8:1 Who knows the wise? and who knows the
interpretation of a saying? A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but
a man of shameless countenance will be hated.
8:2 Observe the commandment of the king, and [that] because of the word of
the oath of Elohim.
8:3 Be not hasty; thou shalt go forth out of his presence: stand not in an
evil matter; for he will do whatsoever he shall please,
8:4 even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou?
8:5 He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the
heart of the wise knows the time of judgement.
8:6 For to every thing there I time and judgement; for the knowledge of a
man is great to him.
8:7 For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell
him how it shall be?
8:8 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and
there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day
of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.
8:9 So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been
done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict
him.
8:10 And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and [that] out of
the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because
they had done thus: this also is vanity.
8:11 Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil
quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in
them to do evil.
8:12 He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from
beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear Elohim,
that they may fear before him:
8:13 but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his
days, [which are] as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before Elohim.
8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are
righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly;
and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the
just: I said, This is also vanity.
8:15 Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun,
but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour
all the days of his life, which Elohim has given him under the sun.
8:16 Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble
that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night
sees sleep with his eyes.
8:17 And I beheld all the works of Elohim, that a man shall not be able to
discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man
shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labor to seek it, yet he shall
not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he
shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my
heart has seen all this. |
8:1 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.
8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the
oath of Elohim.
8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he
doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him,
What doest thou?
8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's
heart discerneth both time and judgment.
8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the
misery of man is great upon him.
8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it
shall be?
8:8 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.
8:9 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.
8:10 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.
8:11 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.
8:12 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 Elohim, which fear
before him:
8:13 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 Elohim.
8:14 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.
8:15 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 Elohim giveth him under the sun.
8:16 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:)
8:17 Then I beheld all the work of Elohim, 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. |