Ecclesiastes 8

1Who is as the wiseH2450 manH120? and who knoweth the interpretationH6592 of a thingH1697? A man’sH120 wisdomH2451 maketh his faceH6440 to shineH215, and the hardness of his faceH6440 is changedH8132. 2I counselH6310 thee, KeepH8104 the king’sH4428 commandH6310, and that in regardH8104 of the oathH7621 of GodH430. 3Be notH408 hasty to go outH6440 of his presenceH6440; persistH5975 notH408 in an evilH7451 thingH1697: for he doeth whatsoeverH3605 pleaseth him. 4BecauseH834 the king’sH4428 wordH1697 hath power; and who may sayH559 unto him, WhatH4100 doest thou? 5Whoso keepeth the commandmentH4687 shall knowH3045 noH3808 evilH7451 thingH1697; and a wiseH2450 man’sH2450 heartH3820 discerneth time and judgmentH4941: 6for to everyH3605 purposeH2656 there is a time and judgmentH4941; becauseH3588 the misery of manH120 is greatH7227 uponH5921 him: 7for he knoweth notH369 that whichH834 shall be; for who canH4310 tellH5046 him howH4100 it shall be? 8There is noH3808 manH120 that hath power over the spiritH7307 to retainH4422 the spiritH7307; neitherH3808 hath he power over the dayH3117 of deathH4194; and there is noH3808 dischargeH4917 in that warH4421: neitherH3808 shall wickednessH7562 deliverH4422 him that is given to it. 9AllH3605 this have I seenH7200, and appliedH5414 my heartH3820 unto everyH3605 workH4639 that is doneH6213 underH8478 the sunH8121: there is a time whereinH834 one manH120 hath power over anotherH2088 to his hurt. 10And withal I sawH7200 the wickedH7563 buriedH6912, and they cameH935 to the grave; and they that had doneH6213 rightH3651 wentH1980 awayH1980 from the holyH6918 placeH4725, and were forgottenH7911 in the cityH5892: this also is vanityH1892. 11BecauseH5921 sentenceH6599 againstH5921 an evilH7451 workH4639 is notH369 executedH7451 speedilyH4120, therefore the heartH3820 of the sonsH1121 of menH120 is fullyH4390 setH4390 in them to doH6213 evilH7451. 12ThoughH3588 a sinnerH2398 doH6213 evilH7451 an hundredH3967 timesH6440, and prolongH748 his days, yet surelyH3588 I knowH3045 that it shall be wellH1571 with them that fearH3372 GodH430, whichH834 fearH3372 beforeH6440 him: 13but it shall notH3808 be wellH2896 with the wickedH7563, neitherH3808 shall he prolongH748 his daysH3117, whichH834 are as a shadowH6738; becauseH834 he feareth notH3808 beforeH6440 GodH430. 14There is a vanityH1892 whichH834 is doneH6213 uponH5921 the earthH776; that there be righteousH6662 menH7563, unto whomH834 it happeneth accordingH5921 to the workH4639 of the wickedH7563; again, there be wickedH7563 menH7563, to whomH834 it happeneth accordingH5921 to the workH4639 of the righteousH6662: I saidH559 that this also is vanityH1892. 15Then I commended mirthH8057, becauseH3588 a manH120 hath noH369 betterH2896 thingH3588 underH8478 the sunH8121, thanH2896 to eatH398, and to drinkH8354, and to be merryH8055: for that shall abide with him in his labour allH3117 the daysH3117 of his lifeH3117 whichH834 GodH430 hath givenH5414 him underH8478 the sunH8121. 16When I appliedH5414 mine heartH3820 to knowH3045 wisdomH2451, and to seeH7200 the business that is doneH6213 uponH5921 the earthH776: (for also there is that neitherH369 dayH3117 norH369 nightH3915 seeth sleepH8142 with his eyesH5869:) 17then I beheld allH3605 the workH4639 of GodH430, that manH120 cannotH3808 findH4672 outH3045 the workH4639 that is doneH6213 underH8478 the sunH8121: becauseH3588 howeverH518 muchH834 a manH120 labour to seekH1245 it outH3045, yet he shall notH3808 findH4672 it; yeaH3588 moreoverH1571, thoughH3588 a wiseH2450 manH120 thinkH7200 to knowH3045 it, yet shall he notH3808 be ableH3201 to findH4672 it.