Where the word of a king is, there is power;
And (A)who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful;
And a wise man’s heart [a]discerns both time and judgment,
Because (B)for every matter there is a time and judgment,
Though the misery of man [b]increases greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Lit. knows
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:6 is great upon him

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