Ecclesiastes 8

Verse 1

WEB Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

KJV Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

TSK Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.: ec 2:13,14, 1co 2:13-16; who knoweth: ge 40:8, ge 41:15,16,38,39, job 33:23, pr 1:6, da 2:28-30,47, da 4:18,19, 2pe 1:20; a man's: ex 34:29,30, pr 4:8,9, pr 17:24, pr 24:5, mt 17:2, ac 6:15; and the: de 28:50, ac 4:13,29, eph 6:19; boldness: 2ti 4:17

Verse 2

WEB I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

KJV I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

TSK I counsel: pr 24:21, ro 13:1-4, tit 3:1, 1pe 2:13-17; in regard: 1ki 2:43, 1ch 29:24, eze 17:13-20, ro 13:5

Verse 3

WEB Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

KJV Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

TSK not hasty: ec 10:4, pr 14:29; stand: 1ki 1:50-52, 1ki 2:21-24, isa 48:4, jer 44:16,17, ac 5:8,9; for: pr 16:14,15, pr 30:31, da 4:35, da 5:19

Verse 4

WEB for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

KJV Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

TSK the word: 1ki 2:25,29-34,46, pr 19:12, pr 20:2, pr 30:31, da 3:15, lu 12:4,5, ro 13:1-4; What: job 33:12,13, job 34:18,19, ro 9:20

Verse 5

WEB Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

KJV Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

TSK keepeth: ec 8:2, ex 1:17,20,21, ps 119:6, ho 5:11, lu 20:25, ac 4:19, ac 5:29, ro 13:5-7, 1pe 3:13,14; a wise: ec 2:14, ec 10:2, 1ch 12:32, pr 17:24, lu 12:56,57, 1co 2:14,15, php 1:9,10, col 1:9, heb 5:14

Verse 6

WEB For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

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

TSK to every: ec 3:1,11,17, ec 7:13,14; therefore: ec 11:9,10, ec 12:1, isa 3:11-14, isa 22:12-14, lu 13:25, lu 17:26-30, lu 19:42-44, heb 3:7-11

Verse 7

WEB For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

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

TSK he knoweth: ec 6:12, ec 9:12, ec 10:14, pr 24:22, pr 29:1, mt 24:44,50, mt 25:6-13, 1th 5:1-3

Verse 8

WEB There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

KJV There 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.

TSK is no: ec 3:21, 2sa 14:14, job 14:5, job 34:14, ps 49:6-9, ps 89:48, heb 9:27; power: 1co 15:43, 2co 13:4; discharge: de 20:1-8, 2ki 7:15; neither: ps 9:17, ps 52:5-7, ps 73:18-28, pr 14:32, isa 28:15,18

Verse 9

WEB All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

KJV All 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.

TSK this: ec 1:14, ec 3:10, ec 4:7,8, ec 7:25; there is: ec 5:8,13, ex 14:5-9,28, de 2:30, 2ki 14:10-12, 2ki 25:7

Verse 10

WEB So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

KJV And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

TSK so: 2ki 9:34,35, job 21:18,32,33, lu 16:22; the place: ps 122:1-5, ac 6:13; they were: ec 2:16, ec 9:5, ps 31:12, pr 10:7, jer 17:13, heb 10:38

Verse 11

WEB Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

KJV Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

TSK sentence: ex 8:15,32, job 21:11-15, ps 10:6, ps 50:21,22, isa 5:18,19, isa 26:10, isa 57:11, jer 48:11, mt 24:49,50, ro 2:4,5, 2pe 3:3-10; fully: jer 42:15

Verse 12

WEB Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

KJV Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

TSK a sinner: ec 5:16, ec 7:15, 1ki 2:5-9, 1ki 21:25, 1ki 22:34,35, pr 13:21, isa 65:20, ro 2:5, ro 9:22, 2pe 2:9; surely: ec 7:18, ps 37:11,18,19, ps 112:1, ps 115:13, pr 1:32,33, isa 3:10,11, isa 65:13,14,20-24, mt 25:34,41-46, lu 1:50; fear before: ec 3:14, 1ch 16:30, ps 96:9

Verse 13

WEB But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.

KJV But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

TSK it shall: job 18:5, job 20:5, job 21:30, ps 11:5, isa 57:21, mal 3:18, mt 13:49,50, joh 5:29; neither: ps 55:23, isa 30:13, 2pe 2:3; as a: ec 6:12, job 7:6,7, job 14:2, ps 39:5, ps 144:4, jas 4:14

Verse 14

WEB There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

KJV There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

TSK a vanity: ec 4:4,8, ec 9:3, ec 10:5; there be just: ec 2:14, ec 7:15, ec 9:1-3, job 9:22-24, job 21:17-34, job 24:21-25, ps 73:13,14, mal 3:15

Verse 15

WEB Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

TSK Then I: ec 2:24, ec 3:12,13,22, ec 5:18, ec 9:7-9, 1ti 4:3,4, 1ti 6:17

Verse 16

WEB When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

KJV When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

TSK When I: ec 8:9, ec 8:7, ec 7:25; there is that: ec 2:23, ec 4:8, ec 5:12, ge 31:40, ps 127:2

Verse 17

WEB then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

KJV Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

TSK that a man: ec 3:11, ec 7:23,24, ec 11:5, job 5:9, job 11:7-9, ps 40:5, ps 73:16, ps 104:24, pr 30:3,4, isa 40:28, ro 11:33