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Topic:ecclesiastes Chapter 8 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of ecclesiastes, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Ecclesiastes 8
KJV with Strong's
1Whoisastheman?andwhotheofa?amakethhisto,andtheofhisshallbe.
2Icounseltheetothe,andthatinoftheof.
3Benottogoofhis:notinan;forhewhatsoeverhim.
4Wheretheofais,thereis:andwhomayuntohim,Whatthou?
5Whosotheshallno:andawisebothand.
6Becausetoeverythereand,thereforetheofisuponhim.
7Forhenotthatwhichshallbe:forwhocanhimwhenitshallbe?
8Thereisnothathathoverthetothe;neitherhathheintheof:andthereisnointhat;neithershallthosethataretoit.
9AllthishaveI,andmyuntoeverythatisunderthe:thereisawhereinoneoveranothertohisown.
10AndIthe,whohadandfromtheofthe,andtheywereinthewheretheyhadso:thisisalso.
11Becauseagainstanisnot,thereforetheoftheofisfullyinthemto.
12Thoughaanhundred,andhisdaysbe,yetsurelyIthatitshallbewiththemthat,whichhim:
13Butitshallnotbewiththe,neithershallhehis,whichareasa;becausehenot.
14Thereawhichisuponthe;thattherebemen,untowhomitaccordingtotheofthe;again,theremen,towhomitaccordingtotheofthe:Ithatthisis.
15ThenI,becauseahathnobetterunderthe,thanto,andto,andtobe:forthatshallwithhimofhistheofhis,whichhimunderthe.
16WhenImineto,andtothethatisuponthe:(foralsothereisthatneithernorwithhis:)
17ThenIalltheof,thatafindthethatisunderthe:atoseekit,yetheshallnotit;yeafurther;thoughamantoit,yetshallhenotbetoit.