Ecclesiastes 8:6-9

King James Version

⁶Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

⁷For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

⁸There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

⁹All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

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Ecclesiastes 8:6-9

New King James Version

⁶Because ^(A)for every matter there is a time and judgment,
Though the misery of man ^[a]increases greatly.
⁷^(B)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?
⁸^(C)No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is ^(D)no release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.

⁹All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

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Ecclesiastes 8:6-9

English Standard Version

⁶For there is a time and a way ^(A)for everything, although man's trouble^[a] lies heavy on him. ⁷For he ^(B)does not know what is to be, for ^(C)who can tell him how it will be? ⁸No man has power to ^(D)retain the spirit, ^(E)or power over the day of death. There is no ^(F)discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. ⁹^(G)All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.