Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 8:6

Ecclesiastes chapter 8 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

Context

v.5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

v.6This passage

v.7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1

    For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17

    I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

  • Isaiah 22:12

    And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

  • Hebrews 3:7

    Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

  • Ecclesiastes 3:11

    He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

  • Luke 13:25

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;