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|Eclesiastes 8:1| Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the harshness of his face is softened.
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|Eclesiastes 8:2| The Value of Obedience I say, “Keep the king’s command, because of your oath to God.
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|Eclesiastes 8:3| Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand in an unpleasant matter, for he does whatever pleases him.”
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|Eclesiastes 8:4| For the word of the king is powerful, and who would say to him, “What are you doing?”
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|Eclesiastes 8:5| He who keeps his command will know no evil thing; and a wise heart will know the appropriate time and just way.
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|Eclesiastes 8:6| For to every matter there is an appropriate time and just way, though a man’s distress weighs heavily on him.
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|Eclesiastes 8:7| For he does not know what will happen; for who can declare to him what will occur?
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|Eclesiastes 8:8| There is not a man with mastery over the wind to restrain it, nor with power over the day of death. And no one can discharge a battle, nor can wickedness rescue the one possessing it.
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|Eclesiastes 8:9| All this I saw while applying my heart to every work that is done under the sun, when one man rules over another to the other’s hurt.
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|Eclesiastes 8:10| God’s Unknowable Ways Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did works. This is also vanity.
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