Ecclesiastes 8:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.”
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“For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 8:6 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 10:13Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
- Job 33:17to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
- Job 33:19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
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