V.1 Who [is] as the wise 2450 [man]? and who knoweth 3045-6 the interpretation 6592 of a thing? 1697 a man's 120 wisdom 2451 maketh his face 6440 to shine, 215-55 and the boldness 5797 of his face 6440 shall be changed. 8132-29

8:2 I [counsel thee] to keep 8104-3 the king's 4428 commandment, 6310 and [that] in regard 1700 of the oath 7621 of God. 430

8:3 Be not hasty 926-11 to go 3212-4 out of his sight: 6440 stand 5975-4 not in an evil 7451 thing; 1697 for he doeth 6213-4 whatsoever pleaseth 2654-4 him.

8:4 Where the word 1697 of a king 4428 [is, there is] power: 7983 and who may say 559-4 unto him, What doest 6213-4 thou?

8:5 Whoso keepeth 8104-6 the commandment 4687 shall feel 3045-4 no evil 7451 thing: 1697 and a wise man's 2450 heart 3820 discerneth 3045-4 both time 6256 and judgment. 4941

8:6 Because to every purpose 2656 there is 3426 time 6256 and judgment, 4941 therefore the misery 7451 of man 120 [is] great 7227 upon him.

8:7 For he knoweth 3045-6 not that which shall be: for who can tell 5046-55 him when it shall be?

8:8 [There is] no man 120 that hath power 7989 over the spirit 7307 to retain 3607-2 the spirit; 7307 neither [hath he] power 7983 in the day 3117 of death: 4194 and [there is] no discharge 4917 in [that] war; 4421 neither shall wickedness 7562 deliver 4422-17 those that are given 1167 to it.

8:9 All this have I seen, 7200-1 and applied 5414-2 my heart 3820 unto every work 4639 that is done 6213-8 under the sun: 8121 [there is] a time 6256 wherein one man 120 ruleth 7980-1 over another 120 to his own hurt. 7451

8:10 And so 3651 I saw 7200-1 the wicked 7563 buried, 6912-7 who had come 935-1 and gone 1980-17 from the place 4725 of the holy, 6918 and they were forgotten 7911-101 in the city 5892 where they had so done: 6213-1 this [is] also vanity. 1892

8:11 Because sentence 6599 against an evil 7451 work 4639 is not executed 6213-8 speedily, 4120 therefore the heart 3820 of the sons 1121 of men 120 is fully set 4390-1 in them to do 6213-2 evil. 7451

8:12 Though a sinner 2398-6 do 6213-6 evil 7451 an hundred 3967 times, and his [days] be prolonged, 748-56 yet surely I know 3045-6 that it shall be well 2896 with them that fear 3373 God, 430 which fear 3372-4 before 6440 him:

8:13 But it shall not be well 2896 with the wicked, 7563 neither shall he prolong 748-55 [his] days, 3117 [which are] as a shadow; 6738 because he feareth 3373 not before 6440 God. 430

8:14 There is 3426 a vanity 1892 which is done 6213-8 upon the earth; 776 that there be 3426 just 6662 [men], unto whom it happeneth 5060-56 according to the work 4639 of the wicked; 7563 again, there be 3426 wicked 7563 [men], to whom it happeneth 5060-56 according to the work 4639 of the righteous: 6662 I said 559-1 that this also 1571 [is] vanity. 1892

8:15 Then I commended 7623-14 mirth, 8057 because a man 120 hath no better 2896 thing under the sun, 8121 than to eat, 398-2 and to drink, 8354-2 and to be merry: 8055-2 for that shall abide 3867-4 with him of his labour 5999 the days 3117 of his life, 2416 which God 430 giveth 5414-1 him under the sun. 8121

8:16 When I applied 5414-1 mine heart 3820 to know 3045-2 wisdom, 2451 and to see 7200-2 the business 6045 that is done 6213-8 upon the earth: 776 (for also [there is that] neither day 3117 nor night 3915 seeth 7200-6 sleep 8142 with his eyes:) 5869