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Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.[a] 6 For there is a time and a way (A)for everything, although man's trouble[b] lies heavy on him. 7 For he (B)does not know what is to be, for (C)who can tell him how it will be?
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- Ecclesiastes 8:5 Or and judgment
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 Or evil
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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