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for to every [a]purpose there is a time and judgment; because the [b]misery of man is great upon him: for he knoweth not that which shall be; [c]for who can tell him how it shall be? There is no man that hath power over the [d]spirit to retain the [e]spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge [f]in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:6 Or, matter
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:6 Or, evil
  3. Ecclesiastes 8:7 Or, for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
  4. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, wind
  5. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, wind
  6. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, in battle