Ecc 8 | ABEn | STEP | [ 2 wisdom 1 A man's] will lighten his countenance; and an impudent man's countenance will be detested.

Ecclesiastes 8

CHAPTER 8 Life's Actions

1 [²wisdom ¹A man's] will lighten his countenance; and an impudent man's countenance will be detested. 2 [²the mouth ³of a king ¹Watch]! even because of the word of the oath of God. 3 [²not ³hurriedly ⁵from ⁶his face ¹You should ⁴go]. You should not stand in [²matter ¹an evil], for what ever he wants, he does. 4 As a king exercising authority, and who shall say to him, What do you do? 5 The one keeping the commandment shall not know [²matter ¹an evil]. And [⁴the time ⁵of judgment ³knows ¹the heart ²of the wise]. 6 For every thing there is a season and judgment; for knowledge of man is vast unto him. 7 For there is not one knowing what shall be being; for as it will be, who shall announce to him? 8 There is no man exercising authority over spirit to restrain with the spirit; and there is no exercising authority in the day of death; and there is no discharge in the day of battle; and [²shall not ³preserve ¹impiety] the thing for her. 9 And all this I beheld; and I gave my heart to every action which I had done under the sun; the things, as much as [²exercises authority ¹a man] to a man to inflict evil on him. 10 And then I beheld the impious [²into ³the tombs ¹being brought], and from out of the holy place; and they went and were praised in the city, because they did thus. And indeed this is folly. 11 Because there is no existing objection for the ones doing evil quickly, therefore by this [⁴have full assurance ¹the heart ²of the sons ³of man] in themselves to do evil. 12 The one who sinned did evil from then, and of their duration. For also even I know that there is good to the ones fearing God, so that they should fear from in front of him. 13 But [²good ¹it will not be] to the impious, and he shall not prolong his days which are as a shadow; for he is not fearing from before God. 14 There is a folly which is done upon the earth; that there are just ones that attain unto them, as the action of the impious; and there are impious that attain to them, as the action of the just. I said that, Indeed also this is folly. 15 And I praised with the gladness, because there is no good thing to man under the sun, were it not to eat, and to drink, and to be glad. And it will adhere to him in his effort all the days of his life, as [²gave ³to him ¹God] under the sun. 16 Whereupon I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to behold the distraction being done upon the earth. For also at day and at night [³sleep ⁴with ⁵his eyes ¹a person is not ²seeing]. 17 And I beheld all the actions of God, that [²shall not ³be able ¹man] to find out the action being done under the sun. As long as [²should make an effort ¹man] to seek, even he shall not find it. And indeed, as long as [²should speak ¹the wise] to know it, he shall not be able to find it. For all this I gave to my heart, and my heart [²all ¹beheld] this.