Key Verse Spotlight
Ecclesiastes 8:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. {shall...: Heb. shall know}”
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Where the word of a king {is, there is} power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}
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