New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:6
6for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.
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
4His command is backed by great power. No one can resist or question it. 5Those who obey him will not be punished. Those who are wise will find a time and a way to do what is right, for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble. 7Indeed, how can people avoid what they don’t know is going to happen? 8None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 8Ecclesiastes 8:6 word by word
כִּ֣י לְכָל־חֵ֔פֶץ יֵ֖שׁ עֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּֽי־רָעַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם רַבָּ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 8:6
- Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
- Ecclesiastes 7:13Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
- Isaiah 3:11But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Isaiah 22:12At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
- Luke 13:25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
- Luke 17:26“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
- Luke 19:42“How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
- Hebrews 3:7That is why the Holy Spirit says, “Today when 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
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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
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