(A)No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and (B)evil will not save [a]those who practice it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Lit its possessors

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.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so