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Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
Easy-to-Read Version
Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
Easy-to-Read Version
5 People will be safe if they obey his command. But wise people know the right time to do this, and they also know when to do the right thing.
6 There is a right time and a right way to do everything. You must decide what you should do, even when it might cause problems 7 and you are not sure what will happen. No one can tell you what will happen in the future.
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
New International Version
5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,(A)
though a person may be weighed down by misery.
7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
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