Where the word of the King is, there is power, and who shall say unto him, What doest thou?

He that keepeth the commandment, shall know none evil thing, and the heart of the wise shall know the [a]time, and judgment.

For to every purpose there is a time and judgment, because the [b]misery of man is great upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:5 That is, when time is to obey, and how far he should obey.
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:6 Man of himself is miserable, and therefore ought to do nothing to increase the same, but to work all things by wisdom and counsel.

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