Category: Ecclesiastes

  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:5

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:

    King James Version (KJV):
    Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:6

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

    King James Version (KJV):
    Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:7

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

    King James Version (KJV):
    For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Ecclesiastes 8:8

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

    King James Version (KJV):
    [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:3

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:4

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For the king’s word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

    King James Version (KJV):
    Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

  • Ecclesiastes 8:1

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    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 hardness of his face is changed.

    King James Version (KJV):
    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.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:2

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    I [counsel thee], Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

    King James Version (KJV):
    I [counsel thee] to keep the king’s commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:28

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.