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| 8:1 | Who is as the Wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a mans wisedome maketh his face to shine, and the boldnes of his face shalbe changed. |
| 8:2 | I counsell thee, to keepe the kings commandement, and that in regard of the oath of God. |
| 8:3 | Bee not hastie to goe out of his sight: stand not in an euill thing, for he doeth whatsoeuer pleaseth him. |
| 8:4 | Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say vnto him, What doest thou? |
| 8:5 | Whoso keepeth the commandement, shall feele no euill thing: and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and iudgement. |
| 8:6 | Because to euery purpose there is time, and iudgement; therefore the misery of man is great vpon him. |
| 8:7 | For hee knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him, when it shall be? |
| 8:8 | There is no man that hath power ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that warre, neither shall wickednesse deliuer those that are giuen to it. |
| 8:9 | All this haue I seene, and applied my heart vnto euery worke that is done vnder the Sunne: there is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt. |
| 8:10 | And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come, and gone from the place of the Holy, and they were forgotten in the city, where they had so done: this is also vanitie. |
| 8:11 | Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sonnes of men is fully set in them to doe euill. |
| 8:12 | Though a sinner doe euill an hundred times, and his dayes be prolonged; yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that feare God, which feare before him. |
| 8:13 | But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall hee prolong his dayes which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. |
| 8:14 | There is a vanitie which is done vpon the earth, that there be iust men vnto whom it happeneth according to the worke of the wicked: againe, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the worke of the righteous: I said, that this also is vanitie. |
| 8:15 | Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing vnder the Sunne, then to eate and to drinke, and to be merrie: for that shall abide with him of his labour, the dayes of his life, which God giueth him vnder the Sunne. |
| 8:16 | When I applied mine heart to know wisedome, and to see the busines that is done vpon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleepe with his eyes.) |
| 8:17 | Then I behelde all the worke of God, that a man cannot finde out the worke that is done vnder the Sunne: because though a man labour to seeke it out, yea further though a wise man thinke to know it, yet shall hee not be able to finde it. |
| 8:1 | Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour |
| 8:2 | Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same |
| 8:3 | Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he |
| 8:4 | Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou |
| 8:5 | Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall feele no harme: but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement |
| 8:6 | For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement: and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe |
| 8:7 | And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe |
| 8:8 | Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite, nor to haue any power in the tyme of death, nor that can make an ende of the battayle, neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall |
| 8:9 | All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme |
| 8:10 | For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing |
| 8:11 | Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished, the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse |
| 8:12 | Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes, and God deferreth, geuing hym long life, therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God, whiche haue hym before their eyes |
| 8:13 | Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God |
| 8:14 | Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth: There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Againe, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous: This haue I called also a vayne thing |
| 8:15 | Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne |
| 8:16 | And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night |
| 8:17 | I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them |
| 8:1 | Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? the wisedome of a man doth make his face to shine: and the strength of his face shalbe changed. |
| 8:2 | I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God. |
| 8:3 | Haste not to goe forth of his sight: stand not in an euill thing: for he will doe whatsoeuer pleaseth him. |
| 8:4 | Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou? |
| 8:5 | He that keepeth the commandement, shall knowe none euill thing, and the heart of the wise shall knowe the time and iudgement. |
| 8:6 | For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him. |
| 8:7 | For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe? |
| 8:8 | Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof. |
| 8:9 | All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt. |
| 8:10 | And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie. |
| 8:11 | Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill. |
| 8:12 | Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him. |
| 8:13 | But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God. |
| 8:14 | There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie. |
| 8:15 | And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne. |
| 8:16 | When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe, |
| 8:17 | Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it. |
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