Ecclesiastes 8

1 ♥ 📝 W ho is as the wise^H2450 man? and who knoweth^H3045 the interpretation^H6592 of a thing?^H1697 A man's^H120 wisdom^H2451 maketh his face^H6440 to shine,^H215 and the hardness^H5797 of his face^H6440 is changed.^H8132

2 ♥ 📝 I [counsel thee], Keep^H8104 the king's^H4428 command,^H6310 and that in regard^H1700 of the oath^H7621 of God.^H430

3 ♥ 📝 Be not hasty^H926 to go out^H3212 of his presence;^H6440 persist^H5975 not in an evil^H7451 thing:^H1697 for he doeth^H6213 whatsoever pleaseth^H2654 him.

4 ♥ 📝 For the king's^H4428 word^H1697 [hath] power;^H7983 and who may say^H559 unto him, What doest^H6213 thou?

5 ♥ 📝 Whoso keepeth^H8104 the commandment^H4687 shall know^H3045 no evil^H7451 thing;^H1697 and a wise man's^H2450 heart^H3820 discerneth^H3045 time^H6256 and judgment:^H4941

6 ♥ 📝 for to every purpose^H2656 there is^H3426 a time^H6256 and judgment;^H4941 because the misery^H7451 of man^H120 is great^H7227 upon him:

7 ♥ 📝 for he knoweth^H3045 not that which shall be; for who can tell^H5046 him how it shall be?

8 ♥ 📝 There is no man^H120 that hath power^H7989 over the spirit^H7307 to retain^H3607 the spirit;^H7307 neither hath he power^H7983 over the day^H3117 of death;^H4194 and there is no discharge^H4917 in war:^H4421 neither shall wickedness^H7562 deliver^H4422 him that is given^H1167 to it.

9 ♥ 📝 All this have I seen,^H7200 and applied^H5414 my heart^H3820 unto every work^H4639 that is done^H6213 under the sun:^H8121 [there is] a time^H6256 wherein one man^H120 hath power^H7980 over another to his hurt.^H7451

10 ♥ 📝 So^H3651 I saw^H7200 the wicked^H7563 buried,^H6912 and they came^H935 [to the grave];^H1980 and they that had done^H6213 right went away from the holy^H6918 place,^H4725 and were forgotten^H7911 in the city:^H5892 this also is vanity.^H1892

11 ♥ 📝 Because sentence^H6599 against an evil^H7451 work^H4639 is not executed^H6213 speedily,^H4120 therefore the heart^H3820 of the sons^H1121 of men^H120 is fully set^H4390 in them to do^H6213 evil.^H7451

12 ♥ 📝 Though a sinner^H2398 do^H6213 evil^H7451 a hundred times,^H3967 and prolong^H748 his [days], yet surely I know^H3045 that it shall be well^H2896 with them that fear^H3373 God,^H430 that fear^H3373 before^H6440 him:

13 ♥ 📝 but it shall not be well^H2896 with the wicked,^H7563 neither shall he prolong^H748 [his] days,^H3117 [which are] as a shadow;^H6738 because he feareth^H3373 not before^H6440 God.^H430

14 ♥ 📝 There is^H3426 a vanity^H1892 which is done^H6213 upon the earth,^H776 that there are righteous^H6662 men unto whom it happeneth^H5060 according to the work^H4639 of the wicked;^H7563 again, there are^H3426 wicked^H7563 men to whom it happeneth^H5060 according to the work^H4639 of the righteous:^H6662 I said^H559 that this also^H1571 is vanity.^H1892

15 ♥ 📝 Then I commended^H7623 mirth,^H8057 because a man^H120 hath no better thing^H2896 under the sun,^H8121 than to eat,^H398 and to drink,^H8354 and to be joyful:^H8055 for that shall abide^H3867 with him in his labor^H5999 [all] the days^H3117 of his life^H2416 which God^H430 hath given^H5414 him under the sun.^H8121

16 ♥ 📝 When I applied^H5414 my heart^H3820 to know^H3045 wisdom,^H2451 and to see^H7200 the business^H6045 that is done^H6213 upon the earth^H776 (for also there is that neither day^H3117 nor night^H3915 seeth^H7200 sleep^H8142 with his eyes),^H5869

17 ♥ 📝 then I beheld^H7200 all the work^H4639 of God,^H430 that man^H120 cannot^H3201 find out^H4672 the work^H4639 that is done^H6213 under the sun:^H8121 because^H834 however^H7945 much a man^H120 labor^H5998 to seek it out,^H1245 yet he shall not find^H4672 it; yea moreover, though a wise^H2450 man think^H559 to know^H3045 it, yet shall he not be able^H3201 to find^H4672 it.