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Ecclesiastes 8:8

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Ecclesiastes 8:8 King James Version (KJV)

8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 8:8 New International Version (NIV)

8 As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Footnotes:

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so
New International Version (NIV)

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Ecclesiastes 8:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is no release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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