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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ecclesiastes 8 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Ecclesiastes 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/7.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 7">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 8 <a href="../ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>WHO is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, but he who is impudent shall be hated.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Keep the king's command, and in regard of the oath of God be not hasty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Go from his presence; and do not stand firm in an evil matter; for he does whatsoever pleases him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>In what manner the king speaks is lawful; and who can say to him, What are you doing?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>He who keeps a command shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, because the misery of man is great upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>For there is no one who knows that which has been; and who can tell him what will be after him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>There is no man who has power over the wind to withhold the wind; neither has he power over the day of death; and there is no escape from duty in the day of battle; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time wherein one man rules over another to hurt him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done such evil things; this also is vanity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Because vengeance against the evil-doers is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>He who sins does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with the worshippers of the LORD, that they may fear before him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; there are just men, to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous; I said that this also is vanity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Then I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be merry; for that shall accompany him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business which is done upon the earth; for there are those whose eyes see no sleep either day or night. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work which is done under the sun; all that a man may labor to seek out, yet he will not find it; and whosoever says that he is wise yet will not be able to find it.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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