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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 8 · verses 5–6 · King James Version
5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment. 6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.Ecclesiastes 8:5-6 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6 in context
3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- keepethshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- purposechêphetspleasureH2656 →
- man'schâkâmwiseH2450 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- feelyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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