Ecclesiastes 8 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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1 H2450 Who is as the wise H3045 [H8802] man? and who knoweth H6592 the interpretation H1697 of a thing? H120 a man's H2451 wisdom H6440 maketh his face H215 [H8686] to shine, H5797 and the boldness H6440 of his face H8132 [H8792] shall be changed.

2 H8104 [H8798] I counsel thee to keep H4428 the king's H6310 mouth, H1700 and that in regard H7621 of the oath H430 of God.

3 H926 [H8735] Be not hasty H3212 [H8799] to go out H6440 of his sight: H5975 [H8799] stand H7451 not in an evil H1697 thing; H6213 [H8799] for he doeth H2654 [H8799] whatever pleaseth him.

4 H1697 Where the word H4428 of a king H7983 is, there is power: H559 [H8799] and who may say H6213 [H8799] to him, What doest thou?

5 H8104 [H8802] He who keepeth H4687 the commandment H3045 [H8799] shall feel H7451 no evil H1697 thing: H2450 and a wise man's H3820 heart H3045 [H8799] discerneth H6256 both time H4941 and judgment.

6 H2656 Because to every purpose H3426 there is H6256 time H4941 and judgment, H7451 therefore the evil H120 of man H7227 is great upon him.

7 H3045 [H8802] For he knoweth H5046 [H8686] not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

8 H120 There is no man H7989 that hath power H7307 over the spirit H3607 [H8800] to retain H7307 the spirit; H7983 neither hath he power H3117 in the day H4194 of death: H4917 and there is no discharge H4421 in that war; H7562 neither shall wickedness H4422 [H8762] deliver H1167 those that are given to it.

9 H7200 [H8804] All this have I seen, H5414 [H8800] and gave H3820 my heart H4639 to every work H6213 [H8738] that is done H8121 under the sun: H6256 there is a time H120 in which one man H7980 [H8804] ruleth H7451 over another to his own hurt.

10 H3651 And so H7200 [H8804] I saw H7563 the wicked H6912 [H8803] buried, H935 [H8804] who had come H1980 [H8762] and gone H4725 from the place H6918 of the holy, H7911 [H8691] and they were forgotten H5892 in the city H6213 [H8804] where they had so done: H1892 this is also vanity.

11 H6599 Because sentence H7451 against an evil H4639 work H6213 [H8738] is not executed H4120 speedily, H3820 therefore the heart H1121 of the sons H120 of men H4390 [H8804] is fully set H6213 [H8800] in them to do H7451 evil.

12 H2398 [H8802] Though a sinner H6213 [H8802] doeth H7451 evil H3967 an hundred times, H748 [H8688] and his days are prolonged, H3045 [H8802] yet surely I know H2896 that it shall be well H3373 with them that fear H430 God, H3372 [H8799] who fear H6440 at the face of him:

13 H2896 But it shall not be well H7563 with the wicked, H748 [H8686] neither shall he prolong H3117 his days, H6738 which are as a shadow; H3373 because he feareth H6440 not at the face of H430 God.

14 H3426 There is H1892 a vanity H6213 [H8738] which is done H776 upon the earth; H6662 that there are just H5060 [H8688] men, to whom it happeneth H4639 according to the work H7563 of the wicked; H3426 again, there are H7563 wicked H5060 [H8688] men, to whom it happeneth H4639 according to the work H6662 of the righteous: H559 [H8804] I said H1571 that this also H1892 is vanity.

15 H7623 [H8765] Then I loudly addressed H8057 mirth, H120 because a man H2896 hath no better thing H8121 under the sun, H398 [H8800] than to eat, H8354 [H8800] and to drink, H8055 [H8800] and to be merry: H3867 [H8799] for that shall abide H5999 with him of his labour H3117 the days H2416 of his life, H430 which God H5414 [H8804] giveth H8121 him under the sun.

16 H5414 [H8804] When I gave H3820 my heart H3045 [H8800] to know H2451 wisdom, H7200 [H8800] and to see H6045 the business H6213 [H8738] that is done H776 upon the earth: H3117 (for also there is that neither day H3915 nor night H7200 [H8802] seeth H8142 sleep H5869 with his eyes:)

17 H7200 [H8804] Then I beheld H4639 all the work H430 of God, H120 that a man H3201 [H8799] cannot H4672 [H8800] find out H4639 the work H6213 [H8738] that is done H8121 under the sun: H834 because H7945 though H120 a man H5998 [H8799] may labour H1245 [H8763] to seek it out, H4672 [H8799] yet he shall not find H2450 it; yea further; though a wise H559 [H8799] man thinketh H3045 [H8800] to know H3201 [H8799] it, yet shall he not be able H4672 [H8800] to find it.