Ecclesiastes 8 (NET)

Ecclesiastes 8:1¹Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person’s wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:15Deut 28:502 Pet 1:202 Tim 4:17Acts 4:13Acts 4:29Dan 4:18-19Eccl 2:13-14Exod 34:29-30Job 33:23

Ecclesiastes 8:2²Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:21Titus 3:11 Kgs 2:431 Pet 2:13-17Rom 13:1-51 Chr 29:242 Sam 21:7Exod 22:11Ezek 17:13-20

Ecclesiastes 8:3³Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste—do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:4Acts 5:8-9Dan 4:35Dan 5:19Prov 14:291 Kgs 1:50-521 Kgs 2:21-24Isa 48:4Jer 44:16-17Prov 16:14-15

Ecclesiastes 8:4⁴Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him, “What are you doing?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:12Rom 13:1-4Dan 4:35Prov 20:2Job 34:18-19Prov 19:12Rom 9:201 Kgs 2:251 Kgs 2:29-341 Kgs 2:46

Ecclesiastes 8:5⁵Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 5:141 Pet 3:13-14Phil 1:9-101 Chr 12:32Acts 4:19Luke 20:25Rom 13:5-71 Cor 2:14-15Acts 5:29Eccl 10:2

Ecclesiastes 8:6⁶For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 3:1Eccl 3:17Eccl 3:11Luke 19:42-44Eccl 7:13-14Luke 17:26-30Eccl 11:9-12:1Heb 3:7-11Isa 22:12-14Isa 3:11-14

Ecclesiastes 8:7⁷Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:14Eccl 6:12Eccl 9:12Matt 24:50Prov 24:22Eccl 3:22Matt 24:44Matt 25:6-13Prov 29:11 Thess 5:1-3

Ecclesiastes 8:8⁸Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 14:5Ps 89:48Heb 9:27Ps 49:6-9Eccl 3:21Isa 28:15Prov 14:32Ps 9:171 Cor 15:432 Cor 13:4

Ecclesiastes 8:9⁹While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 5:8Eccl 4:7-8Eccl 5:132 Kgs 14:10-12Deut 2:30Eccl 1:14Eccl 3:10Eccl 7:25Exod 14:28Exod 14:5-9

Ecclesiastes 8:10¹⁰Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:16Eccl 9:5Prov 10:72 Kgs 9:34-35Acts 6:13Eccl 1:11Heb 10:38Jer 17:13Job 21:18Job 21:32-33

Ecclesiastes 8:11¹¹When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 26:10Ps 50:21-22Rom 2:4-52 Pet 3:3-10Matt 24:49-50Ps 10:6Jer 48:11Job 21:11-15Exod 8:15Isa 5:18-19

Ecclesiastes 8:12¹²Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people —for they stand in fear before him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:112 Pet 2:9Luke 1:50Eccl 7:15Eccl 3:14Isa 3:10-11Ps 37:18-19Isa 65:20-24Rom 9:22Matt 25:34

Ecclesiastes 8:13¹³But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 6:12Isa 3:11Job 14:2Isa 57:21Mal 3:182 Pet 2:3Isa 30:13Jas 4:14Job 18:5Job 20:5

Ecclesiastes 8:14¹⁴Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, “This also is an enigma.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:15Eccl 2:14Mal 3:15Eccl 9:1-3Job 21:7Ps 73:12-14Ps 73:3Eccl 10:5Eccl 4:4Eccl 4:8

Ecclesiastes 8:15¹⁵So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life that God gives him on earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:24Eccl 5:18Eccl 3:12-13Eccl 9:7-91 Tim 4:3-41 Tim 6:17Eccl 3:22

Ecclesiastes 8:16¹⁶When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth— even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:23Eccl 1:13Ps 127:2Eccl 4:8Eccl 5:12Eccl 7:25Eccl 8:7Eccl 8:9Gen 31:40

Ecclesiastes 8:17¹⁷then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 3:11Ps 73:16Rom 11:33Eccl 7:23-24Isa 40:28Job 5:9Eccl 11:5Job 11:7-9Prov 30:3-4Ps 40:5