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Lit evil thing ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 8:6 Eccl 3:1, 17 ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 8:7 Eccl 3:22; 6:12; 7:14; 9:12 ↩
6. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Ps 49:7 ↩
7. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Eccl 8:13 ↩
8. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Lit its possessors ↩

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