Ecclesiastes 8:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

KJV

¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

WEB

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

ASV

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

LSV

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great on him.

YLT

For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

DBY

For to every purpose there is time and manner. For the misery of man is great upon him;

DRC

There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:

GNV

For to euery purpose there is a time and iudgement, because the miserie of man is great vpon him.

JPS

For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֣י לְכָל־חֵ֔פֶץ יֵ֖שׁ עֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּֽי־רָעַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם רַבָּ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι παντὶ πράγματί ἐστι καιρὸς καὶ κρίσις, ὅτι γνῶσις τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πολλὴ ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
• Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
• Luke 19:42–44and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on…
• Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
• Ecclesiastes 7:13–14Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot…
• Luke 17:26–30Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and…
• Hebrews 3:7–11Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty…
• Isaiah 22:12–14On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and…
• Ecclesiastes 11:9–12:1Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to…
• Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• Isaiah 3:11–14Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your…

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