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Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
American Standard Version
7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; [a]for who can tell him how it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the [b]spirit to retain the [c]spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge [d]in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [e]there is a time wherein one man hath power over another [f]to his hurt.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:7 Or, for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, wind
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, wind
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or, in battle
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 Or, what time one man had etc.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 Or, to his own hurt
Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
New International Version
7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
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.
9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[b] hurt.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 Or to their
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