Ecclesiastes 8:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

KJV

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.shall…: Heb. shall know

WEB

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

ASV

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

LSV

Whoever is keeping a command knows no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knows.

YLT

Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

DBY

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knoweth time and manner.

DRC

He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.

GNV

He that keepeth the commandement, shall knowe none euill thing, and the heart of the wise shall knowe the time and iudgement.

JPS

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment.

LXXE

He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שׁוֹמֵ֣ר מִצְוָ֔ה לֹ֥א יֵדַ֖ע דָּבָ֣ר רָ֑ע וְעֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֔ט יֵדַ֖ע לֵ֥ב חָכָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ φυλάσσων ἐντολὴν, οὐ γνώσεται ῥῆμα πονηρὸν, καὶ καιρὸν κρίσεως γινώσκει καρδία σοφοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
• Philippians 1:9–10And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
• 1 Peter 3:13–14Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
• 1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
• Romans 13:5–7Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their…
• Luke 20:25So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
• Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
• Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
• Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
• Ecclesiastes 8:2Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
• Luke 12:56–57You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time? And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
• Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14–15The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things,…
• Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

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