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Ecclesiastes 8:7

If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

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Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not save those who practice it.

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Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and have applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.

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Ecclesiastes 8:10

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility.

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Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are fully given to do evil.

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Ecclesiastes 8:12

Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will go well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly.

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Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well for the evil person and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

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