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Ecclesiastes 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Obey Rulers

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:1

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Who H4310 is like the wise H2450 person H2450 and who H4310 knows H3045 the meaning H6592 of a matter H1697? A person’s H120 wisdom H2451 illuminates H215 his face H6440 and makes his stern H5797 face H6440 [fn]brighten H8132 up H8132.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:2

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I say, “Keep H8104 the [fn]command H6310 of the king H4428 because H5921 H1697 of the oath H7621 [fn]before God H430.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - “Do not be H926 in H926 a H926 hurry H926 [fn]to leave H1980 H4480 him. Do not join H5975 in an evil H7451 matter H1697, for he will do H6213 whatever H3605 H834 he pleases H2654.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:4 - Since H834 the word H1697 of the king H4428 is authoritative H7983, who H4310 will say H559 to him, “What H4100 are you doing H6213?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:5

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One who keeps H8104 a royal command H4687 experiences H3045 no H3808 [fn]trouble H1697 H7451, for a wise H2450 heart H3820 knows H3045 the proper time H6256 and procedure H4941.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For there H3426 is H3426 a proper time H6256 and procedure H4941 for every H3605 delight H2656, though H3588 a person’s H120 trouble H7451 is heavy H7227 upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:7 - If H3588 no H369 one H369 knows H3045 what H4100 will happen H1961, who H4310 can tell H5046 him when H3588 H834 it will happen H1961?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No H369 one H120 has H7989 authority H7989 over the wind H7307 to restrain H3607 the wind H7307, nor H369 authority H7983 over the day H3117 of death H4194; and there H369 is H369 no H369 military discharge H4917 in the time H4421 of H4421 war H4421, and evil H7562 will not save H4422 [fn]those H1167 who H1167 practice H1167 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All H3605 this H2088 I have seen H7200, and have applied H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to every H3605 deed H4639 that has been done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 at a time H6256 when H834 one person H120 has exercised H7980 authority H7980 over another person H120 to his detriment H7451.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

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So H3651 then, I have seen H7200 the wicked H7563 buried H6912, those who used to go H935 in H935 and out of the holy H6918 place H4725, and they are soon forgotten H7911 in the city H5892 where H834 they did H6213 such H3651 things H3651. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - Because H834 the sentence H6599 against an evil H7451 deed H4639 is not executed H6213 quickly H4120, therefore H5921 H3651 the hearts H3820 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120 among them are [fn]fully H4390 given H4390 to do H6213 evil H7451.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Although H834 a sinner H2398 does H6213 evil H7451 a hundred H3967 times and may lengthen H748 his life, still H3588 H1571 I know H3045 that it will go H1961 well H2896 for those who fear H3372 God H430, who H834 fear H3372 [fn]Him openly H4480 H6440.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not go H1961 well H2896 for the evil H7563 person H7563 and he will not lengthen H748 his days H3117 like a shadow H6738, because H834 he does not fear H3372 God H430.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

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There H3426 is H3426 futility H1892 which H834 is done H6213 on the earth H776, that is, there H3426 are H3426 righteous H6662 people H6662 to whom H834 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the deeds H4639 of the wicked H7563. On the other hand, there H3426 are H3426 evil H7563 people H7563 to whom H7945 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the deeds H4639 of the righteous H6662. I say H559 that this H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended H7623 pleasure H8057, for there H369 is H369 nothing H369 good H2896 for a person H120 under H8478 the sun H8121 except H3588 H518 to eat H398, drink H8354, and be H8055 joyful H8055, and this H1931 will stand H3867 by him in his labor H5999 throughout the days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him under H8478 the sun H8121.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:16

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When H834 I devoted H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to know H3045 wisdom H2451 and to see H7200 the business H6045 which H834 has been done H6213 on the earth H776 (even H1571 though H3588 one H369 should [fn]never H369 sleep H7200 H8142 H5869 day H3117 or night H3915),

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw H7200 every H3605 work H4639 of God H430, I concluded that one H120 cannot H3201 H3808 discover H4672 the work H4639 which H834 has been done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121. Even though H7945 H834 a person H120 laboriously H5998 seeks H1245, he will not discover H4672; and even H1571 if H518 the wise H2450 person H2450 claims H559 to know H3045, he cannot H3201 H3808 discover H4672.
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