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Brenton's Septuagint

Ecclesiastes 8:6

For to every thing there is time and judgement; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ignorance;   The Topic Concordance - Man;   Time;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ecclesiastes;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sirach, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for August 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though a person’s troubles are heavy on him.
Hebrew Names Version
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
King James Version
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
English Standard Version
For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.
New American Standard Bible
For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a person's trouble is heavy upon him.
New Century Version
There is a right time and a right way for everything, yet people often have many troubles.
Amplified Bible
For there is a proper time and [appropriate] procedure for every delight, Though mankind's misery and trouble lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].
World English Bible
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him.
Legacy Standard Bible
For there is a proper time and custom for every matter, though a man's trouble is multiplied upon him.
Berean Standard Bible
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.
Contemporary English Version
Life is hard, but there is a time and a place for everything,
Complete Jewish Bible
For to everything there is a right time and a judgment, since people are greatly troubled
Darby Translation
For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;
Easy-to-Read Version
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
George Lamsa Translation
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, because the misery of man is great upon him.
Good News Translation
There is a right time and a right way to do everything, but we know so little!
Lexham English Bible
For there is a proper time and right procedure for every matter, even though the trouble of man weighs heavy upon him.
Literal Translation
Because there is a time and judgment to every purpose, in this the evil of man is great upon him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment, and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes & sorowe.
American Standard Version
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
Bible in Basic English
For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
King James Version (1611)
Because to euery purpose there is time, and iudgement; therefore the misery of man is great vpon him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement: and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe.
English Revised Version
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Tyme and cesoun is to ech werk; and myche turment is of a man,
Update Bible Version
for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great on him:
Webster's Bible Translation
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.
New English Translation
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.
New King James Version
Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly.
New Living Translation
for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.
New Life Bible
For there is a right time and way for everything, even if a man's trouble is heavy upon him.
New Revised Standard
For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner, - when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
Revised Standard Version
For every matter has its time and way, although man's trouble lies heavy upon him.
Young's Literal Translation
For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man's trouble is heavy upon him.

Contextual Overview

6 For to every thing there is time and judgement; for the knowledge of a man is great to him. 7 For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be? 8 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to every: Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Ecclesiastes 7:14

therefore: Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Isaiah 3:11-14, Isaiah 22:12-14, Luke 13:25, Luke 17:26-30, Luke 19:42-44, Hebrews 3:7-11

Reciprocal: Job 10:13 - hid Job 24:1 - seeing Proverbs 13:23 - destroyed Proverbs 15:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:16
And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
Daniel 6:10
And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment,.... There is a fit season, and a right and proper manner of doing everything that is to be done; see Ecclesiastes 3:1; which a wise man discerns; and which when a man hits upon, it prevents a great deal of mischief, which for want of it comes upon men, as the following clause shows; some refer this to the punishment of the wicked, and to a future judgment. So the Targum,

"to every business there is a time good and evil, and according to the judgment of truth the whole world is judged;''

and to the same purpose Jarchi,

"there is a time fixed for the visitation of the wicked, and there is judgment before the Lord; this is vengeance or punishment;''

therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him; he not observing the right time and manner of doing what he ought, brings much trouble upon himself; his days are few and full trouble, and every day has a sufficiency of evil in because of the evil of sin, the evil of misery presses upon him, and is a heavy burden on him Jarchi's note is,

"when the wickedness of a man is great, then cometh his visitation.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Because, therefore - , Or, as in Ecclesiastes 8:7, “for.”

The possibility of God’s time and judgment being in opposition to a king’s purpose or commandment Ecclesiastes 8:5, suggests the thought that such discord is a misery (evil, Ecclesiastes 6:1) common to man (or, mankind).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:6. To every purpose there is time — חפץ chaphets, every volition, every thing that depends on the will of man. He has generally the opportunity to do whatever he purposes; and as his purposes are frequently evil, his acts are so too: and in consequence his misery is great.


 
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