Ecclesiastes 8:5

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3 ^aDo not be hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand for an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.”

4 Where the word of a king is, there is power;
And ^awho may say to him, “What are you doing?”

5 He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful;
And a wise man’s heart¹ discerns both time and judgment,

6 Because ^afor every matter there is a time and judgment,
Though the misery of man¹ increases greatly.

7 ^aFor he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?

8 ^aNo one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is ^bno release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.

9 All 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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10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were ^aforgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

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Experience {Forerunner Commentary}
Experience {Nave's Topical Bible}

Heart {Forerunner Commentary}
Heart {Nave's Topical Bible}

Judgment {Forerunner Commentary}
Judgment {Nave's Topical Bible}

Man {Forerunner Commentary}
Man {Nave's Topical Bible}
Man {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Time {Forerunner Commentary}
Time {Nave's Topical Bible}
Time {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}

Command {Forerunner Commentary}

Nothing {Forerunner Commentary}

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